International

Antwerp attracts increasing numbers of investors

18 February 2021

The city of Antwerp is being rewarded for its strategy to attract international investment, rising to second place in the prestigious Financial Times 2020-2021 European rankings.

People from other countries also find the rows of façades in Ghent's old town stunning

04 February 2021

Five thousand respondents visiting the British architecture website Homedit.com selected Ghent as the fourth most beautiful city in the world.

World's largest private hospital ship to be fitted out in Antwerp

12 January 2021

In the second quarter of 2021, the port of Antwerp is due to welcome the "Global Mercy", the world's largest private hospital ship.

Industrial packaging: Belgium is a pioneer

18 December 2020

Belgium is a pioneer in Europe. It is the first country to have set up a specific body for the management of industrial packaging, Valipac, with specific legal objectives.

Sophie Wilmès is one of the most powerful women in the world, according to Forbes

18 December 2020

American magazine Forbes has named our former Prime Minister and current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sophie Wilmès, as one of the 100 most powerful women of the past year.

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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