Opening of the new library of the KU Leuven "Campus Bibiotheek Arenberg", Prize award ceremony with short presentation of the Arenberg foundations by Minister of State Mark Eyskens and presentations of the Prize winners respectively by Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Schleidgen, managing director of the Archives of Rhineland-Palatinate for the 1st Prize (General History) awarded to Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Janssen and by prince Leopold d'Arenberg for the 2nd Prize (Regional History) awarded to Air Force General Guy van Eeckhoudt.
The 2002 laureates of the "Duke d'Arenberg" History Prizes are Prof. Dr. Wim Blockmans, Leiden and
Mr. Michael Schmidt, Bentheim, Emsland.
Minister of State prof. dr. Mark Eyskens gave a conference in the old stables of the castle of Enghien about ‘The future of Europe’.
