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Belgium Travel: Still a Country!

Belgium is no longer for sale, and with its newly formed interim government, it'll be a unified country until at least March. That'll give politicians three more months to hammer out permanent agreements on constitutional reforms and economic policies.

After a six-month negotiating period, you'd think citizens would be relieved, but most of them haven't been too bothered by the lack of central government. While the suits argue over autonomy for French-speaking Wallonia and Dutch-speaking Flanders, the people continue to assert their cultural identities--as they have for centuries.

Not much will change for travelers to Belgium; you'll still need two languages to navigate the country. But now that a settlement's come through, you'll have something to discuss with the locals while guzzling another beer.

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