ICBC opens branch in Belgium
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China’s largest bank and in terms of market capitalisation also the world’s n° 1 bank, has decided to open an office in Brussels, Belgium. "ICBC will open a branch in Brussels soon" as long as it gets the green lig...
Tianjin company to build pagoda gate
On March 12, Antwerp's Alderman of spatial planning, Mr Ludo Van Campenhout, signed a cooperation agreement with the Representative of the Chinese community in Antwerp, Mr Guojin Liu. The agreement should make way to the installation of a 14 metres high pagoda gate at the entrance of the Antw...
Antwerp doing well in FDI Magazine's rankings
On February 13th FDI Magazine announced its yearly publication "Cities and Regions of the Future". Every two years fDi Magazine draws up a list of the 25 European cities and regions of the future after collecting independent data on 223 cities and 142 regions in Europe. The judging crit...
Brussels in our backyard
Only 20 kilometres south of the Antwerp region lies Brussels. Brussels - capital of Belgium, administrative capital of the European Union. In a thousand years (Brussels celebrated its millennium in 1979) the city has gained a status as a thriving political and business centre... a city of worldwi...
Antwerp, city of diamonds
Some history Already since the 16th century, the city of Antwerp is a world centre for the diamond trade. Excellent road connections with Germany and the Netherlands, the widening of the river Scheldt and an open political climate convinced traders and travelers to establish themselves in Antwe...
Capital of fashion
Antwerp is one of the most important trendsetters in the fashion world. The driving force behind the Antwerp fashion scene is the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (“Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen”). The academy is one of the oldest of its kind ...
Europe’s largest petrochemical cluster
Since the 1960s the Antwerp region has become a hotspot for the chemical industry in Europe. Considerable investments by both Belgian and foreign companies led to a spectacular development of the port area. For years now, Antwerp can proudly name itself Europe’s largest petrochemical cluste...
Places to see
Antwerp ....the Rubens’ city par excellence, the world diamond centre, a city of fashion designers and fashion trendsetters, a world port and City-on-the-River, a bustling Burgundian city, a real shoppers’ paradise, a gallery of protected monuments and cityscapes, a welcoming and mult...
- ICBC opens branch in Belgium
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China’s l... - Tianjin company to build pagoda gate
On March 12, Antwerp's Alderman of spatial planning, Mr Ludo Va... - Antwerp doing well in FDI Magazine's rankings
On February 13th FDI Magazine announced its yearly publication &quo... - Brussels in our backyard
Only 20 kilometres south of the Antwerp region lies Brussels. Bruss...
