King Philippe, Current Events, Part 1 (July 2013 - Sept. 2017)

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Today, June 8, King Philippe handed out the Francqui Prize 2016 in Brussels, a scholarly and scientific prize by the Francqui Foundation. This year KU Leuven Professor Barbara Baert was rewarded.


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Kieldrechtsluis, the biggest lock in the world, was inaugurated by King Philippe in the port of Antwerp today, June 10:



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Yesterday afternoon, June 15, King Philippe met with Uruhu Kenyatta, President of Kenya for an audience.


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Today, June 16, the King visited the Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium in Brussels.


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King Philippe met with Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel, today, June 20:


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King Philippe attended the presentation of the growth plan of the Belgian Network for Entrepreneurship in Schelle today, June 23:


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King Philippe attended the Francophonie Economique 2016 Award ceremony in Brussels today, June 29:



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King Philippe received General Gerard Van Caelenberge, Chief of Defence Belgium, for a farewell audience today, July 5:


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King Philippe had a meeting about security with the Federal Prosecutor, Defense and State Security Officials, OCAM, the Federal Police and the Crisis Centre today, July 6:



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King Philippe met with Andrej Kiska, the President of Slovakia, in Brussels today, July 7:



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An extra honour for the medal winners of last week's European Athletics championships in Amsterdam: they were received by King Philippe at the Royal Castle in Laeken today, July 13:



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Earlier today King Philippe had visited a summer camp for underprivileged children in Geraardsbergen:



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Yesterday, July 19, King Philippe received Apostolic Nuncio Giacinto Berloco (Belgium's Ambassador to the Holy See) and General M. Compernol, Aide de Camp to the King and new Chief of Defence:



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King Philippe attend the 70th commemoration ceremony of the British soldiers, Canadian and Polish, who fell during the liberation of our country. The ceremony took place at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem (Maldegem).

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Here are some additional pics of that:


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And yesterday, September 14, King Philippe received the ambassadors of Latvia, Palau, Belarus, Singapore and Liechtenstein:



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King Philippe made a visit to the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, today, September 20, and met with the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi:



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King Philippe attended the disaster exercise Purple Starling at the aiprot of Deurne today, September 22:



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Today, September 27, King Philippe made a visit to the Home Baudouin, a shelter for homeless men in the city centre of Brussels. The home is run by the organization Oeuvre De L'hospitalite that celebrates its 130th anniversary this year.



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Yesterday, September 29, King Philippe received Royal Military School's Cadets at the Royal Palace in Brussels. They had been sworn in on September 27.


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And Pieter Baeyens, Flight Sub-Lieutenant and winner of the King's Sword 2016, was received by the King:


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King Philippe met with Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan today, October 5:



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The Ambassadors of Russia, Kosovo, Malaysia, Poland and Guyana presented their credentials to King Philippe at the Royal Palace today, October 6:



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Yesterday, October 17, King Philippe met with Jean Tirole, French professor of economics, who had received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2014:


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King Philippe attended the opening debate of the "Brussels Days" and spoke with university students about European issues today, October 19:


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King Philippe visited the SEDEE (service for the removal and destruction of explosive devices) in Oud-Heverlee today, October 20:


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Our King is wearing his Head of the State and Army (4 Stars) Unifore perfectly. Also his Sash. It is sad that our Highest Order the Leopold Order has no Collar.
Great worker after a State Visit in Japan which return took 24 hours.

 

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King Philippe made a working visit to the Parliament of the French Community (Federation Wallonia-Brussels) in Brussels today, October 25:



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King Philippe received a delegation of the "Imperial Commanderie of Noble Haspengouwse Fruiterers and their Gastronomy" at the Palace on October 25.
The delegation handed him a basket of the new crop of Belgian apples and pears. It was the 25th time that the Commanderie was received at the Royal Palace in Brussels.



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And today, October 27, King Philippe met with the Ambassadors of New Zealand, Luxemburg, Brunei, Bangladesh and Cap Vert:



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Yesterday, November 8, King Philippe visited the centre L’Arche Vanier d’Aywaille for adults with various forms of mental disabilities:


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King Philippe attended a meeting at Unizo (Union of self-employed and small and medium sized Entreprises) in Brussels today, November 10:


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Today, November 11, King Philippe attended the annual tribute to the Unknown Soldier and commemoration of the victims of the two World wars and military operations abroad:


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King Philippe visiting the Belgian pilots and meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan can be found here:


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The Ambassadors of Canada, Sweden, Kuwait, Yemen and South Africa presented their credentials to King Philippe yesterday, November 16:


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