Now playing Next Europe News Belgian region of Flanders sees COVID-era boom in homeschooling Although schools remain open in Belgium, some parents have decided to home-school as a way to spend more quality time with their children and get out into nature. 26/10/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Coronavirus: Belgian hospitals could reach ICU limit within 15 days The capacity of the country's intensive care units could be reached in the next two weeks, according to Belgium's interfederal COVID-19 spokesperson, Yves Van Laethem. 26/10/2020
Now playing Next no comment European hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 patient numbers increase As Belgium, Italy, and Portugal continue to record high numbers of the new coronavirus, pressure on health services is also increasing. 23/10/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Coronavirus: Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès in intensive care Wilmès announced that she had received a positive test result on Saturday, saying she had probably caught it from within her family circle. 22/10/2020
Now playing Next Business Planet The entrepreneurial exchange that builds business success IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Business Planet heads to Belgium to look at a unique European exchange programme that helps aspiring entrepreneurs launch and grow their own company. 16/10/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Love child of Belgium's former king finally meets her half-brother Princess Delphine, who was formally known as Delphine Boel before being given her royal title, has now met her half brother King Philippe for the first time. 16/10/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Belgium 'cannot rule out new lockdown' says health minister, as coronavirus cases rise Belgium is now the second-worst country in Europe for new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. While new restrictions were imposed last week, authorities admit that to save health services, a new lockdown may be on the cards. 12/10/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Belgian, 89, found guilty of murdering her best friend, 93 Clara Maes insisted she wasn’t behind the 2015 stabbing murder of her friend, who had named her as heir to the majority of her fortune. 09/10/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Brussels orders bars and cafés to close for a month amid COVID surge The COVID-19 incidence rate in the capital is more than double the national rate at 502 vs 238 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. 07/10/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Belgium tightens restrictions days after relaxing rules on masks The new restrictions were announced after daily cases in the last week rose 32%, with a tenfold increase of infections among those aged over 90. 07/10/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Belgium: New seven-party coalition government officially sworn in The country has been without an elected government since December 2018. 02/10/2020
Now playing Next Europe News EU's new migrant returns policy could cause problems: legal expert A Senior Legal Advisor to the International Commission of Jurists says that the Commission's new migration pact and the returns policy within it, is at risk of creating more problems because of Member States' international law commitments. 02/10/2020
Now playing Next world news Jews in Europe face new restrictions on religious freedom, says rabbi From Poland to Belgium, laws that restrict practices such as ritual slaughter and circumcision target Jewish communities, Rabbi Menachem Margolin said. 01/10/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Belgian city of Leuven recognised as 'innovation hub' with EU award While the EU has praised Leuven's model of governance, the city's mayor has said that getting citizens and stakeholders to actively participate is easier in a city of 100,000 people. 01/10/2020
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Will Belgium's new government delays push the country to split? Today (Wednesday), after nearly 500 days of intensive negotiations, the programme for a government led by Flemish liberal Alexander De Croo was finalised. 30/09/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Coronavirus: Belgium death toll hits 10k, UK breaks daily cases record Belgium's death toll from the virus passed 10,000 on Wednesday as cases soared in the UK, breaking its daily new cases record. 30/09/2020
Now playing Next Belgium COVID-19: Belgium eases restrictions despite rising infection rate Coronavirus numbers have been on the rise in Belgium, with infections rising dramatically in the past week by 65 per cent. 24/09/2020
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Has COVID-19 destroyed the case for banning the burqa in Europe? In France, you can be fined for both covering your face (with a burqa) and not covering your face (protecting against the spread of coronavirus). 23/09/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Liveurope Online Festival aims to give music scene a shot in the arm Liveurope, an initiative supporting concert venues in their efforts to promote up-and-coming European artists, is to hold a Europe-wide online concert on Friday and Saturday. 22/09/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Love child of Belgium's former king seeks royal privileges The former monarch officially recognised Delphine Boël as his daughter in January 2020 after DNA tests proved he was her father. 11/09/2020