A three-judge appellate panel granted an emergency injunction following a request from the Dutch government on Tuesday, agreeing to vacate the earlier order from a lower court to end the nightly curfew, DW reported. The decision came just moments before the 9pm curfew was set to take effect, with the …
Read More »The Hague court sides with activists, tells Dutch government to IMMEDIATELY lift ‘illegitimate’ curfew
In a statement, The Hague declared that the government’s use of the Extraordinary Powers of Civil Authority Act – an emergency act which allows the state to bypass the legislative process to impose a curfew in “very urgent and exceptional circumstance” – was not justified in this case during the …
Read More »Germany discloses names of Dutch SS veterans still receiving pensions for serving Hitler in WWII
Berlin has forwarded a list with the names of recipients of German pensions between 2015 and 2019 and the exact sums they were paid, the Dutch State Secretary for Finance Hans Vijlbrief said in a letter to parliament, which was cited by local media. It turned out that 34 people …
Read More »Unrest erupts in Dutch cities for third night in a row in pushback against Covid curbs
Hours after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemned two days of anti-lockdown riots as “criminal violence” and vowed to keep a controversial curfew in place, disgruntled citizens took to the streets again for another night of mayhem. Masses of black-clad rioters assembled in the streets of Rotterdam on Monday, as …
Read More »‘Poker turns woker’: Media promotes Dutch designer’s gender-neutral playing cards, but critics see only jokers
Stories by Reuters, the UK Daily Mail and other outlets detailed how Indy Mellink, a 23-year-old forensic psychology graduate, became troubled by the fact that the face cards in a standard deck give more value to a king than a queen. “Even subtle inequalities like this do play a big …
Read More »‘Fury’ in UK after Dutch customs confiscate ham and cheese sandwiches… even though Britons were warned it would happen post-Brexit
Some people in the UK are apparently very angry at the Netherlands because its customs officers are enforcing EU food safety rules and confiscating ham and cheese sandwiches from British motorists who bring them for lunch. It’s the post-Brexit era now, so people crossing the UK’s border with the EU …
Read More »‘Sooner than expected & DIFFERENT vaccine’: Dutch PM explains Netherlands caught off guard by Pfizer jab approval amid criticism
Two weeks after the start of the EU-wide vaccination campaign, not a single person has received the jab in the Netherlands, the last EU state to launch its immunization effort. The first Dutch national is expected to receive a vaccine on Wednesday. Some 288,000 vaccine doses have been delivered to …
Read More »‘The Netherlands is closing down’: Dutch PM announces 5-week lockdown after spike in Covid infections
Under the new lockdown – the country’s second so far during the pandemic – all schools and shops will shut from Tuesday until January 18, while public spaces and facilities including daycare centers, hairdressers, gyms, and cinemas are to close until January 19. Pharmacies, grocery stores, and banks are allowed …
Read More »Swiss curfews and Dutch gathering ban come in as Europe battles second coronavirus wave
“It’s really not going well – not with the infection rate and not at the hospitals,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday, adding that more measures may be imposed in the coming weeks if the spread of the virus doesn’t slow. It comes as the Dutch government voted …
Read More »Dutch journalist crashes ‘secret’ EU defense meeting after access code accidentally posted online
The ‘hack’ occurred on Friday, when RTL Nieuws journalist Daniel Verlaan managed to sneak into the online gathering of the EU bigwigs. Footage of the incident, shared by the reporter online, shows a smiling Verlaan waving to the officials, many of whom were not exactly glad to see the reporter …
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