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The 100th anniversary of the first Great War is approaching and the Flemish government plan to make a spectacular event of it. From 2014-2018 they plan not just to commemorate the war on one day but will honor the anniversary by making it a 4 year experience.

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In spring 2011, Chris Dercon will be taking over from current director Vicente Todoli who has been head of the museum for seven years. This new leadership is an exciting occurrence for the Flemish community and specifically the Art community, with a fellow countryman as the head of one of Britain’s leading modern art galleries.

On 15th July 2009, the Flemish Government approved the new Flemish Coalition Agreement for 2009-2014. This agreement is called: 'A vigorous Flanders in decisive times, for an innovative, sustainable and warm society.'

The Dutch, English and French versions are downloadable on: http://iv.vlaanderen.be/nlapps/docs/default.asp?fid=443

From the 1st of July up until 31 December you can expect to see Belgium as the head of the European council. The European council is one of the most important divisions of the EU. Each member state has a representative in the council. Every six months a new chairman is chosen who then decides on the agenda of the EU.

Summer courses in Dutch language, literature and culture are a good supplement to the Dutch courses being taken at an academic level by students abroad. Three summer courses are organised under the auspices of the Dutch Language Union. These courses are aimed in the first instance at (advanced) students of Dutch wishing to spend a short period in the Netherlands or Flanders during summer.

The Flemish artist Tine Ruysschaert has brought her monologue ‘Mijn zoon Damiaan’ at Flanders House on the 29th of October. This project was an organization of the Representation of the Flemish Government and Orde van den Prince.

Double Take, the documentary of the Flemish artist Johan Grimonprez, won the Black Pearl Award for Best New Documentary Director on the Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi (8-17th October 2009).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) re-elected IOC President Jacques Rogge by an 88-1 vote at the close of the 121st Session.

From September 2009 Virtual Dutch offers fully online distance-education programmes: a postgraduate Certificate in Dutch Cultural Studies and two short courses teaching Dutch, Lagelands for beginners and Hogelands at intermediate level. Virtual Dutch is a teaching and learning initiative pooling the resources in Dutch Studies of four British universities (University College London (UCL) and the universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and Nottingham).

For the Certificate in Dutch Cultural Studies the UCL Department of Dutch is offering five scholarships covering the fees for UK and EU students and two scholarships covering the fees for non-EU students for the 2009-2010 session.

For more information visit the website of Virtual Dutch.