Greenpeace and the State meet in court for the second day in a row. The question that is on Wednesday: who has to protect the island of Bonaire against the rising water? The parties both point in a different direction. People from Bonaire are also Dutch people and therefore have the same right to protect […]
The police have arrested a 33-year-old man for desecration of graves in The Hague in February and March of this year. He is suspected of vandalizing 23 graves at Westduin cemetery. The police write that it concerns a man without a fixed residence or address. Officers arrested him in Limburg on Wednesday. It is unclear
The Public Prosecution Service has demanded prison sentences of six and four years against Rinke L. (26) and Matthijs H. (28) for, among other things, supplying weapons to a group of alleged sovereigns. That happened in November 2023, known L. on Wednesday in the court in Rotterdam. The two Overijssel twenties delivered ten weapons to
Tahmina Akefi, the former partner of Peter R. de Vries, finds it “unbearable” to attend to the appeal in the murder case. She is therefore not present in court on Wednesday. Akefi’s lawyer read her written statement in court at Schiphol. She called the murder of her beloved “unimaginably cruel”. “The thought of being confronted
The Danish Government is working on a ban on social media for children under the age of fifteen. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Links The Use of Social Media to Anxiety, Depression and Concentration Problems. The Ban May Take Effect From Next Year. In a speech the opening of the Danish Parliament, Frederiksen cited figures showing
The Amsterdam and The Hague regions have over twenty thousand homeless people. More than 1 percent of the cities’ population does not have adequate housing. It increasingly involves women and children. This is according to a new count by the European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion (EHTOS) by Hogeschool Utrecht and Kansfonds. Many homeless
The European Parliament has approved a call to stop using meat-related terms like burger and steak for plant-based products. 355 Members of the European Parliament want names like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘soy sausage’ to no longer be allowed; 247 voted against. The MEPs who agreed believe that words like sausage and burger should only be
The anti-immigration demonstration scheduled for Sunday in Amsterdam will be moved from Dam Square to Museumplein. This decision was made for safety reasons, according to the municipality. This is partly due to the crowds in the city at that time. The Amsterdam triangle (mayor, Public Prosecution Service, and police) announced the decision on Wednesday. The
The police have arrested a 23-year-old man from Vlaardingen on suspicion of sexually extorting five women. He threatened to send intimate images to family and friends. He allegedly extorted 10,000 euros with this. The suspect came into contact with the women through online games and social media. He maintained contact with them for months or
The German Government introduced Further Tightening of the Cannabis Law on Wednesday. Among Other Things, The Online Sale of Medicinal Cannabis is Being Restricted. This is intended to reduce the import of cannabis. The New Cannabis Law was passed last year. It Made It Possible for German Adults to Legally Possess or Buy Marijuana For