Positive News: Chilean Kidnapped at Birth Reunited with Family, Pear Trees Create Rich Reef, Heat Pump Sales Surge, Donor Heart Waiting List Stabilized

Positive News: Chilean Kidnapped at Birth Reunited with Family, Pear Trees Create Rich Reef, Heat Pump Sales Surge, Donor Heart Waiting List Stabilized

03 Sep 2023 at 11:56 Because the negative news often dominates NU.nl, the positive news sometimes snows under. That’s why we list cheerful messages every week. This time, a kidnapped Chilean has been reunited with his family, pear trees have grown into a reef in the Wadden Sea and the waiting list for donor hearts … Read more

Fatal Accident on Boerengatbrug near Rotterdam Blaak Station: Investigations Ongoing

Fatal Accident on Boerengatbrug near Rotterdam Blaak Station: Investigations Ongoing

Sep 02, 2023 at 10:20 PM Update: 28 minutes ago Two people died in an accident on the Boerengatbrug near Rotterdam Blaak station on Saturday evening. After the accident, the driver of an involved car drove on. The police cannot yet say whether the victims are pedestrians, cyclists or other road users. The cause of … Read more

Urgent Decision by Dutch Council of State on Reception of Third-Country Nationals Sparks Concern from Council for Refugees

Urgent Decision by Dutch Council of State on Reception of Third-Country Nationals Sparks Concern from Council for Refugees

Sep 02, 2023 at 6:03 PM Update: an hour ago The cabinet could have prevented “unnecessary unrest” by waiting for a final ruling from the highest court in the case about the reception of so-called third-country nationals. This is what the Dutch Council for Refugees says on Saturday in response to the urgent decision of … Read more

Netherlands Court Grants Temporary Stay for Third-Country National Facing Deportation

Netherlands Court Grants Temporary Stay for Third-Country National Facing Deportation

02 Sep 2023 at 00:51 Update: an hour ago A so-called third-country national who was in danger of losing his right to protection may remain in the reception for the time being. The Council of State, the highest court in the Netherlands, determined this late Friday evening in an emergency ruling. The third-country national, a … Read more

Albanian Drug Criminal ‘El Gordo’ Arrested in Colombia

Albanian Drug Criminal ‘El Gordo’ Arrested in Colombia

Aug 27, 2023 at 6:48 PM Update: 40 minutes ago An Albanian drug criminal who was wanted in 180 countries, including the Netherlands, has been arrested in Colombia. According to local media, Besnik Nikolli, nicknamed ‘Niko’ or ‘El Gordo’ (the fat one), has been arrested in Santa Marta. Nikolli is said to be an influential … Read more

Attje Kuiken, PvdA Party Leader, Steps Down from Joint Electoral List

Attje Kuiken, PvdA Party Leader, Steps Down from Joint Electoral List

PvdA party leader Attje Kuiken is not running for a place on the joint electoral list of PvdA and GroenLinks during the parliamentary elections in November. Report that AD in RTL News Friday. With this, Kuik leaves the House of Representatives after sixteen years. Kuiken had been in the House of Representatives since 2006, for … Read more

Kuwaiti Court Refuses Release of Tweeter Hamed Bouyabes, Postpones Hearing

Kuwaiti Court Refuses Release of Tweeter Hamed Bouyabes, Postpones Hearing

Al-Marsad Newspaper: Today, a Kuwaiti court issued a new decision regarding the Kuwaiti tweeter who insulted the Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef. The Criminal Court decided to refuse to release tweeter Hamed Bouyabes and to postpone hearing the case until the August 31 session. And the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued … Read more

Possible Drug Lab Found on Pieter Calandlaan in Amsterdam, Prompting Evacuation of Eight Homes

Possible Drug Lab Found on Pieter Calandlaan in Amsterdam, Prompting Evacuation of Eight Homes

Two men became unwell on the Pieter Calandlaan in Amsterdam on Thursday. The police found a possible drug lab there and evacuated eight homes as a precaution. A report was made around 6 p.m. The police then cordoned off part of the street and a block of houses in the Nieuw-West district of Amsterdam, writes … Read more

The Rising STI Rates in the Netherlands: Urgent Need for Condom Usage and Prevention

The Rising STI Rates in the Netherlands: Urgent Need for Condom Usage and Prevention

10 Aug 2023 at 11:14 The number of STIs in the Netherlands is increasing, especially among young people. In the coming weeks, the RIVM and GGDs will therefore be handing out more than 40,000 condoms at festivals and during introduction weeks of study programmes, with the message: give love, not an STI. In 2022, young … Read more