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De coronacrisis stak de voorbije maanden een stokje voor de internationale beachvolleytoernooien, maar stilaan kunnen de wedstrijden hervatten. De Belgische tandem Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle pikt vrijdag de draad weer op met een toernooi van het Duitse circuit in Düsseldorf.

Volg hier alle recente ontwikkelingen over de coronacrisis.

Het aantal nieuwe besmettingen met het coronavirus blijft sterk toenemen, ook al lijkt die stijging met name in Antwerpen wat af te vlakken. Viroloog Steven Van Gucht vroeg de bevolking op de persconferentie van het crisiscentrum dan ook om op te passen met het gebruik van ventilatoren en airco’s tijdens de komende hittegolf.

Het Internationaal Monetair Fonds heeft maandag ingestemd met 4,3 miljard dollar noodsteun voor Zuid-Afrika. Het land is zwaar getroffen door de coronacrisis en kampte al langer met economische perikelen. “De uitbraak van het virus leidt tot een scherpe economische krimp en aanzienlijke financieringsnoden”, aldus het IMF in een verklaring.

De coronacrisis heeft de appetijt van de Belg voor een hypothecair krediet gefnuikt. In het tweede kwartaal daalde het aantal aanvragen voor een woonkrediet, herfinancieringen niet meegerekend, met 23 procent ten opzichte van die periode een jaar eerder. Dat meldt bankenfederatie Febelfin vrijdag.

Vlaanderen gaat bedrijven die evenementen organiseren, steunen. Het schiet tot 60 procent van de kosten voor, minimaal 25.000 en maximaal 800.000 euro. Als het event wegens de coronacrisis wordt geannuleerd, moet de organisator dat bedrag niet terugbetalen. Dat bericht De Tijd vrijdag.

Het aandeel van contactloze verrichtingen in het totale aantal transacties is tijdens de coronacrisis verdubbeld: van 16 naar 35 procent. Dat blijkt uit cijfers die Barbara Pas, de fractievoorzitter van Vlaams Belang in de Kamer, opvroeg bij minister van Financiën Alexander De Croo (Open VLD), schrijft De Tijd donderdag.

Dag op dag één jaar geleden overleed Bjorg Lambrecht na een zware val in de Ronde van Polen, die woensdag een eresaluut zal brengen aan het betreurde toptalent van Lotto-Soudal. Normaal gezien stonden er eind deze maand twee herdenkingskoersen op het programma, maar die werden geannuleerd door de aanhoudende coronacrisis.

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Lebanon PM appeals for international assistance with over half the city damaged in blast that killed at least 100 and wounded 4,000

• Visual guide: how explosion caused mass casualties and devastation
• Beirut families search for loved ones feared trapped under rubble
  
• Lebanon in mourning after deadly Beirut blasts
• Crisis upon crisis: blast rocks a Lebanon already on its knees
  
• Ammonium nitrate: what is the chemical blamed for blast?

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Another charity working in Lebanon, Islamic Relief, has warned that the country was already in a very precarious position before Tuesday’s blast.

“This is yet another tragedy for a country that is already deep in crisis on multiple fronts,” said Nidal Ali, the group’s Lebanon director.

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Reuters now reporting that Lebanon’s government has agreed to place all Beirut port officials who have overseen storage and security since 2014 under house arrest, citing ministerial sources.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected our world and our way of living with dire loses and substantial consequences on every aspect of our daily existence. The Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and the EU Budget (COTER) at the European Committee of the Regions will prepare regular bulletins on the policy fields within its remits reflecting recent research, articles and discussions on the socio-economic impact of the pandemic in Europe and on the different actions and response measures planned and implemented at EU, national, regional and local level.​

The EIB will finance around 40 projects in Barcelona that aim to support climate change mitigation and adaptation in the city. To this end, the EU bank will provide €95 million to promote urban regeneration, with a focus on the environment but also on social inclusion and job creation to boost the economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Fryslân heeft onlangs aan 38 cultuur- en natuurprojecten een financiële bijdrage toegezegd. Hiermee gaat een bedrag van € 75.526 naar de sector, die het door de corona-crisis zo moeilijk heeft. Musea zijn dicht, theatervoorstellingen gaan niet door en festivals zijn afgelast.

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Premier Mark Rutte en minister Hugo de Jonge geven donderdag een persconferentie over de huidige stand van zaken in de coronacrisis. De bewindslieden praten het volk om 19.00 uur bij over de huidige stand van zaken omtrent corona in Nederland. De Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst meldt dat ze de “algemene situatie zullen duiden, inzoomen op de situatie in […]

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Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port sent shock waves across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people and wounding thousands.

Smoke was still rising from the port, where a towering grain silos had been shattered. Major downtown streets were littered with debris and damaged vehicles, and building facades were blown out. At hospitals across the city people had been waiting all night for news of loved ones who had gone missing or were wounded. Others posted requests for help online.

An official with the Lebanese Red Cross said at least 100 people were killed and more than 4,000 were wounded. The official, George Kettaneh, said the toll could rise further.

It was unclear what caused the blast, which appeared to have been triggered by a fire and struck with the force of an earthquake. It was the most powerful explosion ever seen in the city, which was on the front lines of the 1975-1990 civil war and has endured conflicts with neighboring Israel and periodic bombings and terror attacks.

“L’Apocalypse,” read the front page of Lebanon’s French L’Orient Le Jour newspaper. Another paper, al-Akhbar, had a photo of a destroyed port with the words: “The Great Collapse.”

Lebanon was already on the brink of collapse amid a severe economic crisis that has ignited mass protests in recent months. Its hospitals are confronting a surge in coronavirus cases, and there were concerns the virus could spread further as people flooded into hospitals.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi told a local TV station that it appeared the blast was caused by the detonation of more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse at the dock ever since it was confiscated from a cargo ship in 2014.

Witnesses reported seeing an orange cloud like that which appears when toxic nitrogen dioxide gas is released after an explosion involving nitrates.

Videos showed what looked like a fire erupting nearby just before, and local TV stations reported that a fireworks warehouse was involved. The fire appeared to spread to a nearby building, triggering the explosion, sending up a mushroom cloud and generating a shock wave.

“It was a real horror show. I haven’t seen anything like that since the days of the (civil) war,” said Marwan Ramadan, who was about 500 meters (yards) from the port and was knocked off his feet by the force of the explosion.

The blast destroyed numerous apartment buildings, potentially leaving large numbers of people homeless at a time when many Lebanese have lost their jobs and seen their savings evaporate because of a currency crisis. The explosion also raises concerns about how Lebanon will continue to import nearly all of its vital goods with its main port devastated.

There is also the issue of food security in Lebanon, a tiny country already hosting over 1 million Syrians amid that country’s yearslong war.

The port's major grain silo is run by the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade. Drone footage shot Wednesday by The Associated Press showed that the blast tore open those grain silos, dumping their contents into the debris and earth thrown up by the blast. Some 80% of Lebanon’s wheat supply is imported, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Estimates suggest some 85% of the country’s grain was stored at the now-destroyed silos.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency quoted the Raoul Nehme, the minister of economy and trade, as saying that all the wheat stored at the facility had been “contaminated” and couldn’t be used. However, he insisted Lebanon had enough wheat for its immediate needs. Nehme said Lebanon also would import more wheat.

The tiny Mediterranean nation's economic crisis is rooted in decades of systemic corruption and poor governance by the political class that has been in power since the end of the civil war. Lebanese have held mass protests calling for sweeping political change since last autumn but few of their demands have been met as the economic situation has steadily worsened.

The size and scale of the Beirut explosion mirrored that of another major disaster involving ammonium nitrate. In 1947, a ship carrying some 2,200 tons of the chemical compound caught fire in Texas City, Texas, and exploded, causing a series of subsequent blasts at nearby oil facilities and a chemical plant. That disaster killed over 575 people and wounded another 4,000.

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A massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city's port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.

It was not clear what caused the blast, which struck with the force of a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, according to Germany’s geosciences center GFZ, and was heard and felt as far away as Cyprus more than 200 kilometers (180 miles) across the Mediterranean. Lebanon's interior minister said it appeared that a large cache of ammonium nitrate in the port had detonated.

The sudden devastation overwhelmed a country already struggling with both the coronavirus pandemic and a severe economic and financial crisis.

For hours after the explosion, the most destructive in all of Lebanon’s troubled history, ambulances rushed in from around the country to carry away the wounded. Hospitals quickly filled beyond capacity, pleading for blood supplies, and generators to keep their lights on.

For blocks around the port, bloodied residents staggered through streets lined with overturned cars and littered with rubble from shattered buildings. Windows and doors were blown out kilometers (miles) away, including at the city's only international airport. Army helicopters helped battle fires raging at the port.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi told a local TV station that it appeared the blast was caused by the detonation of more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse at the dock ever since it was confiscated from a cargo ship in 2014. Witnesses reported seeing an orange cloud like that which appears when toxic nitrogen dioxide gas is released after an explosion involving nitrates.

Videos showed what appeared to be a fire erupting nearby just before, and local TV stations reported that a fireworks warehouse was involved. The fire appeared to spread to a nearby building, triggering the more massive explosion, sending up a mushroom cloud and generating a shock wave.

Charbel Haj, who works at the port, said the blast started as small explosions like firecrackers. Then, he said, he was thrown off his feet.

The explosion came amid ongoing tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah military group on Lebanon's southern border. Many residents reported hearing planes overhead just before the blast, fueling rumors of an attack, though Israeli military overflights are common.

An Israeli government official said Israel “had nothing to do” with the blast. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with the news media. Israeli officials usually do not comment on “foreign reports.” The Israeli government offered emergency assistance through international intermediaries.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. “stands ready to assist Lebanon," and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo extended his “deepest condolences.”

“Our team in Beirut has reported to me the extensive damage to a city and a people that I hold dear, an additional challenge in a time of already deep crisis,” Pompeo said in a written statement.

The blast was stunning even for a city that has seen a 15-year civil war, suicide bombings, bombardment by Israel and political assassinations.

“It was a real horror show. I haven’t seen anything like that since the days of the (civil) war,” said Marwan Ramadan, who was about 500 meters (yards) from the port and was knocked off his feet by the force of the explosion.

Health Minister Hassan Hamad said the preliminary toll was more than 70 dead and more than 3,000 wounded. He added that hospitals were barely coping and offers of aid were pouring in from Arab states and friends of Lebanon.

Beirut’s governor, Marwan Abboud, broke into tears as he toured the site, exclaiming, “Beirut is a devastated city.” Prime Minister Hassan Diab vowed that “those responsible will pay.”

At the start of a White House news conference on the coronavirus, Trump said the explosion “looks like a terrible attack.” When asked by a reporter if he was confident that it was an attack, Trump said: “I met with some of our great generals and they just seem to feel that it was.”

But one of Israel’s top bomb experts, Boaz Hayoun, said fireworks could have been a factor setting off the bigger blast. “Before the big explosion ... in the center of the fire, you can see sparks, you can hear sounds like popcorn and you can hear whistles,” said Hayoun, owner of the Tamar Group, which works closely with the Israeli government on safety and certification issues involving explosives. “This is very specific behavior of fireworks.”

Some of those injured lay on the ground at the port, Associated Press staff at the scene said. A civil defense official said there were still bodies inside the port, many under debris.

Several of Beirut’s hospitals were damaged in the blast. Outside the St. George University Hospital in Beirut’s Achrafieh neighborhood, people with various injuries arrived in ambulances, in cars and on foot. The explosion had caused major damage inside the building and knocked out the electricity. Dozens of injured were being treated on the spot on the street outside, on stretchers and wheelchairs.

Outside one hospital, Omar Kinno sat on the pavement, holding back tears. Kinno, a Syrian, said one of his sisters was killed when the blast rocked their apartment near the port, and another sister’s neck was broken. His injured mother and father were taken to a hospital but he didn’t know which, and he was making calls trying to track them down.

“I have no idea what happened to my parents. I am totally lost,” he said.

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said one of its ships in the port was damaged and a number of its peacekeepers were injured, some seriously.

Confusion reigned across the city, as people cleared out of damaged homes or tried to locate family. Motorcyclists picked their way through traffic, carrying the injured.

One woman covered in blood from the waist up walked down a trashed street while talking furiously on her phone. On another street, a woman with a bloodied face looked distraught, staggering through traffic with two friends at her side.

“This country is cursed,” a young man passing by muttered.

The blast came at a time when Lebanon’s economy is facing collapse from the financial crisis and the coronavirus restrictions. Many have lost jobs, while the worth of their savings has evaporated as the currency has plunged in value against the dollar. The result has thrown many into poverty and has put thousands out of their homes.

The explosion also raises concerns about how Lebanon will continue to import nearly all of its vital goods with its main port devastated.

The explosion — reminiscent of the massive blasts that often erupted during Lebanon’s civil war — happened only three days before a U.N.-backed tribunal was set to give its verdict in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a truck bombing more than 15 years ago. That explosion, with a ton of explosives, was felt kilometers (miles) away, just as Tuesday’s was.

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a tweet that his country was sending aid. Iran, Hezbollah’s patron, also said it was ready to help. “Stay strong, Lebanon,” its foreign minister, Javad Zarif, said in a tweet.

Footage of the massive explosion at #Beirut port a short while ago. It's truly frightening. #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/OZ0hZ5SwlC

— Nader Itayim | ‌‌نادر ایتیّم (@ncitayim) August 4, 2020

The European Cockpit Association, representing over 40.000 pilots in Europe, has extended its support to the 69 Air Malta pilots who were dismissed by the company in June 2020, and warned against the Government of Malta “promoting precarious atypical aircrew employment.”

ECA President Jon Horne: “The treatment of Air Malta’s pilots is a stark example of COVID-19 being used as an excuse to undermine worker’s rights, and must not be tolerated.”

Air Malta has not conducted a proper consultation process as required by EU legislation, the statement alleged.

“Furthermore, and contrary to EU law, the jobs of Air Malta are being replaced by bogus self-employed crews recruited by a UK agency following Air Malta’s decision to allegedly transfer charter operations to the wholly-owned Government of Malta company, Med Air,” the statement read.

In other jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium, judges have annulled the dismissals when employers have not respected statutory collective dismissal procedures, the association said.

“Judges obliged employers to respect the European transfer of undertaking provisions that forbid dismissals during transfers and guarantee the respect of employee rights enshrined in collective agreements. Furthermore, a basic principle of social law is that contractors cannot take over direct employment following dismissals.”

"It is not acceptable that the Maltese authorities themselves facilitate replacing direct employment with precarious atypical jobs via foreign broker agencies through self-employment” stated Philip von Schöppenthau, ECA Secretary General. “Rather than Malta becoming a ‘Flag of Convenience’ and sponsoring social engineering through precarious broker-agency set-ups, bogus self-employment must be actively fought to preserve a level playing field in the European Aviation Market and the rights of European workers.”

The association urged the Maltese Government to resolve the issues with Air Malta, using EU funds and any other means available, in order to provide fair support for the duration of the crisis. “We also call on the Government of Malta to ensure that the rights of workers, including pilots, are respected and that no opportunistic behaviour threatening social sustainability is allowed.”

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