International

A Belgian heads up Australia

08 March 2018

Born in the Belgian town of Eupen in 1970, Mathias Cormann studied law at the KUL (Leuven) before launching his political career and becoming Municipal Councillor of Raeren in 1995.

Is Charleroi the worst city in the world? Absolutely not!

16 February 2018

Ten years after the Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant" described it as the "worst city in the world", Charleroi seems to have moved on.

Little Belgian secrets around the world

07 February 2018

Erik Brusten, a seasoned traveller for over 20 years, made up his mind to uncover everything he could about Belgium abroad.

Four Belgian entrepreneurs appear on the prestigious Forbes "30 Under 30" List!

07 February 2018

Every year, the financial magazine Forbes presents the "Forbes 30 Under 30 Award" to the most promising European innovators aged under thirty.

The New York Times ranks Ypres among its 52 Places to Go in 2018

01 February 2018

The New York Times, the famous American newspaper with three million subscribers, traditionally starts the year by drawing up a list of unmissable Places to Go.

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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