On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived in Warsaw, Poland to attend a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the first free elections in Poland. 

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On June 4, 2014, Queen Paola of Belgium attended the 2013-2014 Prix Reine Paola pour l’Enseignement award ceremony at Château de Laeken.

On Thursday, May 29, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the 5th Edition of the 1000km cycling for Kom op tegen Kanker (Fight Against Cancer) event from Mechelen to Landen.

According to the Belgian royal court, the organization, Kom op teen Kanker, are celebrating their 25th anniversary.

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On Wednesday, May 28, 2014, the Belgian royal court announced that His Royal Highness Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este and his fiancée, Miss Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein, will marry on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Rome, Italy.

Prince Amedeo, 28, is eldest son of Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.

The prince and Miss Rosboch von Wolkenstein announced their engagement on February 15, 2014.

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrived at the Palais des Beaux-Arts (aka Bozar) in Brussels to view the exhibition, As Sweet as it Gets.

The exhibition displays “…paintings, drawings and films [by Belgian artist], Mr. Michaël Borremans…” according to the Belgian royal court.

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On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium visited the Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland.

According to the official website for CERN the research laboratory was established in 1952 with:

“…the mandate of establishing a world-class fundamental physics research organization in Europe. At that time, pure physics research concentrated on understanding the inside of the atom, hence the word ‘nuclear’.

Today, our understanding of matter goes much deeper than the nucleus, and CERN’s main area of research is particle physics – the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces acting between them. Because of this, the laboratory operated by CERN is often referred to as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.”

During today’s visit His Majesty met with various Belgian researchers working at CERN, and was informed about the results of experiments with the ‘Large Hadron Collider’ (LHC).

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On the evening of Tuesday, May 20, 2014, Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium attended the semi-finals of the 2014 Concours Reine Elisabeth held at the Flagey Hall in Brussels.

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