sitename - index - Latest news http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/jamaica/rss.jsp Archeologists from Leuven find 4,000 year old tomb in Egypt http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_2012-07-13_archeoleuven.jsp 13 July 2012 09:39:00 Professor Harco Willems and his team of archeologists from Leuven, Belgium found the tomb of Ahanakht in Dayr al-Barsha, Egypt. Belgian wins the World Series Poker event in Vegas http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_2012-07-13_poker.jsp 13 July 2012 09:24:00 Four years after Davidi Kitani, a Belgian wins the Golden Bracelet in Las Vegas again. Largest chocolate fountain in Europe is coming to Knokke-Heist http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_2012-07-11_chocofoutain.jsp 10 July 2012 02:25:00 Belgium is famous throughout the world for its delectable chocolates. At the Bal du Zoute hundreds of lucky attendees will now be able to enjoy this Belgian specialty as it streams down Europe’s largest chocolate fountain. The University of Antwerp ranks top 20 of the 50 best young universities http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_2012-070-11_top20unifantwerp.jsp 10 July 2012 02:07:00 The University of Antwerp is ranked number 15 in the list of top 50 young universities according to Quacquerelli-Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. Goffin is headed to London! http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_2012-07-02_goffin.jsp 02 July 2012 04:34:00 Belgian tennis player David Goffin may not have beat Federer, but the “lucky loser” is still headed Tia Hellebaut places second in Oslo with her 1m93 jump http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_2012-07-2_tiahellebaut.jsp 02 July 2012 10:54:00 Belgian high jumper Tia Hellebaut jumped 1m93 at the Diamond League athletic meet in Oslo, Norway ma According to the OECD, life is good in Belgium! http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2012/ni_240512_better_life_oecd.jsp 24 May 2012 02:56:00 The OECD has just launched a new version of its “Better Life” index – an online interactive tool that makes it possible to measure and compare your quality of life by going beyond the traditional framework of GDP statistics. Westvleteren 12 rated world’s best beer http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2011/ni_2012-03-12_biereprix.jsp 12 March 2012 01:49:00 According to ratebeer.com, Westvleteren 12 is this year’s best beer in the world. The website presents the awards every year, and makes up one of the largest beer competitions in the world. Westvleteren 12 beat out 140,000 other beers from as many as 12,000 brewers all over the world to take first place. Wood in Oud-Turnhout awarded European prize http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2011/ni_2012-02-23_bois.jsp 23 February 2012 03:11:00 The European Commission has awarded a prize to De Liereman wood at Oud-Turnhout for the LIFE-Lierman nature conservation project. Natuurpunt, which managed the project running from 2004 to 2010, received the Best Life Nature Project Award. This prize is awarded every year to nature conservation projects that set an example for Europe. Belgium, one of the least corrupt countries http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/miscellaneous/2011/ni_2012-02-01_corruption.jsp 02 February 2012 01:43:00 Out of 183 countries and territories studied in 2011 by Transparency International, Belgium is ranke