International

Bokrijk to become a Unesco expert

22 December 2017

UNESCO has declared Bokrijk an expert in folk culture.

Belgian curator at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

07 December 2017

Karen Van Godtsenhoven is to start work at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. She will become the new curator of the fashion department.

The Legion of Honour awarded to the Belgian Federal Police

14 November 2017

France has just awarded "the Legion of Honour" to our Federal Police, represented by the Commissioner General of the Federal Police, Catherine De Bolle, and the Director of the Federal Judic

Ghent's library is among the most beautiful in the world

27 October 2017

The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has named Ghent's library ‘De Krook’ one of the ten most beautiful libraries in the world.

Belgium is the sixth richest country in the world

26 October 2017

Belgium is the sixth richest country in the world: this has been confirmed in the recent edition of the Allianz Global Wealth Report 2016.

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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