The Belgian Royal family gave a newyears drink in the palace for all ambassadors. In this picture: King Albert sits down with S.E. Reverend Mgr. Giacinto Berloco and drinks on the new year. 2012-01-12, Brussels, Belgium.

Brussels 2012 11th January. President of the EU Herman van Rompuy speeched during 40 minutes on the crisis. This was at the election of the manager of the year in Belgium.

Pierre Mariani, CEO of Dexia Bank, was questioned during a session of the special chamber commission Finance on Dexia, at the federal parliament, in Belgium, Brussels, January 20st , 2012.

Mario Monti Prime minister of Italy, at the arrival of the heads of state and their delegetions at the VIP entrance of the European Commission. Brussels Belgium. 30th January 2012

Belgian Firemen attack the government buildings in Brussels.They do not agree with reforms of pensions by the new government. After breaking through the police fence, they put water and foam on the Lawstreet 10, office of the Prime minister. Brussels, Belgium, 10th February 2012.

23 refugees seeking asylum in Belgium stopped eating on the 14th of January. They found shelter in the VUB. Free University of Belgium. Day 41. In this picture Dechrouai and Mohammed lay under the Belgian flag. Belgium, Brussels, 12 February 2012

Carnaval of Aalst, Alost in Belgium. This event is on the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Belgium, Aalst, 19th of February 2012

20120228 Brussels, Belgium. Last day Dexia bank Belgium wears its name.The signs are being removed and a new names is chosen the next day.

In front of European Union headquarters in Brussels, hundreds of union protesters demanded drastic policy changes from the summit leaders held first and second of March. Belgium Brussels 29th of February 2012

Euro zone finance ministers and officials meet in Brussels to discuss Greek reforms. in this picture IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Eurogroup chairman, Jean-Claude Juncker right holding hands

SOCIAL SUMMIT for Growth and Employment at the start of the EU Summit March 2012 In this picture Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt

1st of Mai celebrations. Socialist parties and unions gathered in the centre of Brussels.

Barroso and Olli Rehn Vice-President of the European Commission on a press conference on Europe day and the current situation in Europe.

Gay pride parade in Brussels. On the 12th of May 2012 thousands of gay and lesbian people gathered in the streets of Brussels for their yearly day of tolerance towards homosexuals worldwide. In Brussels gay and lesbian people feel very unsafe. Gaybashing is done quite often.

Brussels 2012 12th of May. About 700 people attended the occupy Brussels demonstration. Exactly one year ago Spanish Indignados ended their march to Brussels with a very large demonstration. ©sanderdewilde.com photographe Bruxelles

European heads of state and government visit the EPP Summit of the European People's party preparing for the informal EU summit on the same day. In this picture Silvio Berlusconi, Italian party leader, arrives with bodyguards.

Brussels 20 kilometers running. 33000 people ran the 20 kilometers of Brussels, half a marathon with professionals and a lot of hobbyists. ©sander de wilde photographer in Belgium.

Press conference by secretary of state Maggie De Block (asylum and migration), minister of internal affairs Joelle Milquet, and mrs Monique de Knop, head of federal bureau of internal affairs Belgium.

about a 100 Polish catholics organised a rally in front of European Parliament. They claim freedom of press in Poland, because their radio Maria and tv TRWAM are threatened.

Brussels 2012 september 16 This Sunday the entire province of Brussels was forbidden for cars. All roads were free to use by foot, by bike or anyway you like. Public transport did work, but were free. In Brussels pedestrians and cars are a hot issue for many years now. Cars are everywhere, making Brussels one of the most polluted capitals of Europe. Guy on a rental bike looking in camera.

The Battle of Waterloo was re-enacted by a few hundred actors in the fields near Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte and his French army were conquered almost 200 years ago, in 1815, by soldiers of England, Scotland, Prussia, and the Netherlands.Napoleon with characteristic hat overlooks the battlefield. photographer in Brussels

Belgium, Brussels, 2012-06-23. A manifestation for a secular and democratic Mali. Speeches at the manifestation, organized by the Collective of Malians in Belgium, were by Drissa Kanambaye, President of the Collective, representatives for the Mauritanian and Guinean communities and the Radical Party leader Marco Pannella.

heads of state arriving Brussels 28-06-2012 arrivals of heads of state and members of the European People's Party.

Couleur Cafe is a yearly event on multi ethnic music with 3 days of live music in Brussels.Demonstration of a solar antenne used as a cooking pot, for free cooking, saving wood consumption.

About 100 Congolese in Brussels held a sit-in in front of the Embassy of Congo, to demand freedom for Eugène Diomi Ndongala, President of DC, the Christian Democratic party, supporting Kabila's opponent Etienne Tshisekedi, who was picked up my military forces and never heard of again, while going to speak at a political rally in front of a cathedral. Brussels 20120 13 July

About 300 Roma people from all over Europe demonstrated at the DVZ (foreign affairs offices) They protest against the systematical deportation of Roma to countries outside of the European Union, by EU gouvernments. Brussels 13 July 2012

Belgiums National Day in Brussels July 21, 2012. Belgium celebrates its national day and its 182nd anniversary of independence on this Saturday. Queen Paola and King Albert of Belgium

Israel Minister for Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman gives a press conference on July 24, 2012 following an EU-Israel Association Council meeting at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. In the meetings, Foreign Minister Liberman and EU partners will discuss strengthening the ties between Israel and the EU as well as bilateral issues, and developments in the Middle East and their impact on the region.

24 July 2012 General Affairs Council - Brussels. Mr David LIDINGTON, UK Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs leaving his car with a female assistant at the Vip entrance of the European commission

Brussels 8th September 2012. Balloon's day parade Brussels is one of many events during the cartoon days in Brussels. Figures of cartoon characters of 10 meters high are parading through the centre of Brussels. Spirou being filled with air, sitting on a car.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, touching his translation earpiece, and the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi speak to the press prior to a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

Brussels 2012 09 20 press conference on the future of the federal police in Belgium. From left to right mrs Annemie Turtelboom, minister of Justice, Catherine De Bolle, General Commisionar Federal Police, and Joëlle Milquet, minister of Internal Affairs. The heads of justice, internal affairs and police are all women.

The Belgian organisation Health and Prevention has put up a pink machine in the busy centre of Brusesels distributing free birthcontrol pills. In fact it distributes flyers talking about all sorts of birthcontrol, and getting the message around that people should always talk to their docter about this.

Brussels 2012 09 24. About 200 truck drivers, mainly from Belgium and the Netherlands, came to Brussels today, slowing down traffic by driving only 50 kilometers an hour. They gathered at the Heizelstadium, where several union leaders spoke. They ask the European Union to refine the freedom of work, while many east european drivers work under their prices, not following (security) procedures called"social dumping"

Brussels 2012 04 october. Commission President J.M. Barroso (left) had a lunch with Prime Minister of Belgium, Mr. Elio di Rupo seen on his back- Talking about tight budgets for the autumn, di Rupo and Barroso had a lunch together on the 13th floor of the Berlaymont building. Normally these talks with presidents are over the phone, but whilst di Rupo seats in Brussels too, they met physicaly.

Brussels 2012 07 october. The Marathon of Brussels ended on the medieval central square (Grote Markt). finish of the fastest Belgian: Jess Bertels who came in fifth gets congratulated by Jaad Abdelilah.

Brussels 2012 07 october. Sikh people mourn at the beginning of a white march, held one week after the killing of a woman and her three children at their home in Etterbeek, Brussels. Police is looking for man from Bangladesh who probably killed the family of his Indian collegue, because he did not like his colleague being promoted.The widower and father Jasbir Singh, was supported by about 300 Sikh people in front of no. 9. Pictures of the kids, 2, 5 and 7 year old were attached to the house.In this picture the father Jasbir Singh.

Brussels 2012 10 october. Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty, on the filmset of a new BBC series called .'Jamie's and Jimmy's.Food Fight Club', where they challenge English products with continental products. This scene is about Belgian Beers, filmed on the main square of Brussels, Grote Markt.

2012 11 october, Brussels. This week were the open days of the European institutions. The permantent infocenter for the commisssion celebrates its first birthday. The parlementarium is open 7 days a week for people to found out everything on the European Parliament.

Brussels 2012 14 october. Belgian municipal elections. Mr Herman Van Rompuy (president of the European Council) and mrs Van Rompuy ( Geertrui Windels) walk to vote in a school in Saint Genesius Rode, where they live. Mrs Van Rompuy is on the list of the CD&V, a Christian Democratic party, using her maiden name Geertrui Windels. Geertrui Van Rompuy-Windels

Brussel 15 oktober 2012. Burgemeester Freddy Thielemans , Alain Courtois,Marion Lemesre, Alain Courtois, Philippe Close, Karine Lalieux, Ahmed El Ktibi, Els Ampe, Ans Persoons ,Mohamed Ouriaghli en Pascal Smet overleggen nog even vlak voor het bekendmaken van de nieuwe coalitie van het Schepencollege Brussel, zonder CDH Milquet.

Brussels 2012 16 october.Ecolo MR and CDH have a coalition in Molenbeek, municipality of Brussels, sending away the mayor Moureaux after 20 years. vlnr de vrouwelijke burgemeester Francoise Schepmans (MR) en Ahmed El Khannouss van CDH

(L-R) Ignacio Fernandez Toxo the Spanish secretary general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), during a press conference at the end of the Tripartite Social Summit at the EU council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 18 October 2012, ahead of a two-day European Council summit.

European Prime Ministers during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. European leaders have taken a step towards the creation of a single supervisor for banks in countries that use the euro but details over when it will be up and running have yet to be ironed out

Belgian journalist Frederic Deborsu presents his controversial new book on the Belgian royal family. The book, partially based on notes of his brother Christophe Deborsu, also a journalist, uncovers personal secrets of the royal family, and was published today in French and Dutch, the two languages of Belgium. The book claims, among other things, that the marriage between Filip and Mathilde was a marriage of convenience, and that their four children are the result of IVF technology.

2012 26 October Brussels, Belgium. During Eid al-Adha, many Muslim families sacrifice a sheep and share the meat with the poor. People stand in line in front of the temporary butcher, while others wait for the bus to arrive.

2012 9th november Brussels Belgium. Ecofin council preparing the Budget of Europe. Photography of the Tour de table, at the European union, Justus Lipsius on 2012-11-09

Brussels, 11th november 2012. Armistice Day, the day that the weapons fell silent in the Great War, was marked in Brussels where King Albert of the Belgians laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior as a tribute to all victims of conflicts. Musicians of the Belgian army on the street.

The European Union's Economy and Finance Ministers convene in Brussels on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, to discuss ongoing dossiers aimed at strengthening the economic governance and financial framework of the EU. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble surrounded by security and assistents.

Brussels wednesday 14 november 2012. Belgian police protects all entrances and surroundings of the main building of the European Union, Berlaymont, against angry unionists. Unions gather in Brussels, in front of the European Union Headquarters. The text on the banner of the EU says: Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union, Europe 2020.

Brussels Tuesday 20 november 2012. The Belgian government has finally reached a deal on its 2013 austerity budget, after just over a month of arduous negotiations. Ministers talk to journalists about the budget agreement at last reached after a 17-hour marathon.Prime minister of Belgium Elio Di Rupo (French socialist PS)

Arrivals for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. The prospect of failure hangs over a European Union leaders' summit intended to lay out the 27-country bloc's long-term spending plans. With some interesting photographs of Angela Merkel, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and more heads of state.

Rockfabriek 20 jaar. Bij Jes, Werkhuizenstraat Anderlecht, zijn de heren van rapduo Yame (Young Ages), Desmond (rechts) en Yavus aan het inzingen. Ze gaan samen optreden bij het feest ter ere van 20 jaar Rockfabriek waarbij ze samen met de Antwerpse formatie From harlow to Spitz een speciaal geschreven nummer brengen.

Brussels, Belgium, 11 december 2012. A man walks in front of the Berlaymont building. A new banner is hanging from the roof of the headquarters of the European Union, stating the European Union is the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize.

Brussels Wednesday 12 December 2012. A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council where the Banking Supervision Mechanism will be on the agenda..from right to left Cyprus' Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly, Portugal's Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar, Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos Jurado , Swedens Finance Minister Anders Borg.

Belgium, Brussels, 2012 December 14 Start of the meeting from the heads of state and government at the 2nd day of the European Summit. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom talks over papers with Angela Merkel (right) the Federal Chancellor of Germany.Angela Merkel takes the same paper as Cameron in her hands.

Brussels 15 december 2012 Belfius headquarters, former Dexia bank. The artcollection of the Belfius bank was visible to the public this saturday. Photography prohibited. It is said Belfius wants to sell pieces of this famous artcollection. New works weren't bought since 2008 because of the crisis and the problems Dexia had.Children look at a work of art in the main entrance hall of Belfius Bank.

Brussel 16 December Headquarters of Belgian newspaper Le Soir, where editors were on strike today, and the saturday news paper was not made, because of future cuts at Rossel & Cie, the publisher of Le Soir and other media.

Brussels, Belgium, 2012 19 December. Belgian chocolate brand Leonidas starts celebrating its 100 years exitence in 2013. At the famous Belgian medieval statue Manneken Pis (peeing man) people gathered today.The statue is dressed as a chocolatier

Belgium, Brussels 2012 20 december. Belgian topchefs cooked a star meal for visitors of the 'restos de Coeur', restaurants for the poor, where a normal meal is 3.5 to 6 euros. Today it was free, to focus on poverty and the action: Share a table. From left to right two guests and chef Christophe Thomaes and chef Freddy Vandecasserie

Laken 2012 20 december. Chefkoks van Eurotoques kookten tesamen voor de armen die elke middag bij de resto de coeurs eten. Dit is een gezamelijke actie van een goudengids app, share a table, en restos du coeur waarbij in totaal 40000 maaltijden werden uitgereikt. vlnr chef Christophe Thomaes en chefkok Freddy Vandecasserie

Official press pictures of Van Rompuy, Poetin and Barroso before negociations, and Naked female activists of the Ukrainian movement Femen getting arrested while protesting in front of the European Council building shouting Russia's President Putin is the Apocalypse, during the EU-Russia summit, in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.

portretten van Filip Peeters en Ann Miller voor de tv serie Salamander in de stamkroeg van hun woonplaats Lennik.

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi addresses the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, at the European Parliament building, in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Mario Draghi held a speech and was questioned by members of the European Parliament for two hours today on the new Banking Mechanism and on solving the crisis