Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in Greece

Belgium in Greece and Cyprus

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Embassy Cyprus

 

Letter of Ambassador Luc Liebaut

Welcome to the website of the Belgian Embassy in Athens.

On this site, you will find practical information on the Belgian Embassy in Athens (opening hours, who is who) as well as on the Belgian clubs and Belgian honorary consuls in Greece and Cyprus. You will also find information on the services offered by this Embassy (registration, identity card, passport, visa, citizenship, legalisation, nationality, etcetera), an events' calendar (cultural activities, Belgian business Club, visits and so on) and numerous links to Belgian authorities and to the sites of the communities and regions in Belgium. For Belgium is a federal country, as you may know. 

I wish you lots of pleasure while exploring this site. Please do not hesitate to mail your remarks, questions and suggestions to athens@diplobel.fed.be.

News

10 Aug

Following the nomination of a presidential candidate for the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC), Belgium welcomes the fact that the current president, Joseph Kabila Kabange, thereby renounces a third mandate, as stipulated in the Constitution and in the New Year’s Eve Agreement of 2016.
 

18 Jul

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Rome Statute, the founding text of the International Criminal Court, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders reiterates his support to this judicial institution which plays an essential role in the fight against impunity. Faced with the trends of withdrawal into oneself and unilateralism, a permanent international criminal jurisdiction with a universal vocation, complementary to national criminal jurisdictions, is more necessary than ever.

17 Jul

Today, exactly 4 years ago, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over the east of Ukraine. 298 citizens, including many children, lost their lives. Various compatriots also died. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders pays tribute to their memory.

13 Jul

Beyoncé, Chris Martin, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and a series of other international and African artists will join the international # SheIsEqual  campaign on December 2 at a grand final concert in Johannesburg. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo, who initiated #SheIsEqual and launched the campaign in June in Brussels, is ambitious. “This will be the largest ever campaign to support women’s rights and the Sustainable Development Goals.”

29 Jun

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders is pleased with the decision taken on 27 July in The Hague by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to assume the role of investigating the responsibilities for chemical attacks in Syria.