The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids for a total amount of EUR 3.516 billion, distributed into the following lines :

OLO 0.80%  22/06/2028 (OLO 85)
ISIN Code : BE0000345547 - 22/06/2028
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 1.145
Weighted average yield : 2.817%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.55

OLO 3.00%  22/06/2033 (OLO 97)
ISIN Code : BE0000357666 - 22/06/2033
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 1.371
Weighted average yield : 3.134%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 1.89

OLO 3.30%  22/06...

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that the range for the upcoming auction on Monday 24 April 2023, has been determined at EUR 3/3.5 billion.

3 OLO lines will be auctioned:

1. OLO 0.80%  22/06/2028 ISIN BE0000345547 (OLO 85)
2. OLO 3.00%  22/06/2033 ISIN BE0000357666 (OLO 97)
3. OLO 3.30%  22/06/2054 ISIN BE0000358672 (OLO 98)

On 25 and 26 April 2023, the Belgian Development agency Enabel, the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD) of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, and VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) are organising an international conference on the importance of water in the context of adaptation to climate change.

The conference will bring together actors from the water sector and from different other...

The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that the following 3 OLO lines will be auctioned on Monday 24 April 2023 :

1.

Description : OLO 0.80%  22/06/2028

ISIN code : BE0000345547

OLO number : OLO 85

Outstanding : EUR 15 837 000 000.00

2.

Description : OLO 3.00%  22/06/2033

ISIN code : BE0000357666

OLO number : OLO 97

Outstanding : EUR 8 542 000 000.00

3.

Description : OLO 3.30%  22/06/2054

ISIN code : BE0000358672

OLO number : OLO 98

Outstanding : EUR 5...

You are hereby invited to a press briefing aboutthe second North Sea Summit, which will take place in Ostend on 24 April and bring together be the heads of government and energy ministers of nine countries.

Press release from the Belgian Debt Agency:

As of the end of March 2023, the federal government debt amounted to EUR 492.945 billion. This means that the debt increased by EUR 11.73 billion compared to February.

In net terms (after deducting placements and securities held in portfolio), the federal government debt increased in March by EUR 7.09 billion, to EUR 475.699 billion.

The net balance to be financed in March was EUR 7.09 billion (to the detriment of the Treasury).

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The Belgian Debt Agency informs you that it has accepted bids of Treasury certificates for a total amount of EUR 1.980 billion, distributed into the following lines :

ISIN Code : BE0312789614 - 13/07/2023
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 0.795
Weighted average yield : 2.860%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.49

ISIN Code : BE0312793657 - 07/03/2024
Amount taken (EUR billion) : 1.185
Weighted average yield : 3.155%
Bid-to-cover ratio : 2.22

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By involving the general public, as many as 14 million clicks to suspicious websites were avoided in 2022. This equates to about 25 alerts to internet users per minute. If you know that Belgium has a population of 12 million, you understand that these are huge numbers.  This is the result of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium's Belgium Anti-Phishing Shield (BAPS), which alerts internet users to unsafe websites. This system is unique in Europe.

At the invitation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Minister of Energy Tinne Van der Straeten, the Heads of State and government and the Energy Ministers of Denmark, France, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom will meet in Ostend on 24 April for the second North Sea Summit, as well as the President of the European Commission and the Energy Commissioner. Ambition: to harness the full energy and industrial potential of the North Sea and make...