International

Belgian start-ups unite at the Viva Tech international trade fair

12 June 2025

Gathered together on the same stand for the first time, thirty Belgian start-ups are exhibiting their know-how at the Viva Tech international trade fair in Paris.

Liege Airport among the world’s best for cargo transport

12 June 2025

Belgium’s Liege Airport has a stellar reputation when it comes to cargo, among the best in the world even. The proof is in its nomination by Air Cargo Week among the top five in the world.

Versailles favours Belgian boxwood

05 June 2025

If you’re restoring arguably the most famous gardens in the world or at least in Europe, you might as well do it right and get some quality Belgian boxwood.

Queen Elisabeth Competition: Public Prize for Valère Burnon

05 June 2025

By finishing third in this year's piano final, the Belgian virtuoso achieved one of the greatest performances in the history of this prestigious international competition.

Belgian universities help modernise the CERN

28 May 2025

The CERN institute in Switzerland is becoming a little more Belgian, or at least some of the technology is.

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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