EP129 - Black Sunday

EP129 - Black Sunday

Author: Manuel Van den Eynde May 5, 2021 Duration: 49:23

EP129 We look at the November 1991 election day, we look at the previous governments in charge, the way they wen down. The rise of new parties, and a few older ones that gained power, we talk about the aftermath and impact of this important election and their key players like CVP/PSC, SP/PS, Volksunie, Vlaams Blok and ROSSEM.


This history podcast tells the story of Belgium's history, in a non-chronological order. Every two weeks, we'll cover Belgian history and take the bits and pieces we like, to entertain and inform the listeners. Our place on the web: rhob.be
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Random History of Belgium
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Duration: 28:52
The Random history of Belgium starts to explore World War II in Belgium. In this first episode (of a longer series) we'll start with the interbellum (the period in time between the two World Wars). The economics, and aft…
EP55 - The Peasants' War [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:05
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EP54 - The Buck Riders [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:51
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EP53 - Charles J. Van De Poele [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:03
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EP52 - The Herald of Free Enterprise disaster [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:54
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EP51 - James Ensor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:39
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EP50 - Belgian waffles [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:16
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EP49 - SABENA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:07
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EP48 - Mercator [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:30
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EP47 - 1890-1900 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:48
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