Meet the new King of the Belgians on this extra-special Belgian National Day! You can join in with the festivities on Place du Luxembourg in Brussels, where you can follow all the ceremonies live on a big screen just in front of the European Parliament from 8.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 2.345 billion, distributed into the following lines :
ISIN Code : BE0312696652 - 17/10/2013
Amount taken (EUR billion): 1.010
Weighted average yield : 0.023 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 3.08
ISIN Code : BE0312705743 - 17/07/2014
Amount taken (EUR billion): 1.335
Weighted average yield : 0.152 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.10

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The Belgian Federal Government Debt amounted to EUR 376.23 billion as of 30 June 2013. Debt issued or taken over by the federal government amounted to EUR 375.89 billion, and the institutions for which the federal government supports the debt service, registered a debt of EUR 0.35 billion.
In net terms (i.e. deducting financial deposits and investments, as well as securities owned by the Treasury), the Federal Government Debt amounted to EUR 362.39 billion.

The final schedule for the ceremonies has now been drawn up, following the latest meeting of the 21 July Task Force.

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 1.673 billion, distributed into the following lines :
ISIN Code : BE0312696652 - 17/10/2013
Amount taken (EUR billion): 0.753
Weighted average yield : 0.027 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 3.45
ISIN Code : BE0312698674 - 19/12/2013
Amount taken (EUR billion): 0.920
Weighted average yield : 0.040 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.86

The partners of the VEGETATION and PROBA-V programme jointly organize “PROBING VEGETATION Conference: from past to future” (4 – 5 July 2013, Radisson Blu hotel, Antwerp, Belgium)

The Chancellery of the Prime Minister released a new version of the promotional film "Belgium… beyond expectations" today. This film, which is intended to promote Belgium abroad, was produced in close cooperation with FPS Foreign Affairs and FPS Economy. There are two versions of the film: one for the general public (duration: 4'51") and one for the businesspeople who interact with various sectors of the Belgian economy (duration: 6'08").

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids for a total amount of EUR  2.708 billion, distributed into the following lines :
- OLO 1.25 % 22/06/2018 (OLO69)
ISIN code : BE0000329384
Amount taken (EUR billion): 0.805
Weighted average yield : 1.631 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.500
- OLO 3.00 % 28/09/2019 (OLO67)
ISIN code : BE0000327362
Amount taken (EUR billion): 0.513
Weighted average yield : 1.927 %
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.070

UNESCO has decided at its conference of 18-21 June in Gwangju to inscribe the archives of the old University of Leuven (1425-1797) in the Memory of the World Register.