New Countries

I'm just back from a visit to some of the newest countries in Europe including what I think is the newest country in the world, Kosovo (I will tell all about the epic DRIFTER Hash House Harriers tour of the Balkans in later posts).

It is odd therefore to realise that I am currently living in what could easily become two even newer countries. Unless someone can persuade the Walloons and the Flemish to get their act together Belgium could very quickly split into two.

The King of Belgium today refused to accept the resignation of the interim Prime Minister who was resigning because he had failed to broker a deal between the two factions - I wonder what will happen next? While the north of Belgium is almost exclusively Flemmish and the south French speaking (Walloonian) the middle bit, particularly around Brussels is a real mix...