International

Five Belgian companies voted Best Workplace in Europe

20 September 2022

Each year, the international Great Place to Work institute awards the title of Best Workplace. This year, five Belgian companies were among the winners in Venice.

Everyone on the beach with the Smurfs!

15 September 2022

Around 8 million tons of plastic waste end up in our oceans.

Discovery of two potentially habitable planets

12 September 2022

An international team of scientists led by a Belgian astrophysicist has discovered two "super-Earths" more than 100 light years from our planet.

Elon Musk rewards a Belgian cybersecurity researcher

01 September 2022

Having successfully completed the challenge of hacking a satellite dish connected to Starlink, SpaceX's satellite network, Lennert Wouters has been congratulated (and presented with a large chequ

Abracadabra! Laurent Piron winner of the World Championship of Magic

10 August 2022

Laurent Piron from Dalhem in the province of Liège already won the 2021 World Championship of Magic in Spain.

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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