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Belgium
Communications
Communications
Belgium
Telephone
Country code: 32. For operator services, dial 1324. There are call boxes in all major towns and country districts. Some card phones and credit card phones are also available. Telecards are available from newsagents, railway stations and post offices.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is excellent.
Internet
Internet cafes are widely available throughout the country.
Post
Airmail takes two to three days to other west European destinations.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700 (hours can vary).
Media
As a result of its political and linguistic divide, Belgium has two separate public broadcasting organisations, each with its own regulations and running their own radio, TV and external broadcasting. Belgium has one of the highest cable TV take-up rates in the world. The cable services offer dozens of domestic and foreign channels, including Dutch and French TV stations. The Belgian press is self-regulated by the Federation of Editors, to which all editors of major newspapers belong. A small number of media groups own the main newspaper titles.
Press
• Principal daily newspapers in French are La Lanterne, La Libre Belgique, La Meuse and Le Soir.
• And in Dutch De Morgen, De Gentenaar, De Standaard, Het Laatste Nieuws, Het Nieuwsblad and De Tijd, a business publication.
• And Grenz-Echo in German.
• There is an English-language magazine, The Bulletin, printed in Belgium.
TV
• French-language public broadcaster RTBF operates RTBF 1, RTBF 2 and international satellite channels.
• VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, offers services such as Een (one).
• VTM and VT4 are Flemish commercial broadcasters.
• RTL is a French-language commercial broadcaster.
Radio
• The network operated by RTBF, the French-language public broadcaster, includes stations such as La Première, Radio 21 and external service RTBF International.
• The network operated by VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, includes Radio 1, Studio Brussel and external service Radio Vlaanderen International (RVI).
• Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) broadcasts in German.
Telephone
Country code: 32. For operator services, dial 1324. There are call boxes in all major towns and country districts. Some card phones and credit card phones are also available. Telecards are available from newsagents, railway stations and post offices.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is excellent.
Internet
Internet cafes are widely available throughout the country.
Post
Airmail takes two to three days to other west European destinations.
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700 (hours can vary).
Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700 (hours can vary).
Media
As a result of its political and linguistic divide, Belgium has two separate public broadcasting organisations, each with its own regulations and running their own radio, TV and external broadcasting. Belgium has one of the highest cable TV take-up rates in the world. The cable services offer dozens of domestic and foreign channels, including Dutch and French TV stations. The Belgian press is self-regulated by the Federation of Editors, to which all editors of major newspapers belong. A small number of media groups own the main newspaper titles.
Press
• Principal daily newspapers in French are La Lanterne, La Libre Belgique, La Meuse and Le Soir.
• And in Dutch De Morgen, De Gentenaar, De Standaard, Het Laatste Nieuws, Het Nieuwsblad and De Tijd, a business publication.
• And Grenz-Echo in German.
• There is an English-language magazine, The Bulletin, printed in Belgium.
• And in Dutch De Morgen, De Gentenaar, De Standaard, Het Laatste Nieuws, Het Nieuwsblad and De Tijd, a business publication.
• And Grenz-Echo in German.
• There is an English-language magazine, The Bulletin, printed in Belgium.
TV
• French-language public broadcaster RTBF operates RTBF 1, RTBF 2 and international satellite channels.
• VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, offers services such as Een (one).
• VTM and VT4 are Flemish commercial broadcasters.
• RTL is a French-language commercial broadcaster.
• VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, offers services such as Een (one).
• VTM and VT4 are Flemish commercial broadcasters.
• RTL is a French-language commercial broadcaster.
Radio
• The network operated by RTBF, the French-language public broadcaster, includes stations such as La Première, Radio 21 and external service RTBF International.
• The network operated by VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, includes Radio 1, Studio Brussel and external service Radio Vlaanderen International (RVI).
• Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) broadcasts in German.
• The network operated by VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, includes Radio 1, Studio Brussel and external service Radio Vlaanderen International (RVI).
• Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) broadcasts in German.
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