International

A prestigious Oscar which meows in a Belgian style

13 March 2025

Flow, the result of a Belgo-Latvian collaboration, is today an international success.

A major Belgian breakthrough in surgery thanks to AI

13 March 2025

Belgium is playing a key role in medical innovation by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into hospitals, particularly in operating rooms.

Antwerp University aims to make the European fashion sector sustainable, fair, and circular

11 March 2025

The textile and clothing industry has a poor track record regarding environmental and social impact. Fortunately, awareness is increasing about the need to completely change course.

Belgium world champion sleddog racing 2025 in Norway

05 March 2025

It's not a World Cup in soccer or cycling, but for the participants, it involves just as much professionalism, dedication and enthusiasm; it's the World Cup in sleddog racing.

Brussels art school La Cambre Mode[s], a success story

27 February 2025

Everyone has already heard of La Cambre Mode[s], the prestigious Brussels fashion school. But how to explain its international success compared to so many other fashion schools?

A small country with big ambitions!

Covering some 30,000 km², Belgium is not a big country but through its history and its geographic location it has always held an important place in the world, aware that without bridges to others, it would be unrealistic to want to build a fairer and more prosperous world.

For Belgium, effective action on crucial issues such as peace and security, human rights and the promotion of the rule of law, can only be carried out in a multilateral context. Belgium is therefore a founding Member State of many of the great international institutions such as the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Council of Europe.

Belgium makes a significant contribution to the work of these institutions, while Brussels is home to the headquarters of several of them and many Belgian politicians have assumed important responsibilities while heading up such organisations.

Minister Hadja Lahbib

Based on the open and pragmatic Belgian character, Belgian foreign policy covers universal values, focused on democracy, dialogue and regional integration between countries that may have been in conflict. So as human rights improve and poverty declines and a country opens up to a democratic process, if the economy picks up, development cooperation and economic action can be complementary!

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