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    • Coronavirus: Belgium reaches 12,775 confirmed cases
    876 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19), confirmed the FPS Public Health during a press conference on ...
    Coronavirus: Belgium reaches 12,775 confirmed cases
    876 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19), confirmed the FPS Public Health during a press conference on Tuesday. 467 ...
    5G: Brussels left behind in Belgian rollout
    After extended discussions, 5G is coming to Belgium on Wednesday, with an initial coverage of 30 municipalities, as Proximus announced on Tuesday. ...
    Coronavirus: Belgium makes spitting punishable by fines and jail time
    Belgium has made spitting on police an offence punishable by a hefty fine and jail time following an increase in incidents of people using spit ...
    Coronavirus: Forest Park allows people on the grass again
    The Brussels municipality of Forest, which last week banned people from the grass in its park to contain the further spread of the new coronavirus ...
    STIB will not rename metro station ‘Greta Tomberg’
    The Brussels public transport company STIB cleared up that it will not rename one of its metro stations in honour of Greta Thunberg, after a false ...
    Coronavirus prompts calls to free inmates from overcrowded Belgian prisons
    Belgian prisons must urgently address overpopulation problems in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, including by releasing "all prisoners who can ...
    Charleroi Airport could partially resume flights on 4 May
    Charleroi airport, which temporarily shut down on March 24, due to the new coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, could partially resume its commercial ...
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    So, what happens to football in Belgium?
    In times like these, football is totally unimportant. Though, for some of us, as Italian manager Arrigo ...
    Calum MacKichan
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    Africa urgently needs a globally coordinated Ubuntu Plan in response to COVID-19, a fiscal stimulus that ...
    Dr Victor Oladokun
    The European Union is failing its largest ethnic minority in times of Coronavirus crisis
    In many of the Eastern Members States of the European Union, Roma are made the scapegoat for the spread of ...
    Marius Tudor
    To fight the pandemic, put trust and cooperation before politics
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    Ambassador Zhang Ming
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    Denial, playing down the facts, playing the blame game - the familiar pattern of populist politics keeps ...
    Karola Klatt
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    French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken of the country being "at war" against the invisible enemy ...
    Sam Rainsy
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    On Friday, the number of infected persons in the Czech Republic increased to 833 cases, with no fatalities ...
    Denise Özdemir
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    In an opinion piece on March 19th, Danish MEP Pernille Weiss called for the European Parliament to reconvene ...
    Marianne Vind
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    The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has got people extremely worried and frightened all around the ...
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    Africa urgently needs a globally coordinated Ubuntu Plan in response to COVID-19, a fiscal stimulus that ...
    Dr Victor Oladokun
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    In many of the Eastern Members States of the European Union, Roma are made the scapegoat for the spread of ...
    Marius Tudor
    How populists are wasting valuable time in the corona crisis
    Denial, playing down the facts, playing the blame game - the familiar pattern of populist politics keeps ...
    Karola Klatt
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    On Friday, the number of infected persons in the Czech Republic increased to 833 cases, with no fatalities ...
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    Insects as food: Belgium takes a bite
    The first EU permits for insects as a “novel food” should be issued in mid-2020. This will end the legal uncertainty about breeding insects ...
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    5G: Brussels left behind in Belgian rollout
    Coronavirus: Belgium makes spitting punishable by fines and jail time
    Coronavirus prompts calls to free inmates from overcrowded Belgian prisons
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    Coronavirus: Belgium makes spitting punishable by fines and jail time
    Coronavirus prompts calls to free inmates from overcrowded Belgian prisons
    Charleroi Airport could partially resume flights on 4 May
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    Belgium abstains as EU approves coronavirus aid package
    Crossing times at internal borders back to normal in most cases
    Accession negotiations opened with Albania and North Macedonia but no date set yet
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    Coronavirus: Belgium makes spitting punishable by fines and jail time
    Coronavirus prompts calls to free inmates from overcrowded Belgian prisons
    Charleroi Airport could partially resume flights on 4 May
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    5G: Brussels left behind in Belgian rollout
    Charleroi Airport could partially resume flights on 4 May
    Belgian app aids socially distant shopping
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    Charleroi Airport could partially resume flights on 4 May
    Over a third of Brussels nursing homes hit by coronavirus
    Belgium abstains as EU approves coronavirus aid package
    Politics
    Coronavirus: real-time tracking platform launched in Belgium
    Coronavirus: ‘reopening of schools should be the first step’
    Coronavirus: most people respect the current measures
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    Belgium introduces changes in lottery and gambling rules
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    Coronavirus: 10,000 cultural events cancelled in Belgium
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    French community relaxes rules on school absences
    School groups against proposed rule on Dutch test to enter primary school
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    Africa urgently needs a globally coordinated Ubuntu Plan in response to COVID-19, a fiscal stimulus that ...
    Dr Victor Oladokun
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    In many of the Eastern Members States of the European Union, Roma are made the scapegoat for the spread of ...
    Marius Tudor
    How populists are wasting valuable time in the corona crisis
    Denial, playing down the facts, playing the blame game - the familiar pattern of populist politics keeps ...
    Karola Klatt
    Coronavirus: Life in Prague in the shadow of the virus
    On Friday, the number of infected persons in the Czech Republic increased to 833 cases, with no fatalities ...
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    I became Belgian last month. By accident. OK, it wasn’t totally by chance. I applied for Belgian ...
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