Several Holocaust survivors from Ukraine have arrived in Germany in the past few days. According to the Claims Conference, four survivors arrived in Frankfurt/Main on Friday. Another 14 survivors were then taken to Würzburg or Munich, among other places. These are sick and infirm people who were transported in ambulances. The synagogue community in Cologne … Read more
The sympathy for Pieter Omtzigt remains very great. Maurice de Hond gauged how big a party of Pieter Omzigt would be (if he were to found a party and if there were elections now). The result: the Omtzigt List becomes the largest. He would win 26 seats. The VVD keeps 23 of its 34 seats. … Read more
Joris Luyendijk wrote a book in which he wanted to be vulnerable: people like him (white, of good descent, well-educated) have an advantage over people with less privilege. He has worked – he says – for two and a half years to find out. In Buitenhof, Sylvana Simons and Neelie Smit explained that he could … Read more
Can Jews, Christians and Muslims celebrate communion together? We asked ourselves this on the occasion of the Reformation anniversary at the German Evangelical Church Congress 2017 in Berlin. We are members of the Trimum association. Crossing all religions, we sing against calls and hate chants that confuse their belief or disbelief with “being right at … Read more
Nowhere in the European Union has the petrol price risen so high and so fast as in the Netherlands. The record recommended price of 2.50 per liter Euro95 is 10 to 20 percent higher than in our neighboring countries. And the absolute price difference is getting bigger and bigger. On Friday, the cabinet decided to … Read more
De Telegraaf has spoken with people who say they are the complainants who caused the Nilüfer Gündoğan affair. There were so many complaints about Volt’s MP that she was expelled from the group. The issue is said to have started with the timid MP Koekoek of the party. According to De Telegraaf, Koekkoek sounded the … Read more
We all know that exercise is healthy, but how much sense does it make to start once you’ve passed 70, you may wonder. So it makes a lot of sense, it turns out new research. Just 20 minutes of moderately intensive exercise – brisk walking, for example – has already been shown to have a … Read more
Intense news period for Twitter. After launching new labels for bots and downvotes, the company founded by Jack Dorsey is now launching blocked direct messages. The feature was previously only available to Twitter Blue followers, but is now open to everyone on Android, iOS, and web. The functionality does not seem to be fully implemented … Read more
The far right is doing dangerously well, at least in the polls. According to the latest figures from Maurice de Hond, the xenophobia and climate deniers now win 45 seats. PVV and Forum both lose. But that is more than offset by the strong growth of Ja21 and BBB. Together, the 4 parties (PVV, FvD, … Read more
A new study by researchers at the University of Bergen, in Norway, says that following an “optimal diet” from the age of 60 contributes 9.1 years to life expectancy, writes De Morgen. Switching from what the researchers called a “traditional Western diet” to a more nutrient-rich menu at age 60 means, according to the study, … Read more