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What can you expect today?
- Tonight, Minister Kuipers of Health and Prime Minister Rutte will give another corona press conference. The government’s official position has not yet been released, but it has already leaked that there will in any case be relaxations for the cultural sector and the catering industry.
- The case regarding the failed assassination attempt on lawyer Philippe Schol is pending in the court in Almelo. Counsel was shot five times from a car in front of his home in Gronau on November 6, 2019.
- Tennis player Rafael Nadal plays against Canadian Shapovalov in the Australian Open. If he wins that match, he is one step closer to his 21st Grand Slam title, which would be a record.
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What did you miss?
Staff members of the Dutch embassy in Ukraine and their families may return to the Netherlands if they wish. Minister Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs said this in connection with a possible Russian attack on that country.
“It’s a huge dilemma, because you don’t want to leave too early. Then you potentially contribute to instability,” said Hoekstra after consulting EU colleagues in Brussels. “But you don’t want to leave too late either, because you don’t want to endanger your own people, especially after what we saw in Afghanistan.”
After talks with EU foreign ministers, Hoekstra said the EU countries and the US agree that a “very hefty package” of sanctions should be ready if Russia goes aggressive. “That seems perfectly justified to me when it comes to something as serious as a war or a possible war, or possibly violating another country’s territory.”
What that sanction package will look like has not yet been decided. “All options are on the table,” Hoekstra said. “It is now up to the European Commission to come up with a substantial package and do it quickly.”
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