The Embassy of Belgium in the United States of America extended their pleasure and congratulated Professor Marleen Temmerman. She was celebrated as a new American Academy of Arts & Sciences member at MIT in Boston.

Isola Bella (Bella Island) is located on Lake Maggiore in Piedmont, Northern Italy, approximately 400 metres off the shore of Stresa and is one of the Borromean Islands [which also includes Isola Madre (Madre Island) and Isola dei Pescatori (Pescatori Island)]. It is the second largest (320 metres long by 180 metres wide) and is almost entirely occupied by Palazzo Borromeo and its luxuriant park.

The Basilicata, located in the southern region of Italy, on the outlines of Campania at the west and Calabria to the south, is the world's most famous and well-known place around the globe. The Beaty of Basilicata, also known as Luciana by its ancient name, will never cease to amaze us; alongside the world's most well-known and famous places, it holds many secret and little-known places worth discovering.