Tiny Belgium to get tinier as Netherlands grows


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is about to get smaller and the Netherlands bigger.

The two countries have agreed to a swap of land, a peaceful handover on a continent where borders have long been a source of bloodshed.

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