International

Plenty of Belgian awards at the Cannes Festival

13 June 2019

There was a wonderful end to the Cannes Festival for the representatives of Belgian cinema. The Award for Best Director went to the Dardenne Brothers for the film Le Jeune Ahmed (Young Ahmed).

Beards and moustaches in the spotlight in Antwerp

28 May 2019

An international beard and moustache contest was held in Antwerp for the first time.

Belgium is Europe's No 2 in clinical trials

27 May 2019

1,500 clinical trials, used to test new medicines, are currently ongoing in Belgium. Denmark is the only country ahead of us.

Belgium attracts more foreign investors

23 May 2019

Good news for Belgium's economy, as the attractiveness of our country is improving.

Artistic duo from Brussels in the spotlights in Venice

20 May 2019

The Belgian artists, Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys, received an honourable distinction with their project Mondo Cane at the Venice Biennale 2019.

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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