Get acquainted with Flanders
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Frank Van Eynde and Cornelis J. Groeneveld, 11th of April 2013. The meeting in the DEC |
On the 11th of April the special event took place in the Diplomatic Economic Club. It was organized by Frank Van Eynde, trade and commercial counsellor for Flanders at the Belgian embassy in Helsinki, told about region Flanders in the Kingdom of Belgium.
The meeting was opened by the prezident of the DEC, Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Cornelis J. Groeneveld who introduced Frank Van Eynde
The population of Belgium is 11 million inhabitants, but of Flanders only 6.3 millions, which forms 60% of all population of the Kingdom.
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11th of April 2013. The meeting in the DEC |
The administrative division of Belgium is very complicated. Flanders is one of the three Belgium reģions, together with Wallonia and Brussels. Though, the Brussels is the separate region, it is the capital of flanders, as well as the capital of Belgium and the whole Euro Union. In addition, The Kingdom of Belgium is divided into three language communities: Flemish (Flanders region and Brussel), French (Wallonia and Brussels) and German (part of province Liege).
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11th of April 2013. The meeting in the DEC |
Frank Van Eynde told about the country and the Flanders region, as well as the modern development economics and the potential for cooperation.
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11th of April 2013. The meeting in the DEC in Riga. trade and commercial counsellor for Flanders at the Belgian embassy in Helsinki |
During the meeting, the economic and finance issues, as well as the development of infrastructure and ports were discussed. In addition, the cultural and touristic topics were touched upon.
The DEC members thank Mr.Frank Van Eynde for the interesting event and presented whim with a souvenir.
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11th of April 2013. The meeting in the DEC . M. Preminin, A. Ilyin, A. Kozlovsky, S. Shushunova |
In the meeting participated:
Cornelis J. Groeneveld, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Maxim Preminin, Embassy of the Russian Federation
Andrey Ilyin, Embassy of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Kozlovsky, Embassy of Belarus
Zhazira Myrzakassimova, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Lolita Pankova, agency Finpro
Olga Pavuk, publisher of the Baltic-course.com journal
Victor Danilokh, director of “Ember Coast“
Edgar Ozolins, „Auseks“
Snezhana Shushunova, entrepreneur
Alexandr Samokhin, publisher of „Career“ journal
Oleg Butenko, „Unimars“
Vladimir Lopatko, concern „Belneftekhim“ Enterprise
Juris Zelcs, «BT-1»
