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    • Coronavirus: Still enough respirators but hospitals may face ethical dilemmas
    The curves showing the daily increase in confirmed infected persons and fatalities still refuse to flatten. A first light at the end of ...
    Coronavirus: Still enough respirators but hospitals may face ethical dilemmas
    The curves showing the daily increase in confirmed infected persons and fatalities still refuse to flatten. A first light at the end of the tunnel ...
    Despite coronavirus, pharmacies are dispensing less medicine
    Belgian pharmacists have raised concerns that patients have been postponing treatment or care since the start of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. ...
    Coronavirus: Germany keeps Belgian and Dutch borders open
    Germany has decided to keep its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands open for traffic, despite the new coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. “Health ...
    • Temporarily unemployed because of coronavirus: What now?
    Over 1.2 million people in Belgium have applied for temporary unemployment during the new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, but who is (and isn't) ...
    Brussels Airlines flights could be reduced in the long term
    Brussels Airlines' flights could be reduced in the long term as its parent company, German aviation group Lufthansa, is expecting a significant drop ...
    • Over 30% of Belgian SMEs may not survive coronavirus crisis
    Nearly 31% of Belgium's small and medium enterprises may not survive if the current far-reaching measures to combat the new coronavirus (Covid-19) ...
    Coronavirus: EU secures €15 billion for vulnerable countries worldwide
    The European Union is securing more than €15 billion in the fight against the global spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Africa and other ...
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    The ‘Frugal Four’ repeats the same policy as in previous financial crisis
    European solidarity is invoked in the on-going coronavirus crisis and the economic crisis it has given rise ...
    Mose Apelblat
    Has the world been unwillingly equalized?
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    Samia Fitouri
    We should take actions against Hungarian government
    It is with great concern that we are following the situation in Hungary and their latest Covid-19 measures. ...
    Pernille Weiss
    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
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    Ambassador Zhang Ming
    How populists are wasting valuable time in the corona crisis
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    Karola Klatt
    COVID-19: The nuclear bomb pandemic
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    Sam Rainsy
    Coronavirus crisis threatens democracy in Israel
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    The ‘Frugal Four’ repeats the same policy as in previous financial crisis
    European solidarity is invoked in the on-going coronavirus crisis and the economic crisis it has given rise ...
    Mose Apelblat
    Has the world been unwillingly equalized?
    As the Covid-19 virus continues to sweep the globe, one cannot help but think of its seemingly equalizing ...
    Samia Fitouri
    We should take actions against Hungarian government
    It is with great concern that we are following the situation in Hungary and their latest Covid-19 measures. ...
    Pernille Weiss
    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 economics explains Belgium’s rifts
    The perpetual tensions pulling at Belgium can be hard to explain to outsiders, but one way do so is by ...
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    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 ...
    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 ...
    A ‘corona bond’ would demonstrate that European solidarity exists
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    Despite coronavirus, pharmacies are dispensing less medicine
    Belgian pharmacists have raised concerns that patients have been postponing treatment or care since the start of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Seeing ...
    Despite coronavirus, pharmacies are dispensing less medicine
    Belgian pharmacists have raised concerns that patients have been postponing treatment or care since the start of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. ...
    Coronavirus: Belgium pours €5 million into efforts to fast-track vaccine
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    The ‘Frugal Four’ repeats the same policy as in previous financial crisis
    European solidarity is invoked in the on-going coronavirus crisis and the economic crisis it has given rise ...
    Mose Apelblat
    Has the world been unwillingly equalized?
    As the Covid-19 virus continues to sweep the globe, one cannot help but think of its seemingly equalizing ...
    Samia Fitouri
    We should take actions against Hungarian government
    It is with great concern that we are following the situation in Hungary and their latest Covid-19 measures. ...
    Pernille Weiss
    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 economics explains Belgium’s rifts
    The perpetual tensions pulling at Belgium can be hard to explain to outsiders, but one way do so is by ...
    Leo Cendrowicz
    Become an opinion maker