Press release from the Belgian Debt Agency

The government institute BELNET currently provides high-speed Internet access for Belgian universities, colleges of higher education and research centres at a rate of 2.5 gigabits per second. By next year, that figure is set to quadruple to 10 gigabits per second. That will offer a capacity thousands of times higher than commercial broadband Internet in Belgium. BELNET's decision follows recent evolutions on the European front.

Belgian universities currently communicate with each other and...

Belgian Chairman of OSCE expresses concern at the violent protests over the religious cartoons and calls for balance between freedom of expression and respect for religious and other beliefs

The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has offered his sincere condolences to the people of Kosovo and the family of President Ibrahim Rugova, on hearing the news of his death earlier today.

OSCE Chairman welcomes invitation to observe Belarus presidential election

Press release from the Belgian Debt Agency

The Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, fully aligns himself with the statement on the Iran nuclear issue released by the E3/EU on 12 January 2006.

Washington , 17 January 2006.
Mister Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Europe 's dream of conducting a unified policy has been around for quite some time. I'm not talking about the imperialistic plans for unification hatched by Charlemagne or Napoleon or any nostalgic dream of the re-establishment of the Roman Empire or a Christian Europe ruled by some emperor. On the contrary, what I mean is the democratic dream of a United States of Europe, as invoked by such great Europeans as Victor Hugo...

Press release from the Belgian Debt Agency