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Police use a water cannon during protests at a park in Brussels, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Belgian police have clashed with a large crowd in one of Brussels largest parks, as thousands of revelers had gathered for an unauthorized event despite coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Belgium police clash with partiers amid virus restrictions

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrive to give remarks prior to a NATO foreign ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Yves Herman, Pool via AP)

NATO prepares ‘virus-free’ zone for summit; Biden invited

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Representatives of victims and others carry flowers and photos at Brussels Airport during events held for the fifth anniversary of the Brussels terrorist attacks, in Brussels, Monday, March 22, 2021. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool via AP)

King and queen of Belgium commemorate Brussels attacks

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FILE - In this Friday, April 18, 2014 file photo, a photographer walks next to a Japanese Pagoda tree next to the Royal greenhouses on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Laeken, Belgium. In a pandemic time rife with restrictions, demands to respect social distancing have become quasi impossible to respect in public parks. One family in town though, has a lush garden all its own and ever more voices are being raised that the Royal Family of King Philippe should loosen up and open up at least part of their Park of Laeken to the public. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)

Some Belgians shout: ‘King! Tear down your garden walls!’

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A view of the AstraZeneca office building in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. The European Union's dispute with AstraZeneca over vaccine supplies intensified Wednesday as the drugmaker defended itself against claims that it had reneged on contractual commitments and the two sides sparred over plans for further talks. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)

EU explores legal avenues amid AstraZeneca vaccine dispute

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

A protestor throws stones toward police officers in the Belgium capital, Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at the end of a protest asking for authorities to shed light on the circumstances surrounding the death of a 23-year-old Black man who was detained by police last week in Brussels. The demonstration in downtown Brussels was largely peaceful but was marred by incidents sparked by rioters who threw projectiles at police forces and set fires before it was dispersed. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgian judge asked to investigate death of young Black man

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo cancels last trip abroad as concerns of violence grow

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, file photo, a colleague wears a Christmas hat as European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier, center, carries a binder of the Brexit trade deal during a special meeting of Coreper, at the European Council building in Brussels. The European Union and the United Kingdom made public Saturday the vast agreement that is likely to govern future trade and cooperation between them from Jan. 1, setting the 27-nation bloc's relations with its former member country and neighbor on a new but far more distant footing. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP, File)

EU officials sign Brexit trade deal as UK lawmakers debate

By Jill Lawless and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

FILE- In this Friday Dec. 18, 2020, file photo, A traveller wearing a face mask checks the flight departures at Schiphol Airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Netherlands is banning flights from the United Kingdom for the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the COVID-19 virus in Britain does not reach its shores. The ban came into effect Sunday morning Dec. 20, 2020, and the government said it was reacting to tougher measures imposed in and around London on Saturday. The Netherlands said it will assess &quot;with other EU nations the possibilities to contain the import of the virus from the United Kingdom.&quot; (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, FILE)

More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier talks to the media outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Teetering on the brink of a no-deal Brexit departure, Britain and the European Union stepped back from the void Sunday and agreed to continue trade talks, although both downplayed the chances of success. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU’s chief negotiator still hopes to clinch EU-UK trade deal

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Sources: EU close to sealing major budget, virus fund deal

By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020 file photo, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban share a word as they line up for a group picture prior to a meeting in Beja, Portugal. Polish government officials insisted on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalize the bloc’s next seven-year budget and a major pandemic recovery package. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A pedestrian walks past the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Monday Dec. 7, 2020. One of the most intense days in the long-running Brexit trade negotiations started off with little good news about any progress on the talks Monday, with the United Kingdom and the European Union seemingly still stuck on the same issues that have dogged the standoff for months. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson trip to Brussels

By Jill Lawless and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks, in Istanbul, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Erdogan has criticised France for supporting illegally Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a day after he renewed his vitriolic attacks on French President Emmanuel Macron, saying he hopes France will get rid of him soon. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Erdogan calls for energy talks as EU considers Med sanctions

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EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier wears a protective face mask as he arrives to brief EU ambassadors regarding Brexit negotiations at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday Dec. 7, 2020. European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday set off one of the most intense days in the long-running Brexit trade negotiations with a pre-dawn debriefing of the 27 member states to see if a deal is still possible with London ahead of the Jan. 1 deadline. (John Thys, Pool via AP)

No visible progress yet on key day for final Brexit deal

By Raf Casert and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Police enter the site where the pre-trial chamber for the attacks at Zaventem airport and Brussels will take place, in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. The new courtroom is housed in the former NATO headquarters. One of the first cases to be staged at the new site will be the case against defendants suspected of involvement in the Brussels attacks at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)

Pre-trial hearings in Brussels attacks start at NATO’s ex-HQ

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, May 2, 1998, Jozsef Szajer, vice-president of the Fidesz Hungarian Civic Party, talks to the media. Hungarian member of the European Parliament Jozsef Szajer on Tuesday Dec. 1, 2020, admitted to being among those present at an illegal party broken up by Belgian police in central Brussels last week, amid press reports he took part in a COVID-19 lockdown sex orgy. (AP photo/Tibor Rozsahegyi, FILE)

Hungarian MEP resigns after Brussels lockdown party

By JUSTIN SPIKE and SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A worker waits as a truck pulls up to a temperature controlled warehouse at Swissport Pharma Center in Machelen, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Safely delivering COVID-19 vaccines, once approval has been made, will be the mission of the century for the global air cargo industry. The Swissport Pharma Center, which opened in Oct. 2019, has a state of the art temperature controlled warehouse space dedicated specifically to pharmaceutical shipments going out of Brussels airport. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU says first virus vaccinations possible by Christmas

By LORNE COOK and VIRGINIA MAYO - Associated Press

Relatives carry the dead body of a boy who was killed by a mortar shell attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

EU, other donors step up with funds to help Afghanistan

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Lawyer of Islamic State operative Ayoub El Khazzaniin, Sarah Mauger-Poliak, arrives on the opening day of the Thalys attack trial, at the Paris courthouse, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. El Khazzani goes on trial Monday Nov. 16, 2020, in France on terror charges for appearing on a train with an arsenal of weapons and shooting one passenger in 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

By Elaine Ganley and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press