Editing Brussels (section)

===Contemporary===
The Brussels-Capital Region was formed on 18 June 1989, after a constitutional reform in 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-02-01|title=The Brussels-Capital Region|work=Belgium.be|url=https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/government/regions/brussels_capital_region|access-date=2018-11-24|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220302/https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/government/regions/brussels_capital_region|url-status=live}}</ref> It is one of the three [[federal regions of Belgium]], along with [[Flanders]] and [[Wallonia]], and has bilingual status.<ref name="Belgian Constitution" /><ref name="CIRB-creation" /> The [[yellow iris]] is the emblem of the region (referring to the presence of these flowers on the city's original site) and a stylised version is featured on its official flag.<ref>{{cite web|title=LOI – WET|url=http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&nm=1991031159&table_name=titre|access-date=22 April 2017|website=ejustice.just.fgov.be|language=fr|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301122421/http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&nm=1991031159&table_name=titre|url-status=live}}</ref>

In recent years, Brussels has become an important venue for international events. In 2000, it was named [[European Capital of Culture]] alongside eight other European cities.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 August 2011|title=Association of European Cities of Culture of the Year 2000|url=http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat_en/international_organisations/8370,artykul,association_of_european_cities_of_culture_of_the_year_2000.html|access-date=24 February 2017|website=Krakow the Open City|archive-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107104000/http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat_en/international_organisations/8370,artykul,association_of_european_cities_of_culture_of_the_year_2000.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, the city was the site of the [[Brussels Agreement (2013)|Brussels Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|last=srbija.gov.rs|title=Brussels Agreement|url=https://www.srbija.gov.rs/specijal/en/120394|access-date=2021-07-15|website=srbija.gov.rs|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715172858/https://www.srbija.gov.rs/specijal/en/120394|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, it hosted the [[40th G7 summit]],<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Brussels G7 summit, Brussels, 04-05/06/2014 – Consilium|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2014/06/04-05/|access-date=6 February 2017|website=European Council|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113117/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2014/06/04-05/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2017, 2018 and 2021 respectively the [[2017 Brussels summit|28th]], [[2018 Brussels summit|29th]] and [[2021 Brussels summit|31st NATO Summits]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NATO Summit 2017|url=https://www.state.gov/p/eur/rt/nato/summit2017/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525125949/https://www.state.gov/p/eur/rt/nato/summit2017/index.htm|archive-date=25 May 2017|access-date=27 July 2017|website=state.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/ic/natohq/news_147856.htm|title=NATO Secretary General announces dates for 2018 Brussels Summit|date=20 October 2017|website=nato.int|access-date=13 October 2021|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511205459/https://www.nato.int/cps/ic/natohq/news_147856.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite web|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/ic/natohq/news_183196.htm|title=NATO Secretary General announces date of the 2021 Brussels Summit|date=22 April 2021|website=nato.int|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429060646/https://www.nato.int/cps/ic/natohq/news_183196.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[2016 Brussels bombings|On 22 March 2016]], three coordinated [[nail bomb]]ings were detonated by [[ISIL]] in Brussels—two at [[Brussels Airport]] in [[Zaventem]] and one at [[Maalbeek/Maelbeek metro station]]—resulting in 32 victims and three [[suicide bombers]] killed, and 330 people were injured. It was the deadliest act of [[terrorism]] in Belgium.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|last1=Dearden|first1=Lizzie|title=Brussels attacks timeline: How bombings unfolded at airport and Metro station|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brussels-attacks-timeline-how-bombings-unfolded-at-airport-and-metro-station-a6945781.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brussels-attacks-timeline-how-bombings-unfolded-at-airport-and-metro-station-a6945781.html|archive-date=1 May 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=22 March 2016|newspaper=The Independent|date=22 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="BBC35869985">{{cite news|title=Brussels explosions: What we know about airport and metro attacks|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869985|publisher=BBC News|date=9 April 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=2 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602225244/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869985|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BBC35880119>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35880119|title=Victims of the Brussels attacks|date=15 April 2016|publisher=BBC News|access-date=12 March 2023|archive-date=12 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312131723/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35880119|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Guardian220317>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/22/brussels-unveil-terror-victims-memorial-one-year-after-attacks|title=Brussels attacks: 'Let us dare to be tender,' says king on first anniversary|work=The Guardian|date=22 March 2017|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310120735/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/22/brussels-unveil-terror-victims-memorial-one-year-after-attacks|url-status=live}}</ref>