ANPStephan van Baarle (Denk) during a vote in the House of Representatives Political party Denk has recently taken a more conservative course, which is causing confusion among its supporters. Denk opposes issues that the party voted for in the House of Representatives in recent years. According to party leader Stephan van Baarle, it is only … Read more
NieuwsuurMarijnissen (SP) defends the bill for the introduction of a binding corrective referendum in the Senate It has been a topic of discussion in politics for decades, but this time it could easily continue: the introduction of a corrective binding referendum. The private member’s bill appears to have a large majority in the Senate today. … Read more
NOSGP with patient Coen Nij Bijvank editor Nieuwsuur Coen Nij Bijvank editor Nieuwsuur Dutch people will pay almost ten percent more for their health insurance next year. The government expects that the premium for basic insurance will increase by 12 euros per month, to an average of 149 euros. The ever-growing healthcare costs invariably led … Read more
EPACalifornia is experiencing more frequent forest fires due to climate change The American state of California is taking five major oil companies, including Shell, to court. The companies must contribute billions to the costs caused by climate change, the public prosecutor says. The lawsuit could have major consequences. “If the judge rules in California, it … Read more
ANP Niko Koffeman, co-founder of the Party for the Animals and faction leader in the Senate, wants the investigation into alleged integrity violations by party leader Esther Ouwehand to continue. Koffeman chimes in News hour not to choose a side in the argument between Ouwehand and the board, but does criticize the working methods of … Read more
EU Careers Sweden The Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus has been detained in Iran for 1.5 years A Swedish diplomat has been held in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison for almost 1.5 years. His imprisonment has been kept secret all along, but became known yesterday after reporting in The New York Times. EU foreign affairs chief Josep … Read more
Generalitat de CatalunyaCarles Puigdemont In 2017, the whole world suddenly turned to the president of the Spanish region of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont. Under his leadership, separatists voted en masse to secede from Spain in an illegal referendum. Catalans who opposed independence stayed home en masse. Catalonia then declared independence. But the national government in Madrid … Read more
NOS Bart Kamphuis Marieke Schunselaar news editor Marieke Schunselaar news editor It is complicated for the electric driver to see in advance how expensive a charging session will be at a public charging station. As a result, they often pay unnecessarily too much, according to interest groups. They advocate more transparency to help consumers. Tariffs … Read more
AFPThis Afghan girl, Asho, has been married off to a 23-year-old man to whom Asho’s family is in debt. The Netherlands abolished slavery 150 years ago. What many people don’t know is that slavery in new forms still exists all over the world. News hour traveled the world to give victims of modern slavery a … Read more
Spent last Thursday (July 13). News hour attention to the departure of D66 leader Sigrid Kaag. In a so-called wordcloud we showed in our broadcast how people reacted on social media to her departure from politics. But this wordcloud did not accurately represent the ratios of the responses and that was not good, as we … Read more