The Dutch government will announce new measures in the fight against the corona virus on Monday evening. The Dutch have to work from home again, unless it is not possible otherwise. Groups are limited to four people. – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge call the situation in their … Read more
Photo: Hollandse Hoogte / Flip Franssen – In the Netherlands, a woman on the train from Utrecht to Den Bosch was assaulted by a man who thought she was not wearing her mouth mask correctly. A local police officer reports this on Twitter. – The man spoke to the woman on the train because she … Read more
‘De Volkskrant’ may fire literary critic Arjan Peters. A judge has decided that. The journalist is not guilty of transgressive behavior, but is responsible for the disrupted working relationship with the newspaper. – The journalist was put on hold in May, but de Volkskrant did not want to disclose on what grounds that decision was … Read more
A number of well-known Dutch people promise ‘not to shut up anymore’. With the hashtag #ikdoenietmeermee, they call for symbolic resistance against the corona measures. The campaign has been fiercely criticized and comes at a time when the Netherlands is struggling with rapidly rising figures. – Under the hasthag #ikdoenietmeermee, a number of well-known Dutch … Read more
The Vechtstromen water board in the Netherlands hopes that it will rain a lot for a long time in the regions of Twente and Salland and south of the river Vecht. The drought in those areas is extreme. Although it is almost autumn, spraying bans and prohibitions to use surface water remain in effect, according … Read more
Jan Smeets stops as Pinkpop’s festival director. “After fifty years, ‘Mister Pinkpop’ is taking a step back and is going to enjoy his free time and what he has built up with the festival,” Pinkpop announced on Friday evening. – The organization of Pinkpop is continued by the permanent team in combination with MOJO, which … Read more
The Dutch F-35s are currently no longer flying with thunderstorms. Damaged pipes in a fuel tank have been found in fighter aircraft of this type, the Ministry of Defense reports Friday. – The defect was discovered on F-35s from other countries. After inspection, countries with the F35-A, including the Netherlands, were advised not to let … Read more
For many people, the coronavirus has become a far-from-my-bed show since the beginning of the summer. Still, it is not good and wise to let go of the rules, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned on Friday. – Rutte recalled the period in the spring when hospitals were full of corona patients and the capacity … Read more
In the Netherlands, they buried the first man in a coffin from the fungus. The ecological sarcophagus was made by a company that claims that human remains will decompose in two or three years, and in addition provide nutrients to the surrounding nature. “This coffin means that we can actually feed the earth to our … Read more
Ghent / Edegem – Sunday child Sanda Dia was ten years younger. And yet Seydou (31) looked up to his younger brother. His creativity, his apparent nonchalance with which he walked through life, his unbridled ambition as well. “Sanda knew he lived in a society in which someone with a different skin color had to … Read more