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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

Belgium · In the world’s press

Belgium in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention Belgium, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

417 mentions yesterday · 14% below its 30-day mean · 0.9% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned Belgium most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. DR Congo’s press 496 mentions · 19% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  2. Russia’s press 230 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  3. France’s press 173 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  4. Spain’s press 132 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×1.7 vs its habit
  5. Turkey’s press 128 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  6. Austria’s press 112 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  7. Algeria’s press 108 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×2.1 vs its habit
  8. Romania’s press 105 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  9. United Kingdom’s press 96 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.4 vs its habit
  10. Somalia’s press 96 mentions · 6% of its foreign attention · ×1.9 vs its habit
  11. Italy’s press 91 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  12. Pakistan’s press 74 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit

Belgium’s own press: 691 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the Belgium press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Lula's political strategies against Trump 69 presses · 24 days · on 5 Oct 2026
  2. Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian refineries 3 presses · 23 days · on 5 Oct 2026
  3. Trump comments on Ukraine's future borders 52 presses · 26 days · on 11 Oct 2026
  4. Russell Brand convicted of rape in UK 35 presses · 15 days · on 22 Oct 2026
  5. Student list victory impacts Serbian politics 25 presses · 21 days · on 26 Oct 2026
  6. Trump discusses Iran and potential war 58 presses · 14 days · on 31 Oct 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming Belgium, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

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