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Coronavirus: Action launched to protect women against domestic violence

Lockdowns around the world are bringing a rise in domestic violence as households are forced into permanent cohabitation. In Belgium, concerns over vulnerable women trapped at home has led to federal and local action, reports RTBF. An inter-ministerial working group, Women’s Rights, will discuss...

Athletes respond to postponement of Olympic Games

Belgium's athletes and sports bodies say they agree with the decision to postpone this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo as a result of the coronavirus. The games will now be held next year on the recommendation of the World Health Organization. A survey by the Belgian Olympic and...

Baby hippopotamus makes debut in Pairi Daiza

A baby hippopotamus has been born in animal park Pairi Daiza. The baby was born in the award-winning park in Hainut province last month, but staff only made the announcement today as he ventured out of doors for the first time. And what a day the little guy had. He trotted around in the sun with...

Coronavirus: Store on Dutch border is half-open, half-shut

You may know the story of Baarle-Hertog, the Flemish municipality made up of disparate plots of land, all mostly located inside the Netherlands. Tourists love to snap photos of the little crosses on the ground that designate whether you are in Belgium or the Netherlands. What’s particularly...

Coronavirus: VUB launches survey on daily life

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has launched an international study into the effects of the coronavirus crisis on people’s daily lives. The university’s TOR research group has been involved in the sociological study of time, culture and society since 1982. “Daily life has been turned...

Flemish Brabant sees rise in local tourism due to coronavirus

The number of local “tourists” in Flemish Brabant has shot up thanks to the coronavirus, according to figures released by Toerisme Vlaams-Brabant. The tourist board concludes that local people are responding to virus restrictions by getting out and discovering their surroundings. Belgians have been...

What’s on this week: Virtual edition

If there’s anything you’re not short of this week, it’s movies. Belgian film distributors, streaming services and festivals have stepped up to the corona quarantine challenge – putting new movies online, cutting fees and offering freebies. Local streaming platforms, for instance, are offering new...

Making the grade: BEPS International School ahead of corona curve

While the closure of schools due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in Belgium came very suddenly, with only one day between being open and closed, some schools were more ready than others. BEPS International School in Brussels had already implemented online learning programmes and was well prepared for the imminent school closures.

Campaign launched to get laptops to lower-income pupils

Flemish education minister Ben Weyts and Brussels minister for Dutch-language education Sven Gatz are co-operating with Digital for Youth to provide previously loved laptops to secondary school students who do not have one at home. The initiative has been launched in response to schools being...

Abolish sick notes during coronavirus crisis, ask doctors

Family doctors have had it with writing out sick notes to excuse patients from work who have flu-like symptoms. At this point, the normal flu season is over, so flu symptoms are being attributed to the coronavirus, particularly if a dry cough and fever are involved. “The system of sick notes is...

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