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Selected Internet Resources: Belgium describes more than 200 selected Web sites that inform on Belgium. For Web sites primarily in either Dutch or French, the name has been given in the primary language, with an English translation in the accompanying annotation. For Web sites equally in both Dutch and French, an English name has been given instead for the sake of brevity.
It is a common practice for many Web sites created in non-English speaking countries to provide an interface not only in the national language(s) but also in English in order to reach an international audience. Keep in mind that such bilingual (or multilingual) Web sites are often most complete in the national language.
Portal Belgium.be (http://www.belgium.be/en/)
Federal Portal. Information on the country, its culture and place in Europe, federal government, offices and personnel, regional government and communities, public services, and more. Also provides news bulletins for recent months. In Dutch and French, some English and German.
Nationaal Instituut voor de Staistiek (NIS) (http://statbel.fgov.be/home_en.asp)
National Institute of Statistics. Links to statistics, news, indicators, socioeconomic survey, studies and more. In Dutch, French, German, some English.
One World. Nations
Online. Belgium (http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/belgium.htm)
Portal of virtual travel. Includes links to official sites, country profile, news, arts and culture, business and economy, tourism, education, and more.
Open Directory Project.
Regional: Europe: Belgium (http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Belgium/)
Links to a wide variety of Web sites culled from major search engines.
Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk)
Annotated directory of selected Web sites, compiled by subject and information experts in universities and related organizations in the United Kingdom. Extensive annotations are complemented by subject indexing. Search on Belgium.
U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Belgium (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/be.html)
General information and statistics about Belgium, with the following subdivisions: introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
U.S. Department of State. Bureau
of Public Affairs. Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Click on country link.
Directories
Enter the name of a person and the word "e-mail" into Google or other large search engines and the search will often retrieve a Web page with that person's e-mail address. In addition, the Library of Congress and other libraries possess collections of foreign address/telephone directories published throughout the 20th century or before.
All Nations,
Expatriates & Travelers Telephone Search Engine (http://www.escapeartist.com/global1/directories.htm)
Includes dialing codes, directories, embassies, voltages, and rates worldwide.
MESA (http://mesa.rrzn.uni-hannover.de)
Meta Email Search Agent searches several e-mail directories simultaneously. From the Computer Center of Lower Saxony (Regionales Rechenzentrum für Niedersachsen, RRZN), University of Hannover, Germany.
Page blanche (http://www.1307.be)
Residential telephone directory for all of Belgium. In Dutch and French.
Les Pages d'or Online (http://www.pagesdor.be)
Belgian yellow pages. In Dutch, French, and English.
U.S. Library
of Congress. European Reading Room. Retrospective Telephone Directories from
Belgium at the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/phonebe/bephone.html)
Retrospective telephone directories for many cities in Belgium. Residential and organizational directories are represented as far back as 1937.
Statistical Resources
CIFP. Country Indicators for
Foreign Policy (http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/)
CIFP generates cross-national data intended to have a variety of applications in government departments, NGOs, and users in the private sector. The CIFP database attempts to measure domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human development, environmental stress, and international linkages. The data set includes more than 100 performance indicators for 196 countries, spanning 1985-2000 for most indicators. Data are drawn from open sources, including UN offices and the World Bank, and provide at-a-glance global overviews, issue-based perspectives and country performance measures. From Canada's Carleton University, with funding from Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canadian International Development Agency, and the International Development Research Center.
Nationaal Instituut voor de Staistiek
(NIS) (http://statbel.fgov.be/home_en.asp)
National Institute of Statistics. Links to statistics, news, indicators, socioeconomic survey, studies and more. In Dutch, French, and German, some English.
Population Index on the Web (http://popindex.princeton.edu)
Quarterly periodical presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, and other materials on population topics. Bibliographic database of the journal's contents from 1986 to at least 2000; search on Belgium.
Sources of International Statistics
on the Internet (http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/intstat.html)
Annotated source for statistics in all fields. Categories include U.S. government sources, foreign countries, United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, academic sources, search engines, and metasites. From the University of Maryland Libraries.
Statistical Resources
on the Web (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html)
Annotated source for statistics in all fields, with 24 main categories. From the University of Michigan Documents Center.
United Nations
CyberSchoolBus. InfoNation. (http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp)
Select up to five countries and view a comparative statistical chart for them by clicking on one of the following: Overview, Economy, Environment, Health, and Technology. Each of these 5 categories includes several statistical indicators. 'Overview' includes demographic indicators.
National Symbols
Flags of the World. Belgium (http://www.fotw.us/flags/be.html)
Current flag for Belgium and information on its origin, as well as national anthem and related links--including sub-national, historical, and military flags.
Holidays
and Festivals. Belgium (http://www.journeymart.com/tools/country/ctryBelgium.htm)
List of public holidays. From journeymart.com.
National
Anthems. Belgium (http://www.national-anthems.net/BE/)
Audio file and lyrics of the national anthem in the Dutch and French.
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