http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/azerbaijan/rss.jsp http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2012-05-10_stup.jsp 10 May 2012 09:47:00 On Tuesday 8 May 2012 in Vienna, Belgian citizen Raymond Yans was elected President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2012-03-12_prixturquie.jsp 12 March 2012 12:52:00 Two Belgians were awarded with the TÜTAP (Tourism and Promotion Platform) Award on 17 February. The awards are given out every year to people in recognition of their efforts to promote Turkey and to contribute to its image abroad. Winners this year include Senator Fatma Pehlivan and honorary teacher Emiel Hoorne. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-12-01_bfast.jsp 01 December 2011 11:41:00 On Sunday 23 October 2011, eastern Turkey was struck by an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, with devastating consequences for the cities of Ercis and Van. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-11-22_taquet.jsp 22 November 2011 03:22:00 Hospital benefiting from significant Belgian contribution opens its doors in Tebnine. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-11-22_prixniouzz.jsp 22 November 2011 02:28:00 The Objectif 2015 series, which was broadcast during the children’s news programme Les Niouzz on the RTBF and co-financed by Belgian Development Cooperation, has just won the Media Prize 2011 awarded by the French Fondation pour l’Enfance (Childhood Foundation) in the Youth category. The Foundation rewards television programmes that raise awareness with regard to child protection issues. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-11-22_vervaeke.jsp 21 November 2011 03:12:00 Belgian diplomat, Koen Vervaeke (52), has been appointed by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, to be Senior Coordinator for the Great Lakes region and will serve in Ashton’s diplomatic corps. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-09-15_lybiepaix.jsp 15 September 2011 09:43:00 At the end of August, the battle of Tripoli is raging. This uprising of the Libyan people raises hope for and end to the violence that Muammar Gaddafi's regime is inflicting upon the population. This regime had lost all legitimacy, as borne out by the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant against Gaddafi and his sons Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Sanussi for crimes against humanity. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-09-13_prixcapalbio.jsp 14 September 2011 03:01:00 This distinction is an initiative of the Fondation Epoké. For the last five years it has awarded an annual prize to a personality for his or her commitment to European integration. The laureate is picked out by a jury of personalities, presided over by the former Italian Prime Minister and vice-president of the European Convention, Giuliano Amato. http://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/newsroom/belgium_unlimited/international/2011/ni_2011-08-23_jeuxmilitaire.jsp 24 August 2011 03:01:00 In addition to one gold and two bronze medals, many other sportspersons achieved great feats. Many Belgians improved their personal bests. These results were the fruits of a long year of hard training.