In Belgium, each individual, after their death, is presumed to be a potential donor. Since 2020, as well as organ donation, any Belgian citizen has had the option to express their will, explicit consent or opposition to the post-mortem donation of human body material like skin, cartilage, tendons or heart values for transplantation, the manufacture of medicines (advanced therapies) and for scientific research.

The Belgian Debt Agency expects the 2024 gross borrowing requirements of the federal government to amount to EUR 52.92 billion.

In establishing this estimate, the Debt Agency assumes that the 2024 net financing requirements would amount to EUR 21.48 billion. Redemptions of medium- and long-term debt would amount to EUR 29.27 billion.

Moreover, the Belgian Debt Agency plans to buy back bonds maturing in 2025 for an amount of EUR 1.50 billion. Finally, the execution of puts and calls on...

The Belgian Debt Agency informs that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 0.985 billion.

ISIN Code : BE0312793657 - 07/03/2024
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 0.985
Weighted average yield : 3.585%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.17

See our Refinitiv page BELG/TC or Bloomberg page BEDA - TC Auctions - Results.

For Belgian international cooperation, women's entrepreneurship is an important lever for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2022, Enabel launched the Awa Prize, an initiative of Belgium’s Minister of Development Cooperation and of Major Cities. This international competition, organised in collaboration with the Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries BIO, aims to highlight the talent and leadership of women entrepreneurs in Africa and the Middle East.

Now, in its...

Minister Hadja Lahbib presented her policy note today in the Chamber Committee on Foreign Affairs. There was significant focus on Belgium’s role during the first half of the year of 2024 when it takes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

As of the end of October 2023, the federal government debt amounted to EUR 507.082 billion. Federal government debt thus decreased by EUR 5.20 billion in October.

In net terms (after deducting placements and securities held in portfolio), the federal government debt increased by EUR 579 million to EUR 481.96 billion.

The net balance to be financed amounted to EUR 494 million in October.

For more details on the issuance and repayment of short-term and long-term debt in October 2023...

The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium  launches a new initiative for companies and organisations in Belgium: Safeonweb@work. Safeonweb, which aims to make the entire population safer online, is getting a little brother: Safeonweb@work.  The aim of Safeonweb@work is to strengthen the cyber resilience of Belgian companies and organisations.  It does this by providing advice, recommendations and tools that enable organisations to identify and mitigate the vulnerabilities of their systems and to be...

The Belgian Debt Agency informs that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 1.001 billion. 

ISIN Code : BE0312793657 - 07/03/2024
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 1.001
Weighted average yield : 3.734%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.60 

See our Refinitiv page BELG/TC or Bloomberg page BEDA - TC Auctions - Results.

The Belgian Debt Agency informs that it has accepted bids for a total amount of EUR 0.501 billion, distributed into the following lines :

OLO 1.90%  22/06/2038 (OLO 76)
ISIN Code : BE0000336454 - 22/06/2038
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 0.291
Weighted average yield : 3.697%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.42

OLO 0.65%  22/06/2071 (OLO 93)
ISIN Code : BE0000353624 - 22/06/2071
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 0.210
Weighted average yield : 3.355%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.98


See our Refinitiv...