International

VUB wins prizes at the MedCup 2022

09 November 2022

At this year's MedCup, the first international medical competition, two pairs of VUB students excelled in Brussels among more than 200 participants from some 40 Belgian and foreign universities.

Fabulous discoveries in Saudi Arabia emerge from the past

20 October 2022

In 1951-1952, for the first time ever, a predominantly Belgian scientific expedition set out to explore the inland waterways of the Arabian peninsular.

Attraction: awards for the new Belgian series

12 October 2022

When the successful Belgian novelist Barbara Abel co-wrote a screenplay with writer Sophia Perié, the result was Attraction, a series that won the Best Foreign French Fiction Award at La Rochelle Fict

Belgian world-class codebreaker

06 October 2022

In the 1960s, the notorious Zodiac Killer, an American serial killer, caused a panic in Southern California. He claimed to have killed 37 people, five of whom have been confirmed.

The best organic shop in Europe is in Belgium

06 October 2022

Focused on organic farming and direct sales since 1978, La Ferme à l'Arbre has just won a prestigious award from the European Commission.

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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