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👨‍🔬 Research by #Belgian scientists from Observatory.be, ULB University and Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ 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!

👨‍🔬 Research by #Belgian scientists from <a href="/ORB_KSB/">Observatory.be</a>, ULB University and <a href="/VLIZnews/">Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ</a> 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!
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💡 Ghent-based startup Those Vegan Cowboys made cheese of non-animal origin in its laboratory. 👨‍🔬 Collaborating with Ghent University Research & Wageningen U&R, it developed synthetic casein in 2022. 🌿 An #innovative experiment offering new #sustainable options to lower the carbon footprint!

💡 Ghent-based startup Those Vegan Cowboys made cheese of non-animal origin in its laboratory.

👨‍🔬 Collaborating with <a href="/ResearchUGent/">Ghent University Research</a> &amp; <a href="/WUR/">Wageningen U&R</a>, it developed synthetic casein in 2022.

🌿 An #innovative experiment offering new #sustainable options to lower the carbon footprint!
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🏆 🇧🇪 They did it! Belgian Innoptus Solar Team won the SasolSolarChallenge 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!

🏆 🇧🇪 They did it! Belgian <a href="/solarteam_be/">Innoptus Solar Team</a> won the <a href="/Solar_Challenge/">SasolSolarChallenge</a> after a 4,000 km race lasting 8 days and which ended in Capetown! 🌞🏁

👏Congratulations to the <a href="/KU_Leuven/">KU Leuven</a> student team for this impressive testimony of #Belgium's innovative #solarpower #engineering!
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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

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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

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🧑‍🚀 #Belgium's Centre Spatial Liège 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! 💪

🧑‍🚀 #Belgium's <a href="/CSL_Liege/">Centre Spatial Liège</a> 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! 💪
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💧⚡ The Belgian Hydrogen Council, with the support of 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA, 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…

💧⚡ The Belgian Hydrogen Council, with the support of <a href="/BelgiumMFA/">🇧🇪 Belgium MFA</a>, 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…
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🏆 GaultMillauBelgium'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!

🏆 <a href="/GaultMillauBe/">GaultMillauBelgium</a>'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!
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📢 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 🧡

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

🏆 🇧🇪 #Belgian #rally driver #ThierryNeuville smiles: together with co-pilot #MartijnWydaeghe he can call himself <a href="/OfficialWRC/">FIA World Rally Championship</a> world champion! 

💪 They suffered setbacks but pushed through, race after race.

👏 💐Congratulations!  

📷: Hyundai Motorsport / Belga Image
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👑 #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!

👑 #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!
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🇧🇪 🇧🇷 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 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA

🇧🇪 🇧🇷 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 <a href="/BelgiumMFA/">🇧🇪 Belgium MFA</a>
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❤️‍🔥Drones capturam o espetacular video mapping no monumento do Cristo Redentor 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

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🎉✈️ Yesterday, Brussels Airport and Thai Airways 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!

🎉✈️ Yesterday, <a href="/BrusselsAirport/">Brussels Airport</a> and <a href="/ThaiAirways/">Thai Airways</a> 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!
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🛰️ 2 satellites built in #Belgium by Redwire Space launched for the #Proba3 mission of European Space Agency! 🎯 The goal? To simulate and study artificial solar eclipses. 💪 The onboard coronagraph was developed under the direction of Centre Spatial Liège, the scientific research is done by Observatory.be!

🛰️ 2 satellites built in #Belgium by <a href="/RedwireSpace/">Redwire Space</a> launched for the #Proba3 mission of <a href="/esa/">European Space Agency</a>!

🎯 The goal? To simulate and study artificial solar eclipses.

💪 The onboard coronagraph was developed under the direction of <a href="/CSL_Liege/">Centre Spatial Liège</a>, the scientific research is done by <a href="/ORB_KSB/">Observatory.be</a>!
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✨ 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!

✨ 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!
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🌒 #Belgian engineer #BramVerbruggen presented his research at European Space Agency: 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

🌒 #Belgian engineer #BramVerbruggen presented his research at <a href="/esa/">European Space Agency</a>: 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 <a href="/belspo/">Belspo</a>!

#EmbracingOpenness
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🇧🇪👩‍⚕️ World-first #medicalbreakthrough by #Belgian UZ Brussel 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.

🇧🇪👩‍⚕️ World-first #medicalbreakthrough by #Belgian <a href="/UZBrussel/">UZ Brussel</a> 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.
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👑 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

👑 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