The music event De Vrienden van Amstel Live will not take place next January. The multi-day concert series is shifting to January 2022, the organization said in a press release. Tickets purchased for the 2021 event will remain valid for the 2022 series. The Friends of Amstel Live will be organized in 2022 from 13 … Read more
Scottish actor Sean Connery has died at the age of ninety, the BBC reports. Connery was best known for being James Bond’s first interpreter. He played the secret agent in seven films. According to the BBC he had not felt well for some time and died in his sleep. Connery has lived in the Bahamas … Read more
The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo publishes a caricature of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the cover of the issue to be released on Wednesday. The magazine announced that on Tuesday Twitter. On the cover of the new edition, Erdogan can be seen sitting in a chair with a can in his hand. With … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Belarus took to the streets on Sunday. They demanded President Alexander Lukashenko’s departure just before the ‘people’s ultimatum’ expired. Due to rumblings during Lukashenko’s reelection, many countries do not recognize the result. The president has not responded within the deadline. A national strike has therefore started on Monday. – … Read more
Hundreds of residents of the southern Italian city of Naples took to the streets on Friday evening. They protested the curfew that will start this weekend in the Campania region. The mostly young protesters ignored the curfew and made their way through the streets singing. Some demonstrators attacked police vehicles. – .
Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Water Management) finds it “undesirable” that airlines offer flights to areas with an orange travel advice at very low rates, but also says that the cabinet cannot prohibit these types of ‘dump flights’. The minister writes that in a Tuesday brief to the House of Representatives. At the request … Read more
Attention design enthusiasts! From 17 to 25 October, Eindhoven will be dominated by the Dutch Design Week. The design event does look different from other years. Where we could normally spot the work and concepts of more than 2,600 designers spread across the city, the event will take place completely online this year. Vtwonen list … Read more
Of musical TINA: The Tina Turner Musical van Joop van den Ende has been nominated twelve times for a Tony Award. The nominations for the best theater productions on Broadway in New York were announced on Thursday. TINA can win prizes for the best musical, the best direction, the best design, the best script and … Read more
Matches in the TOTO KNVB Cup with amateur clubs may continue despite the tightened corona measures. The Women’s Eredivisie, on the other hand, must be shut down, the KNVB was told on Wednesday after consultation with the Ministry of VWS. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced during a press conference that the competitions in … Read more
An eighteen-year-old resident of Schiedam was seriously injured in a shooting at PJ Troelstralaan in Schiedam. Later that day, the suspected gunman, a 21-year-old man from Vlaardingen, reported to the police station. He was arrested for that. According to the police, the victim was not approachable and was taken to hospital in a worrying condition. … Read more