Belgium is a country with a highly complex political structure and is divided into three different language communities. The largest region, in the northern, Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, is Flanders, with approximately 6.5 million inhabitants. Some 4.5 million French-speaking Belgians live in Wallonia.
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The language communities support training facilities and professional development. The Flemish community government provides € 300,000 per year to Fonds Pascal Decroos (grants for investigative journalism). Additionally, it supports Mediarte (€ 270,000) and MediAcademie (€ 730,000), which provide professionals with training to in audiovisual and news media respectively.