On June 5, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium held an audience with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ms. Irina Bokova, at the Palais de Bruxelles.
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On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium accompanied by Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduchess and Archduke of Austria-Este presided over the 2015 Prix International Roi Baudouin pour le Développement en Afrique held at the Palais de Bruxelles.
The award honors outstanding contributions of individuals or organizations in the development field in Africa. The award also highlights the innovative initiatives which improve quality-of-life and empower local communities to take development into their own hands.
The winner of the 2015 Prix International Roi Baudouin pour le Développement en Afrique went to Mr. Deogratias Niyonkuru, founder of the organization ADISCO Burundi. The organization received the award for their:
“…work in encouraging entrepreneurship and creating cooperatives and health insurance societies federated at national level, so as to strengthen the financial autonomy of individuals and sustainably change the conditions of living together for the people of Burundi…”
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On Sunday, May 31, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium attended a ceremony in Kortrijk to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Lys.
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On the morning of May 28, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited public broadcasting company for the Flemish region, Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT), in Brussels.
Upon their arrival to the television station Their Majesties were warmly welcomed by current VRT CEO, Mr. Leo Hellemans, and VRT’s Chairman of Board, Mr. Luc Van den Brande.
After attending a meeting, whereupon Their Majesties were informed about the on-going challenges facing the public broadcasting network (as all public networks around the world deal with), they were given a tour of the station’s studios including “..where VRT’s television news bulletins are made, the studio used by the VRT’s children’s television network ‘Ketnet’ and the studio used by the consumer affairs program ‘Volt’…” writes VRT via a press release.
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On May 27, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium hosted a reception at Château de Laeken for representatives of the Jewish community in Belgium. Earlier, His Majesty accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde held an audience with the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, at the Palais de Bruxelles.
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2015, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium hosted a luncheon at the Palais de Bruxelles for jury members from the Concours Reine Élisabeth (Queen Elisabeth Music Competition).
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium attended a reception at the Palais de Bruxelles with members of the Confrerie du Maitrank d’Arlon confraternity.
During today’s event His Majesty was inducted as the Grand Echanson d’Honneur de la Royale Confrérie du Maitrank d’Arlon of the group.
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The Royal Correspondent 