International

Marieke De Maré and Anaïs Van Ertvelde win two literary prizes in The Hague

13 November 2024

Two Belgian authors, Marieke De Maré and Anaïs Van Ertvelde, have won two of the five literary prizes awarded this year by the Jan Campert Foundation on behalf of the municipality of The Hague.

Chocolate manufacturer Libeert from Comines-Warneton ensures a better future for 50 children in Peru

12 November 2024

Libeert has been producing chocolate creations that are 100% Belgian for about 100 years now, using a tried-and-tested family recipe and always with an eye towards sustainability.

Belgian artists immortalised in European songbook

07 November 2024

Several Belgian musicians have entered the European annals with tunes that will last through the ages.

Belgian academic named president of public hospital in Kenya

07 November 2024

Prof. Dr. Marleen Temmerman has landed a key role at a major Kenyan hospital;

Baloji wins UK Music Video Award

31 October 2024

Baloji, a Belgian-Congolese director, has won the award for Best Special Visual Project at the UK Music Video Awards.

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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