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Pixmania S.A.S. Pixmania (styled PIXmania), once known as Fotovista, was a French-based e-commerce website, founded in 2000. It promoted a variety of products, including consumer electronics and baby products, with turnover of over € 300million in 2013. [1] It operated a website and until 2013 ran brick-and-mortar retail stores in Europe.
Werk Nu, Z33, Hasselt, Belgique; Ressources Humaines, Atelier d'Estienne, Pont-Scorff; Les plus grands artistes du 20th century, Semiose Galerie, Paris; La force de l'Art 02, Grand Palais, Paris; 3e Biennale d'Anglet, Anglet; Opération Tonerre, Mains d'œuvres, Saint-Ouen; The Tragic and the Funny Meet Again, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities and three regions that are based on four language areas. For each of these subdivision types, the subdivisions together make up the entire country; in other words, the types overlap. The language areas were established by the Second Gilson Act, which entered into force on 2 August 1963.
The Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages and dialects are spoken as well. As a result of being in between Latin and Germanic Europe, and historically being split between different principalities, the nation has multiple official languages.
Belgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federal parliamentary democracy. The bicameral federal parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. The former is made up of 50 senators appointed by the parliaments of the communities and regions and 10 co-opted senators.
Website. Official website. The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (French: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique; Dutch: Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Museum, the Magritte Museum, the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, the Modern Museum ...
Carnival of Binche. The Carnival of Binche (French: Carnaval de Binche) is an annual festival held in Binche, Hainaut, Belgium, during the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. [1] The carnival's history dates back to approximately the 14th century, [2] and it is today one of the best known of several that take place ...
1822 – The Société générale de Belgique is headquartered in the city. [69] 1823 – The Société des douze is established as a continuation of the Société de littérature de Bruxelles. 1826 8 June: The Royal Observatory of Belgium is founded by King William I of the Netherlands under the impulse of Adolphe Quetelet. 1829