Belgium

👑 The #BrusselsMotorShow had a royal opening by HM King Philippe! 🚗 Held January 10-19, it brings together 100+ exhibitors and 63 car brands across 56,000 m², with cutting-edge #conceptcars, #autonomousvehicles and #innovative electric cars! ⚡️ #EmbracingOpenness

🇧🇪👩‍⚕️ World-first #medicalbreakthrough by #Belgian @UZBrussel hospital: frozen testicular tissue successfully reimplanted into a 26-year-old man after 16 years! 💡 The patient underwent chemotherapy as a child but doctors are hopeful that he will be able to produce sperm cells.

🌒 #Belgian engineer #BramVerbruggen presented his research at @esa: bricks made out of up to 95% #moondust! 🧱 3D printed in 8 minutes, sturdy and protective against radiation, perfect for lunar infrastructure. 🔬 #Innovative research supported by @belspo! #EmbracingOpenness

✨ We wish you #happyholidays and a joyful end of the year! 🎀 We all have a special connection to #Belgium: because of an interest, a journey, a job, studies, a loved one or simply because we live here. 🎁 Whatever the reason, we wish you all the very best for the #newyear!

🛰️ 2 satellites built in #Belgium by @redwire launched for the #Proba3 mission of @esa! 🎯 The goal? To simulate and study artificial solar eclipses. 💪 The onboard coronagraph was developed under the direction of @CSL_Liege, the scientific research is done by @ORB_KSB!

🎉✈️ Yesterday, @BrusselsAirport and @ThaiAirways celebrated the resumption of daily direct flight between Brussels and Bangkok since the Covid pandemic. 💪Reaffirming #Belgium's strong position as a European gateway for travelers to and from Asia!

❤️‍🔥Drones capturam o espetacular video mapping no monumento do @cristoredentor com vista para o Rio de Janeiro, cidade de oportunidades. 🇧🇪🇧🇷 Um local icônico para a Bélgica demonstrar sua expertise em entretenimento durante um momento de amizade belga-brasileira. #BEmissionBRA

🇧🇪 🇧🇷 Captured on camera by drones swooping through the sky, this video mapping is a demonstration of #Belgian technical knowhow and part of the Belgian economic mission to Brazil led by HRH Princess Astrid! #BEmissionBRA #EmbracingOpenness @BelgiumMFA

👑 #Tapestries of the Grand Master’s Palace in Valletta, commissioned in 1708 from the legendary Gobelins Manufactory, are in the expert hands of #Belgian tapestry #restoration specialists of De Wit Royal Manufacturer. 🔬 These treasures will be restored for future generations!

🏆 🇧🇪 #Belgian #rally driver #ThierryNeuville smiles: together with co-pilot #MartijnWydaeghe he can call himself @OfficialWRC world champion! 💪 They suffered setbacks but pushed through, race after race. 👏 💐Congratulations! 📷: Hyundai Motorsport / Belga Image

📢 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. 💪#Belgium continues to fight violence and inequality through its Institute for the Equality of Women and Men and its centers for victims of sexual assault. ❌There's #NoExcuse. #OrangeTheWorld 🧡

🏆 @GaultMillauBe's #gastronomic guide for 2025 awarded L'air du temps in Eghezée (Sang Hoon Degeimbre) and Boury in Roeselare (Tim Boury) a near-perfect score of 19/20! 💪 Over 1,400 #Belgian restaurants are listed, with 135 new establishments joining the selection this year!

💧⚡ The Belgian Hydrogen Council, with the support of @BelgiumMFA, has launched an interactive map with a comprehensive overview of #hydrogen projects in #Belgium, including details on production, transport and applications! 📲 belgianhydrogencouncil.be/interactive-ma…

🧑‍🚀 #Belgium's @CSL_Liege is expanding its facilities, aiming to double its surface area by 2026. 🛰️ This includes the construction of a new tank for #satellite testing and clean rooms to research on #innovative technologies for the Einstein gravitational wave telescope! 💪

A Belgian chef pushing culinary boundaries in Paris? Meet Mallory Gabsi. 🍽️ His dishes are winning hearts in France and showcasing Belgian talent on the global culinary stage. 🌍 #embracingopenness

Did you know that a Belgian landscape architect is making the surroundings of Notre-Dame climate-resilient? 🌱 Bas Smets’ innovative design brings cooling green oases to the heart of Paris, ready to face future climate challenges! 🌍 #embracingopenness

#Belgium #embracingopenness #openfordiversity

🏆 🇧🇪 They did it! Belgian @solarteam_be won the @Solar_Challenge after a 4,000 km race lasting 8 days and which ended in Capetown! 🌞🏁 👏Congratulations to the @KU_Leuven student team for this impressive testimony of #Belgium's innovative #solarpower #engineering!

💡 Ghent-based startup Those Vegan Cowboys made cheese of non-animal origin in its laboratory. 👨‍🔬 Collaborating with @ResearchUGent & @WUR, it developed synthetic casein in 2022. 🌿 An #innovative experiment offering new #sustainable options to lower the carbon footprint!

👨‍🔬 Research by #Belgian scientists from @ORB_KSB, ULB University and @VLIZnews revealed that the cause of unidentified tremors in the earth, measurable worldwide for 9 days, was a 200-metre-high mega tsunami in Greenland. 💪 Or how Belgian #expertise is often part of the answer!