International

Archbishop Jozef De Kesel appointed cardinal

21 November 2016

Pope Francis has appointed the Belgian archbishop Jozef De Kesel cardinal. On 19 November he was officially appointed together with sixteen other cardinals.

Belgian Daniël Termont to preside over Eurocities

18 November 2016

On 18 November, Daniël Termont, the Mayor of Ghent (East Flanders), was elected to become the new President of Eurocities, a network of about 130 European cities.

Chris Dercon, winner of the 2016 Christophe Plantin Prize

25 October 2016

On Monday 24 October 2106, Chris Dercon, Director of the Tate Modern in London and future director of the Volksbühne in Berlin, received the 2016 Christophe Plantin Prize at a ceremony at the Bernardu

Belgian expert on biodiversity is elected to join the global nature council

22 September 2016

Hilde Eggermont, coordinator of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, has become an elected member of the global council of the ‘International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’ and will be involve

University Antwerp tenth best young university world

15 September 2016

According to a ranking by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) the University of Antwerp (UAntwerpen) is the world's tenth best young university, which is three places higher than last 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.

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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