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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

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

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

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

Belgium

Belgium: New seven-party coalition government officially sworn in

The country has been without an elected government since December 2018.

02/10/2020

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

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

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

My Europe Series

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

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

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

My Europe Series

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

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

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

Europe News

Europe's 'blackface' problem and how to avoid racial characterisation

After a summer of discontent over systemic racism, @Euronews examines how 'blackface' is still a problem.

09/09/2020

World News

Coronavirus: Brussels protesters demand help for entertainment sector

Protesters gathered in the Belgian capital Brussels to demand more government support for the entertainment sector

06/09/2020

Europe News

European School in Brussels returns for first time since lockdown

The European School in Brussels reopens for first time since the Belgian government imposed lockdown measures back in March

03/09/2020

Belgium

Heart of Belgian mayor found entombed in fountain

Pierre David was Verviers's first-ever mayor after Belgium became independent in 1830. The century-old urban legend that his heart was buried in a fountain was last month revealed to be real.

02/09/2020

France

Coronavirus: Belgium bans travel to Paris amid COVID-19 resurgence

The Belgian foreign ministry has banned travel to the French capital amid a rise in COVID-19 cases.

26/08/2020

World News

Two cases of COVID-19 reinfection reported in Europe

Two cases of coronavirus infection in patients that had previously had the virus have been reported in Europe, one in the Netherlands, and another in Belgium.

25/08/2020