The eurozone economy grew by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of this year. This is higher than previously reported, according to a new estimate from the European statistics agency Eurostat. Previously, a growth of 0.3 percent on a quarterly basis was reported. On an annual basis, the growth figure for the euro area was […]
Fabio Jakobsen will miss this year’s Tour de France. The sprinter has not recovered in time from surgery on the pelvic arteries, his team Team Picnic PostNL announced on Friday. The 28-year-old Jakobsen underwent surgery in early April for a narrowing of the iliac artery in both legs. This injury is common among cyclists and
The caretaker cabinet no longer wants to share the so-called official reports on the situation in asylum seekers’ countries of origin. But that is not allowed, the court in The Hague ruled on Friday in the case of a Syrian asylum seeker. Such an official report contains a detailed description of the situation in a
Uncertainty and the impact of the trade war are weighing on economic growth in the Netherlands. On top of that comes a cabinet fall. De Nederlandsche Bank fears that consumers, businesses and the government will spend less due to these uncertain times. The uncertainty and trade tensions will limit economic growth in the coming two
A 63-year-old man from the Netherlands has died after falling from a steep mountain wall during a hike in Austria. Attempts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful, according to police in the state of Tyrol. The man was hiking with his daughter and son-in-law near the village of Sankt Johann in Tirol, north of Kitzbühel.
De gemeente Rotterdam gaat onderzoek doen naar de rol van de haven bij genocidaal geweld in Gaza. Actievoerders beschuldigen de haven van medeplichtigheid door onderdelen van F-35-gevechtsvliegtuigen en wapens naar Israël te verschepen. Actievoerders van Geef Tegengas willen dat de gemeente de “militaire logistiek rond de F-35-onderdelen” in kaart brengt en onderzoekt hoe de rol
RoddelPraat presenter Jan Roos is being prosecuted for incitement, the Public Prosecution Service reports to ANP. In a video about the Sunneklaas festival, he said about journalists on Ameland: “Shoot them all”. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) started a criminal investigation in November into statements on the YouTube channel RoddelPraat. According to the OM, the
The NS does not plan to completely scrap the entire schedule again next Tuesday and Thursday. The unions want to strike in various regions on those days. The NS does not rule out that travelers in the rest of the country may experience inconvenience. “Therefore, it is very important to plan the train journey well
Feyenoord has once again the best field in the Eredivisie. The pitch in De Kuip finished first for the eleventh time in a poll by the players union VVCS. The captains of the visiting team give a mark from 1 to 5 for the field they played on after each Eredivisie match and send it
In his new documentary Billy Joel : And So It Goes, Billy Joel talks frankly about the darkest period of his life. In it he made two attempts to put an end to his life and was in a coma. The suicide attempts were the result of a complicated love triangle with the wife of