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
ANPA stream in the agricultural area near Halle in the Achterhoek is almost dry. This year’s spring was marked by lots and lots of rain. Despite the wet spring, concerns about drought in the Netherlands have not disappeared. Climate change is often cited as a cause of desiccation, but according to experts, it is due … Read more
ANP The more than 10,000 households that live below the subsistence level due to government intervention will have to wait until Prinsjesdag for a solution. Minister Schouten (Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions) informed the Lower House today that she is investigating various options, but still needs the summer to reach a decision. The affected families … Read more
ANP The more than 10,000 households that live below the subsistence level due to government intervention will have to wait until Prinsjesdag for a solution. Minister Schouten (Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions) informed the Lower House today that she is investigating various options, but still needs the summer to reach a decision. The affected families … Read more