Netherlands
EU risks break-up over ‘coronabonds’ row, warns Italian PM | Business
Italy’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has warned of the break-up of the European Union, as unprecedented pressure was piled on northern states to give way and unlock €500bn (£438bn) of economic support for the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. After 16 hours of talks since Tuesday, EU finance ministers reconvened by videoconference on …
Netherlands climate change: Court orders bigger cuts in emissions
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Dutch government has struggled to cut carbon emissions since 1990 The highest court in the Netherlands has upheld a ruling requiring the government to slash greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% of 1990 levels by the end of next year. The case was brought six years ago …
Hague stabbing in the Netherlands leaves 3 injured
Police are looking for the suspect. “Stabbing incident with multiple wounded on the Big Market Street in The Hague. Emergency Services are on the scene. More information to follow from this account,” police tweeted in Dutch. Police have asked eyewitnesses to come forward and said the situation is “complex.” The incident happened at a busy …
Dutch anti-racism activists protest over blackface character | World news
Anti-racism campaigners are protesting in cities across the Netherlands as Dutch children anticipate the annual arrival of St Nicholas and a blackface character who traditionally accompanies him. The character of “Black Pete”, usually portrayed by white people in black face paint wearing frizzy wigs and prominent red lipstick, has provoked intense discussion, and sometimes violent …
Netherlands forced to slash speed limit to reduce emissions
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The current motorway speed limit is 130km/h although a lower limit can apply at various times and places The daytime speed limit on Dutch roads is to be cut to 100km/h (62mph) in a bid to tackle a nitrogen oxide pollution crisis, according to cabinet sources widely quoted by …
Amsterdam Schiphol airport evacuated due to ‘situation on plane’ | World news
Large areas of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, including its railway station, have been evacuated while Dutch military police investigate what airport authorities described as a “situation onboard a plane”. Local media said emergency services had been scrambled, a police special operations team was on site and two trauma helicopters were on their way to the …
‘Think of your family’: China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests | World news
Two days after Abdujelil Emet sat in the public gallery of Germany’s parliament during a hearing on human rights, he received a phone call from his sister for the first time in three years. But the call from Xinjiang, in western China, was anything but a joyous family chat. It was made at the direction …
Dutch family of 7 waiting for “the end of time” discovered living in farmhouse basement
Dutch police discovered a family of 7 living in a farmhouse basement and waiting for the world to end, the BBC reported Tuesday. The family allegedly spent nine years in the basement and were only found after one family member escaped. According to local news outlet RTV, a 58-year-old man was living with six siblings, …
End of Golden Age: Dutch museum bans term from exhibits | World news
One of the Netherlands’ most prestigious museums has fuelled fresh debate over the the country’s colonial past by deciding it will no longer use the term Golden Age to describe the 17th century when it was at its pinnacle as a military and trading power. The Amsterdam Museum said that in an attempt to be …
Consortium of partners opens unique geothermal technology innovation lab in the Netherlands | Think GeoEnergy
Drilling rig on site on Bergschenhoek project site, Netherlands (source: Zublin) A former Shell technology laboratory has been transformed into a geothermal technology innovation laboratory, the Open Innovation Center for Well Technology (OIC-WT) in collaboration of TNO, TU Delft, Utrecht University, EBN, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the province of South Holland and the municipality of …
