A Throne in Brussels
From the desk of Filip van Laenen on Mon, 2007-01-08 23:34
Good thing the anti-monarchistic Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) didn't take over power in the city of Antwerp after the last local elections, because that certainly would have hurt Belgium's reputation abroad…
- CNN: Belgian royal linked to fraud case
- International Herald Tribune: Belgian court agrees to call king's youngest son as witness in fraud case
- Euronews.Net: Belgian Prince caught up in fraud scandal
- People's Daily Online: Belgian prince implicated in fraud scandal
- Terra España: El fiscal pedirá que se tome declaración al príncipe Laurent por supuesto desvío de fondos
- El Financiero: Inicia juicio por fraude financiero en la Marina belga
- Le Figaro: Un prince dans la tourmente judiciaire
- Handelsblatt: Finanzaffäre erschüttert belgisches Königshaus
People’s Daily Online:
Submitted by DO on Tue, 2007-01-09 10:18.
The Chinese People’s Daily Online carried the story nearly a month ago.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/14/eng20061214_332433.html
Government always knows best!
Submitted by Amsterdamsky on Tue, 2007-01-09 10:08.
I noticed that one or more jewish groups sued all attendees of the Iranian Holocaust conference in an attempt to bugger up any future visits of theirs to Belgium or the Schengen countries since Holocaust denial (despite if they even spoke at the conference on the subject and without presenting evidence that they are "deniers") is a crime in Belgium. It is a good thing that then Belgian government always knows what is right and what is wrong without having to resort to such things like scientific discourse, due process, and constitutional protection of free speech and assembly. We should all wish we could live in such a progressive country.
Same old story
Submitted by Paul Belien on Tue, 2007-01-09 09:50.
As the Levant Herald wrote about the Belgian royals in 1860: "The Coburgs have no scruples. They are always looking for gain, be it a vacant throne or a kitchen garden in Claremont." [Claremont House was their 19th century residence in England]