belgium

I'm by no means an expert, but I'd say Belgium currently handles privacy in a reasonable manner that's definitely more privacy-friendly than the US.

A human rights organization (Liga voor Mensenrechten) went to court and the Constitutional Court of Belgium struck down the law.

It probably helps that Belgium is tiny and many of its government agencies, intelligence services included, are not particularly well-funded.

In Belgium kids are send to the pool at age ~7 until they are 12, weekly for an hour or so.

Discover Germany's most-Western city in the direct neighborhood of Belgium and the Netherlands.

I think (hope?) a more balanced approach like in Belgium can work in bigger countries, further bolstering cooperation between allies.

It reminds me of the German attack through Belgium during WWI.

Well in Belgium it's because they arrest them.

My American friends were mightily amused and amazed when Belgium spent >500 days without government a couple of years ago, but of course they were interpreting the word in a much more encompassing way than it is done in Belgium.

I remember a couple of years ago there was a big uproar here in Belgium because a cooking show was presenting Hitlers favorite dish, a trout.

I made - not saying that I was correct - remark that being a police officer in Belgium must really been the most pointless job you could do.

Well, especially in border regions such stuff is popular – the people living at the border between Denmark and Sweden, or the Netherlands and Belgium would prefer more unification, as for them every bit of independence of these countries means a less convenient life.

In Belgium it is a criminal offence to 'insult' a police officer, they call it "Smaad aan de politie" in Dutch/Flemish.

It is very American to think that focusing on Afro-diaspora culture is somehow "racist" or "discrimination." The company is launching in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Senegal and Ivory Coast.

Even countries who have no unused land, like the Netherlands and Belgium, have managed to build big wind farms.

Actually, Disney isn't much back here in the BeNeLux ( Europe - Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).

Just look at Belgium, or Spain/Catalonia, France/Corsica, it is still dividing people.