International

Spirou: Human Rights Defender

15 October 2018

Spirou, a comic strip character created in Belgium in 1938, dedicated to the mission of fighting injustice, has just been named Human Rights Defender by the UN.

And the best Belgian universities are...

10 October 2018

According to the last rankings by the Times Higher World University Rankings 2019, Belgium is home to three of the top 200 universities in the world: KU Leuven, the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL

Ghent: the strongest performing city in terms of sustainable mobility

02 October 2018

A new report published by Greenpeace Belgium confirms that Ghent is the strongest-performing city in Belgium when it comes to sustainable mobility.

Eilandje in Antwerp among the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe

19 September 2018

You don't have to go far these days to visit one of the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe.

Antwerp and Leuven compete for the title of European Capital of Innovation

03 September 2018

Both Leuven and Antwerp are in the running to be named the best innovative city in Europe in 2018.

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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