The Kingdom of Belgium, as a founding member and the host nation of both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, welcomes the application of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to become NATO member.
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COVID-19 travel advice
The travel information is provided on an advice basis only and is not binding.
Important: non-essential travel to countries outside the EU is strongly discouraged for unvaccinated travellers.
Travellers need to be aware that new outbreaks of COVID-19 and new measures abroad can have important repercussions on their trip. Repatriation can not be guaranteed in case of cancellation of commercial flights or closure of borders.
All information on the applicable rules for travels to Belgium can be found on info-coronavirus.be.
Departure from Belgium
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Travel to Belgium
- Information on arrival/return: What to do when you arrive in Belgium? | Coronavirus COVID-19
- FPS Interior Call Centre: 0800 14 689
- Colour codes per country: Colour codes per country | Coronavirus COVID-19
- Info about the mandatory return travel form (PLF - Passenger Localisation Form): Fill in the electronic form here
- For general information on access to Belgian territory for foreigners: Website of the Immigration Office
Useful information
- Crisis center FPS Home Affairs
- FPS Public Health
- Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp
- European Union
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Reopen.europa.eu
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Since 2004, the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) on May 17 has reminded us that discrimination against LGBTQI+ persons is still frequent.
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Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Major Cities Policy, launched the new bilateral cooperation programme together with Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh on Thursday 12 May.
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The Belgian economic mission to the UK ends after a full program of events, business-to-business contacts and high-level meetings.After two years of interruption, the network of contacts between Belgian and British operators was restored thanks to physical presence.
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Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, responsible for Foreign and European Affairs, had a meeting today with Nadia Murrad, the Yezidi human rights activist who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize along with Dr. Denis Mukwege for her efforts against sexual violence as a weapon of war. During the discussion, Prime Minister De Croo emphasized that the acts of sexual violence committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine cannot go unpunished.
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Today, Belgium, together with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the British foreign ministry, organized a seminar to put human rights high on the agenda of business, as part of the Belgian Economic Mission to the United Kingdom.
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Children's rights are one of the priorities of Belgian foreign policy on human rights. For decades, our country has been committed to promoting children's rights internationally.
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Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Major Cities Policy, is going on a working visit to Palestine from 9 to 13 May. Her focus is to draw attention to the need for quality protection for Palestinians living under occupation and to bring a perspective on a more promising future for Palestinian youth and women.