In the first half of 2024, Belgium will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the thirteenth time. This offers not only our country a unique opportunity to exert even more ....
The Government of Flanders wants to strengthen its representation abroad. It does so not only by organising the annually ‘return days for diplomats’, which this year take place from 20 to 24 June in Brussels ....
In the coming years, the Government of Flanders will expand its representation , by investing more in diplomats and diplomatic posts. Within the European Union, Flanders already has one of its representatives. On 1 May ....
The Government of Flanders annually allocates a budget of some 150 million euros to give shape to its foreign ambitions. That a region of a country can leave such a mark on foreign policy is ....
Although thousands of soldiers died at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium in 1815, few human remains have been found. A new study by professor Tony Pollard of the University of Glasgow suggests that many ....
Although Flanders is a small region in the world, it has a very international character. This is not only because Brussels, the capital of Belgium and Flanders, is the second largest diplomatic hub in the ....
Should Ventilus, the new high-voltage line that will transport electricity from wind farms in the North Sea to the Belgian hinterland, be built above ground or below ground? It is 'the 4.8 billion euro question'. ....
On 7 June it will be exactly one year since Dixie Dansercoer died during a mission after falling into a glacier crevasse in Greenland. The famous Belgian polar explorer became known for his heroic and ....