Are you hitting the road today? Here you will find an overview of the activities. Check here the adjusted timetable for the railway.
What can you expect today?
- There is a demonstration of the healthcare sector at Malieveld in The Hague, but without healthcare workers. They symbolically put their shoes in the grass and argue for more salary and less work pressure.
- Under the motto ‘The Night Watch’, dozens of nightclub owners on the Museumplein in Amsterdam are drawing attention to the consequences of the corona crisis for nightlife. They are afraid that the nightlife will disappear from the city. Last week it became clear night clubs and discotheques stay closed for the time being.
- At the National Indies Monument in Roermond, killed soldiers in the former Dutch East Indies and New Guinea are commemorated. State Secretary Paul Blokhuis speaks, a wreath is laid and a minute’s silence is held.
- Max Verstappen hopes to conquer the best possible starting place in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Italy for Sunday’s race at the Monza circuit. In the Tour de France, the peloton travels through the Pyrenees for a mountain stage of 141 kilometers.
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What did you miss?
Donald Trump says he has not yet seen any evidence that Alexei Navalny has been poisoned. At the same time, he also said in a press conference that he did not doubt the German investigation that showed that the Russian opposition leader had been administered the nerve poison novichok: “I don’t know exactly what happened. I think it is tragic, it is terrible, it should not have been. to happen.”
Earlier, the US expressed “serious concern” to Russia about the matter. Germany, where Navalny is being treated, went on to demand text and explanations from Russia, but the Russian government denies involvement.
Other news from the night:
And then this:
Never before did an athlete run nearly 19 kilometers within an hour. The Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan did this last night in Brussels, breaking the 12-year-old world hour record.
In the Diamond League match Memorial Van Damme, Hassan ran 18,930 meters, more than 400 meters more than the previous record of 18,517 meters from 2008.
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