It is unexpectedly busy on the road on Tuesday due to rain. There is currently more than 480 kilometers of traffic jam during the evening rush hour, but at its peak there was more than 1,100 kilometers, reports the ANWB. Road users should still take into account delays on several routes. For example, it is […]
Coalitiepartijen VVD en NSC zien het nut niet in van eventuele nieuwe onderhandelingen over asielbeleid. Volgens hen is alles al besproken, en kan Wilders beter met zijn eigen minister bellen. Ze verzoeken Wilders niet te veel aan het hoofdlijnenakkoord te zitten. Coalition parties VVD and NSC do not see the point of possible new negotiations
The war archive in The Hague will be digitally searchable from July 1st. This archive contains personal data of people who were investigated for collaboration after the Second World War. Privacy rules apply, but Education Minister Eppo Bruins does not want to control visitors. It concerns the project ‘War before the Judge’, which contains about
The leaders of VVD, NSC, and BBB do not yet seem impressed by the asylum plans presented by PVV leader Geert Wilders on Monday. They are willing to talk, but also refer to PVV Minister of Asylum Marjolein Faber. Wilders wants to break open the coalition agreement to take new asylum measures. The PVV leader
Thierry Baudet faces a two-week suspension because the FVD leader continues to refuse to disclose his secondary activities. Members of Parliament are required to do so to prevent (the appearance of) conflicts of interest. A large majority of the House of Representatives voted in favor of a recommendation from the so-called College of Integrity Investigation
While water and electricity are not a given in Sudan due to drone attacks, the African country is also struggling with a deadly cholera outbreak. In one week, the disease claimed at least 172 lives. “The biggest humanitarian crisis prevails in Sudan,” aid organizations say about the war. An estimated tens of thousands of people
The controversial aid organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributed the first food packages in southern Gaza on Tuesday. The aid was actually supposed to start on Monday, but that was not possible due to logistical and operational problems. The Israeli Channel 12 reports that aid packages have been distributed at two distribution locations in the southern
Former tennis player Richard Krajicek has undergone heart surgery. His wife, Daphne Deckers, announced this on Instagram on Tuesday. Deckers shared a photo of Krajicek with a large “get well soon” balloon. “I want to give you an update on behalf of Richard: he has had heart surgery,” she wrote. “A PEARS operation to be
The University of Amsterdam will not hold the prosecuted pro-Palestinian demonstrators liable for the damage suffered by the university. This concerns fourteen demonstrators, of whom thirteen have been prosecuted so far. Eight of them were convicted in May last year, mainly for violence against the police. Four people were sentenced to imprisonment. During the pro-Palestinian
Primoz Roglic has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia. The top favorite for the overall victory also crashed in a soaking wet mountain stage on Tuesday, making it the fourth time he has crashed in two weeks. After a crash on Sunday, it was already questionable whether Roglic would even start in the Giro d’Italia. The