Lotte van Basten Batenburg (VVD) Doubts Hart for The Hague as VVD Replacement: Recent GroenLinks and PvdA Insights

Lotte van Basten Batenburg (VVD) Doubts Hart for The Hague as VVD Replacement: Recent GroenLinks and PvdA Insights

Lotte van Basten Batenburg, leader of the VVD, also does not see Hart for The Hague replacing the VVD. ‘With what I’ve heard from GroenLinks and the PvdA in recent weeks, both in debates and behind the scenes, I can’t imagine it. It wasn’t just about a lecture that was too right, it was also … Read more

Entrepreneur Stuck with Non-Recyclable Trays Amid New Measure in 2024

Entrepreneur Stuck with Non-Recyclable Trays Amid New Measure in 2024

The snack bar owner also bought extra plastic containers for the whole year before he knew about the measure. ‘Yes, you are an entrepreneur after all and at the beginning of this year I didn’t know anything about this measure. So I thought: that’s a good offer, I can make a lot of profit with … Read more

The Continuation of an Offensive Symbol: The Flying of the Hitler Flag Sparks Controversy in Voorhout

The Continuation of an Offensive Symbol: The Flying of the Hitler Flag Sparks Controversy in Voorhout

‘At the Droeftoeter company in Voorhout, the Hitler flag is flying again. How often do you have to tell the police to stop doing that?’, PvdA council member Sandra Groenendal wonders on Twitter. She previously also filed a report against the man, just like other residents. But because the flag is flying on the man’s … Read more

Different Approaches to Coalition Building: PvdA and GroenLinks Reluctant, VVD, D66, and CDA Eager

Different Approaches to Coalition Building: PvdA and GroenLinks Reluctant, VVD, D66, and CDA Eager

But PvdA and GroenLinks did not want to enter into negotiations with Hart voor Den Haag because they did not want to help a right-wing coalition get a majority, they said. Reluctantly, the parties agreed to enter into talks with Hart van Den Haag. ‘About better cooperation between the coalition and Hart van Den Haag’, … Read more

Tomato Pallet Embezzlement: Investigations Uncover Allegations against Maassluis and ‘s-Gravenzande Managers

Tomato Pallet Embezzlement: Investigations Uncover Allegations against Maassluis and ‘s-Gravenzande Managers

Two employees of a Westland grower are under investigation for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of thousands of boxes of tomatoes. The incident occurred between October and November 2019, when pallets of tomatoes were loaded and taken to a wholesaler without a delivery note. The suspects, identified as 36-year-old Sandro S. from Maassluis and … Read more

International Investigation Reveals Checks at Saravaana Bhavan in The Hague, Amsterdam, and Almere

International Investigation Reveals Checks at Saravaana Bhavan in The Hague, Amsterdam, and Almere

Restaurant Chain Under Investigation for Exploiting Staff and Unsanitary Conditions The popular restaurant chain Saravaana Bhavan is currently under investigation for alleged staff exploitation and unsanitary conditions at its locations in The Hague, Amsterdam, and Almere. The inspection, which took place recently, was part of a major international investigation involving the international police agency Interpol. … Read more

“Police Conduct Extensive Investigation After Incident in Unidentified Area”

“Police Conduct Extensive Investigation After Incident in Unidentified Area”

The police have carried out extensive investigations in the street. ‘I’m awake from a quarter to five. Everything has been cordoned off for a long time to see how and what, “said the local resident. But the police say nothing. They’ll be busy with everything, I think.’ The spokesperson cannot yet say what exactly happened … Read more

“The Decline of Cinema Choices: A Film Historian’s Heartbreak”

“The Decline of Cinema Choices: A Film Historian’s Heartbreak”

Elisa Mutsaers of Filmatelier Den Haag, who graduated in cinema history in The Hague, is heartbroken that so little has survived: ‘I myself think it’s a great pity that Babylon is gone too. It was nicely located between the Filmhuis and Pathé. But if you look back to the ’50s, which was really the high … Read more