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May 4, 2020

Masked Belgians cautiously emerge from lockdown

The Louise roundabout in Brussels is usually swarming with traffic but on Monday, despite the beginning of the end of the coronavirus lockdown, activity was sparse and trams near empty. In Belgium, a densely populated country of 11.5 million inhabitants,…
May 2, 2020

Eurostar passengers will have to wear masks

Eurostar passengers will be required to wear face masks from next week, as part of measures to cut close-contact transmission of the novel coronavirus, the company said on Saturday. “From May 4, passengers must wear a face mask or face…
April 29, 2020

Man arrested in Italy over 1991 murder of Belgian deputy PM

A 71-year-old man wanted in connection with the assassination of Belgian deputy prime minister Andre Cools nearly three decades ago has been arrested in southern Italy, Belgium’s foreign affairs ministry said on Wednesday. Cools, also leader of the Socialist Party…
April 29, 2020

Belgian coronavirus survivor leaves hospital after turning 100

A 100th birthday is an occasion to celebrate in the best of times. During a coronavirus epidemic that has cut a swathe through Europe’s elderly and vulnerable, it proved inspirational. On Wednesday, staff and well-wishers at the Bois de l’Abbaye…
April 29, 2020

Belgium arrests ‘migrant traffickers’ with speedboats que: six passeurs présumés interpellés à Ostende avec des bateaux gonflables

Belgian authorities have arrested six suspected traffickers equipped with inflatable boats to take migrants to Britain, prosecutors said Tuesday. The accused — two Iraqis, two Iranians, a Pakistani and an Afghan — were picked up in the resort of Ostend…
April 25, 2020

Push for virus vaccine as Trump disinfectant theory sparks uproar

The United Nations on Friday launched a global push for a coronavirus vaccine as President Donald Trump triggered an uproar by suggesting patients be treated with disinfectant and the US death toll passed 50,000. Across the Muslim world, hundreds of…
April 24, 2020

Belgium to gradually reopen businesses, schools from mid-May

Businesses and schools in Belgium will gradually reopen from the middle of May, easing a lockdown imposed in mid-March to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes announced Friday. Businesses will restart from May 11 and schools from May…
April 21, 2020

Belgian biotech firm to roll out coronavirus antibody tests

A Belgian biotech firm has started producing tests to rapidly detect antibodies against coronavirus infections, part of a push several countries are making to determine who might be immune. The Liege-based company, ZenTech, told AFP Tuesday it has started making…
April 15, 2020

Belgium prolongs coronavirus lockdown

Belgium on Wednesday extended its stay-at-home order to curb the coronavirus until at least May 3 and banned mass gatherings — concerts, festivals and sporting events — until the end of August. The lockdown has seen schools, bars and restaurants…

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