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Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks during a media conference, after a committee to discuss new restrictive measures regarding coronavirus, COVID-19, in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Faced with a resurgence of coronavirus cases, the Belgian government on Friday announced new restrictions to try to hold the disease in check, including a night-time curfew and the closure of cafes, bars and restaurants for a month. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool via AP)

Belgium imposes Covid curfew, closes bars and restaurants

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Iceland's Holmar Eyjolfsson, right, and Belgium's Romelu Lukaku, centre, battle for the ball during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Iceland and Belgium at the Laugardalsvollur stadium in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gunnarsson)

Lukaku scores 2 as group leader Belgium wins 2-1 in Iceland

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A teacher sits in an empty classroom and prepares materials for children at a closed school in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Amid widespread efforts to curb the new wave of coronavirus infections in one of the hardest hit European countries, the Czech Republic closed again all its schools on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Europe Today: Closing schools is latest front in virus fight

By KAREL JANICEK and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with from right, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Belgium's new Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and European Council President Charles Michel during a round table meeting at an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. European Union leaders are meeting to address a series of foreign affairs issues ranging from Belarus to Turkey and tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

De Croo sworn in as Belgian premier, rushes to EU summit

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes takes off her protective mask prior to a press conference following the National Security Council meeting on the COVID-19 outbreak, in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Belgium's prime minister announced Wednesday a relaxation of social-distancing rules as part of a less stringent long-term coronavirus strategy, despite the steady rise of COVID-19 cases in a country already hard-hit by the virus. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

Masks off: Belgium relaxes virus rules despite rise in cases

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Belgium's Jeremy Doku, center, is congratulated by teammates after scoring his sides fifth goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Belgium and Iceland, at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgium beats Iceland 5-1 in Nations League

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Paul Rusesabagina appears in front of media at the headquarters of the Rwanda Bureau of investigations building in Kigali, Rwanda Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in the film &quot;Hotel Rwanda&quot; as a hero who saved the lives of more than 1,200 people from the country's 1994 genocide, and is a well-known critic of President Paul Kagame, has been arrested by the Rwandan government on terror charges, police announced on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo)

Daughter says ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was ‘kidnapped’ in Dubai

By CARA ANNA and JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

Police patrol the beach on horseback at the Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. A skirmish took place on the beach on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 which resulted in two coastal communities banning day trippers from the city. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Belgian beach brawl fuels virus, political, climate tension

By LORNE COOK and VIRGINIA MAYO - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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A woman, wearing a mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, gets her hair styled in a hairdresser shop in downtown Brussels, Monday, July 27, 2020. Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes unveiled Monday a new set of drastic social distancing measures aimed at avoiding a new general lockdown amid a surge of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgium unveils plan to avoid lockdown, curfew in Antwerp

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016 file photo, people gather to take basic food stuffs and other aid from community leaders charged with distributing equitably the supplies to the 64,000-person refugee camp called Ruqban on the Jordan-Syria border. Over the last two days, members of the UN Security Council have been haggling over cross-border aid delivery to Syria, with Russia, a major ally of the Syria government, working to reduce the delivery of U.N. humanitarian aid to Syria's last rebel-held northwest down from two crossings to just one. A final vote is expected Friday, July 10, 2020 as western countries push on a new resolution to keep the two crossings open for six months, instead of a year. (AP Photo, File)

UN fails for 2nd time to agree on Syria aid from Turkey

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017, file photo, Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann addresses reporters at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Cormann, one of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s most senior Cabinet members, said Sunday, July 5, 2020 he is retiring from politics at the end of the year. Belgium-born Cormann, who has been finance minister since 2013, entered federal politics in 2007 and became the leader government’s Senate, or upper house, leader in 2017. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, File)

Australian Finance Minister Cormann to resign at end of year

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In this photo taken on Monday, June 29, 2020, clockwise from top left, Simone Ngalula, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Noelle Verbeeken and Marie-Jose Loshi pose for a group photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Brussels. Five women who were taken from their families as children in Belgian Congo and placed in a religious mission run by Catholic nuns have filed a lawsuit seeking reparations from Belgium. The women were among thousands of biracial children seized from their mothers and separated from their African roots by Belgian authorities ruling over the area from 1908-1960. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Women taken from African mothers by Belgium now want redress

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, June 22, 2020, Eric Baranyanka, right, and his foster mother Emma Monsaert look at a photo of Eric as a young boy in Lembeek, Belgium. Baranyanka fled political persecution in the Belgian protectorate of Burundi in the 1960's, landing half a world away at a military airport in Brussels, before being fostered by Emma Monsaert and her husband Paul. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

In Belgian town, monuments expose a troubled colonial legacy

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is smeared with red paint and graffiti in Brussels, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. With the protests sweeping the world in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, King Leopold II is now increasingly seen as a stain on the nation as demonstrators demand he disappear from public view and authorities take heed. Statues of the late king have defaced in at least a half dozen cities across Belgium. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Mixed-race women sue Belgium for crimes against humanity

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

In this June 10, 2020, photo, a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is smeared with paint and graffiti in the center of Brussels. With the protests sweeping the world in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, King Leopold II, who reigned from 1865 to 1909, is now increasingly seen as a stain on the nation. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Buy 2, get 1: Belgium launches Helpy Hour to support bars

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press