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    • Coronavirus: Belgium reaches 15,348 confirmed cases
    1,384 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19), confirmed the FPS Public Health during a press conference on ...
    Coronavirus: Belgium reaches 15,348 confirmed cases
    1,384 new people have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19), confirmed the FPS Public Health during a press conference on Thursday. ...
    Ibis becomes ‘care hotel’ for Covid patients
    An Ibis hotel in Aalst will transform into a 'care hotel' in the region, as it prepares to handle the overspill from local hospitals struggling to ...
    Belgium creates police task force to unify enforcement of coronavirus lockdown
    Belgium has created a task force to bring "clarity" to the country's diverse police zones on how to enforce the lockdown measures to halt the ...
    ‘Renationalisation’ to save Brussels Airlines is a possibility
    The group of experts charged with saving major Belgian companies from the new coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis is looking into the case of Brussels ...
    Five Questions to philosopher Philippe Van Parijs on basic income and the coronavirus
    The American Congress decided in March that most US citizens will be paid an unconditional income of 1200 dollars. Dozens of members of the British ...
    Coronavirus: UK ‘massively’ ramps up testing
    The UK will "massively ramp up" its screening of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Wednesday. "This ...
    Police shortage impacts criminal investigations
    A shortage of police in Belgium means that new criminal investigations will have to be put on hold as the country faces the new coronavirus ...
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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
    Why Africa urgently needs an Ubuntu Plan
    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
    This spring is never going to be the same again. The explosive spread of COVID-19 caught the world by ...
    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 ...
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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 ...
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    The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has got people extremely worried and frightened all around the ...
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    Why Africa urgently needs an Ubuntu Plan
    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
    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 ...
    Denise Özdemir
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    Moldova, a small post-Soviet republic, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, is a place where dramatic ...
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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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    Borders closed. Shops shuttered. Citizens locked down. In Brussels and across Europe the new coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has disrupted ...
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    Supermarkets reopen following strikes over work conditions amid coronavirus
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    COP26 climate summit postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
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    Ambassador Zhang Ming
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    Transavia cancels Belgian flights til March 2021
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    Belgium creates police task force to unify enforcement of coronavirus lockdown
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    Belgium trials ‘virtual’ cycling race
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    Oil prices rise after US intervention
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    COP26 climate summit postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
    Marseille 3D prints protective equipment for health-care staff
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    Coronavirus: European Parliament offers its services to Brussels
    Coronavirus: mortgage and business loan deferrals announced
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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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    Moldova, a small post-Soviet republic, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, is a place where dramatic ...
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