A bottle of wine comes across as very impersonal, according to etiquette expert Lilian Woltering. There isn’t a single answer to how it should be done. It not only differs per person, but also depends on the company you work for. Woltering thinks that a gift should mainly radiate that it has been thought about. […]
The investigation into the fire at the home of Rotterdam alderman Faouzi Achbar (DENK) last year has taken a striking turn. Achbar himself now appears to be a suspect. The Public Prosecution Service is investigating whether he ordered the arson. This was announced during a lawsuit against the 38-year-old Rotterdammer who was arrested as a
French people can visit porn sites Youporn, Pornhub, and Redtube again after the owner temporarily blocked access. They were protesting against age verification rules using credit cards or identity documents. Earlier this month, parent company Aylo ensured that French people could no longer view erotic videos in protest against a new age verification system. Visitors
Vito Shukrula, the former lawyer of Marengo main suspect Ridouan Taghi, wants the lawsuit against him to start directly on the merits. “Every day that this case drags on longer, it increases the damage that our client wrongfully suffers,” his lawyers say. Shukrula is suspected of passing criminal messages from his then-client Taghi to the
The international cycling federation UCI will investigate the statements of Dries De Bondt. The Belgian is currently riding for Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale, but recently admitted that he did some work at the front of the peloton for another team during the Giro d’Italia. De Bondt’s contract with his current employer expires after this season. The
Outgoing minister Eddy van Hijum (Social Affairs and Employment) prepares a ban on temporary workers in the meat sector. Too many abuses are taking place there with mainly labor migrants. Van Hijum therefore wants employees, including labor migrants, to be in permanent employment. In this way abuses can be excluded. The prohibition can start at
A brain-dead woman in the United States gave birth to a baby boy via Cesarean section. Her body was kept on a ventilator for months, against the will of her family. According to the hospital, this was necessary because of the abortion laws in the state of Georgia. The doctors at Emory University Hospital in
Een 54-jarige man uit Emmen is vrijdag aangehouden na het uitvoeren van ‘burgergrenscontroles’ bij de grens tussen Ter Apel en het Duitse Rütenbrock. De politie heeft de verdachte aangehouden op verdenking van poging tot ambtsdwang. Het gaat mogelijk om Jan Huzen uit Nieuw-Weerdinge. Dat is de initiatiefnemer van de burgercontroles en de oprichter van een
Singer S10 has shared a photo of her twin brother on Instagram where she writes that she is going to miss him. Emiel den Hollander died on Thursday after he was found seriously injured on the roof of a garage in April. The 24-year-old Den Hollander fell from a flat in Amsterdam on 16 April.
Elf onafgemaakte scripts van David Lynch zijn in Los Angeles geveild voor 195.000 dollar. Het gaat om materiaal van zijn nooit voltooide film Ronnie Rocket: The Absurd Mystery of the Strange Forces of Existence. Bij de veiling werden zo’n 450 persoonlijke bezittingen van de regisseur aangeboden, meldt entertainmentsite Deadline. Het publiek kon zowel online als