International

Brussels Airport considers implementing a separate ‘kids lane’

01 August 2016

Brussels Airport spent the first month of the summer holidays testing a new security procedure. The idea is to relieve the stress for families travelling with young children.

Belgium is one of the strongest innovators in Europe

25 July 2016

Belgium has reached seventh place in the ‘European Innovation Scoreboard 2016’. This means that the country is among the strongest innovators in the European Union.

Vanmarcke UNSCEAR Chairman

15 July 2016

On 1 July, Hans Vanmarcke, Head of Research at SCK-CEN, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre based in Mol and Professor of Medicine at KU Leuven, was selected as Chairman of UNSCEAR, the United Nations

Brussels awarded for its pedestrian access

07 July 2016

The City of Brussels has won the 11th European Urban and Regional Planning Awards for its pedestrian project in the capital's centre, managed by Jean Schollaert, the city's urban planner.

Belgium: 4th most attractive economy

20 June 2016

According to the ‘International Business Compass’ of the consultancy firm BDO, Belgium is among the most attractive countries in the world to establish operations.

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.

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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