International

Queen Elisabeth Competition: Public Prize for Valère Burnon

05 June 2025

By finishing third in this year's piano final, the Belgian virtuoso achieved one of the greatest performances in the history of this prestigious international competition.

Belgian universities help modernise the CERN

28 May 2025

The CERN institute in Switzerland is becoming a little more Belgian, or at least some of the technology is.

Screenplay Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

28 May 2025

The Dardenne brothers have won a prestigious award on the Croisette for their film ‘Young Mothers’, which was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or.

Belgium has some of Europe’s most cycling-friendly cities

22 May 2025

Our cycling-mad country has three cities listed among Europe’s ten most cycling-friendly cities, and one is even among the top three.

Belgian medical innovation shines at the Osaka World Expo

22 May 2025

For six months, Belgium's medical and vaccination expertise will be on show at the 2025 World Expo.

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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