StatBel has unveiled the list of the most common surnames in Belgium and its different regions. At the top of the list, we find the surname “Peeters”. With 31,816 people bearing this last name on January 1, 2017, of which 28,446 are in Flanders alone, the “Peeters” are ahead of “Janssens” (29,309), “Maes” (25,025) and “Jacobs” (19,508). It […]
Read MoreOn the early Thursday evening, a group of Syrian refugees arrived at the Brussels National Airport in Zaventem. Among the 34 refugees, Christian families from Syria, are also 15 children and adolescents. The entire group came to Belgium on a humanitarian visa. The entry had previously been agreed with the Belgian State Secretariat for Asylum and Immigration. As […]
Read MoreThe top diplomats of China and Belgium met on Friday to discuss bilateral efforts to defend multilateralism and the global free trade regime. Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. Wang said the development of bilateral […]
Read MoreSource: Xinhua U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is willing to invite Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), to visit the United States for further talks if their summit negotiations in Singapore go well. Trump made the remarks at a joint press briefing in the […]
Read MoreSource:People’s Daily Online Thanks to the Juncao Technology, a Fiji-China agricultural project, Fiji no longer needs to import mushrooms from other countries to meet its domestic demand, guancha.cn reported. Fiji’s president George Konrote visits the Juncao Technology center with Chinese ambassador to Fiji Zhang Ping in June 2016. Due to its high temperature, Fiji does […]
Read MoreStanding in the famous May Fourth Square, I have the perfect view of Qingdao city’s skyline on one side, and Fushan Bay, home to the Qingdao Sailing Centre, on the other, which is currently under renovation for the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit this coming June. The sailing center was originally constructed for the 2008 […]
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