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July 13, 2022 at 2:50 am

AP PHOTOS: Desolation, silence a year after Belgium flood VIEW

CHAUDFONTAINE, Belgium (AP) — The water is gone from the streets, but still bedevils musty walls. Most debris has been swept away, but many homes...

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July 28, 2021 at 11:52 pm

Nightmares, panic attacks: Belgian flood survivors struggle VIEW

The devastating floods that killed 38 people in Belgium this month have left hundreds of survivors struggling with mental trauma

November 25, 2020 at 1:31 am

EU says first virus vaccinations possible by Christmas VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — Vaccinations against the coronavirus could start in the 27 European Union nations by Christmas and member countries must urgently prepare their logistical...

November 15, 2020 at 12:37 am

Pandemic holds few lessons for European chefs, mostly misery VIEW

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Necessity is supposed to be the mother of invention. If that were the case for the high-end restaurant industry, the coronavirus...

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November 11, 2020 at 7:06 am

Virus makes for one of Europe’s loneliest WWI remembrances VIEW

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — When a dawn fog lifted over countless World War I cemeteries and monuments in Belgium and France Wednesday, the pandemic ensured...

November 10, 2020 at 11:43 pm

Artist gives life to Belgian boot-scrapers during pandemic VIEW

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Life can feel smaller, even tiny during the coronavirus pandemic as public health restrictions limit social contacts to a bare minimum....

Entertainment

August 12, 2020 at 12:20 am

Belgian beach brawl fuels virus, political, climate tension VIEW

BRUSSELS (AP) — It started as a Saturday trip to Belgium's coast, a chance to escape a heat wave and coronavirus restrictions for a while....

May 14, 2020 at 12:18 am

Uplifting idea: Cranes reunite families in corona crisis VIEW

WATERMAEL-BOITSFORT, Belgium (AP) — Something he saw as he drove to work one morning gave Tristan Van den Bosch an uplifting idea. “I saw a...

Nation & World

May 8, 2020 at 7:33 am

WWII veteran walks the walk for fundraising on V-E Day VIEW

POPERINGE, Belgium (AP) — Even though there were no major ceremonies across Europe, British veteran George Sutherland turned a determined walk into his own parade...

March 22, 2020 at 12:41 pm

Belgian with 20% lung capacity starts home mask sewing army VIEW

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — With only 20% of normal lung capacity, Sien Lagae was extremely wary of viruses before anyone in Belgium heard of the...

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