The outgoing cabinet is allowed by the House of Representatives to continue with the plans in the field of asylum and migration. Next week, for example, there will be a debate about the asylum emergency measures law of the resigned PVV minister Marjolein Faber. After the fall of a cabinet, the question is always which […]
Although a colder westerly wind will blow in the Netherlands this coming weekend, we can still expect tropical temperatures in some places. Weerplaza also warns of a tropical night. A local heatwave, as previously predicted, is off the table. Especially in the interior and the south, temperatures will rise sharply on Saturday. In many places
The French police found the body of an 83-year-old man from Alphen aan den Rijn on Thursday. On Wednesday, the body of his 80-year-old wife was found. The couple had been missing for a few days. Nothing is known about the cause of death. The police previously stated that the woman probably did not die
The Public Prosecution Service announced on Wednesday that it had made a proposal to Lil Kleine. The rapper accepted a community service order of 32 hours and, in return, does not have to appear in court. What about these transaction proposals within the Dutch legal system? We mainly know settlements from the American legal system,
Approximately one hundred and fifty Dutch soldiers were scheduled to return from a NATO mission in Iraq in the coming weeks. However, due to the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran, that return has been delayed, according to inquiries by NU.nl. The airspace of Iraq is also closed. These are soldiers who are in
According to scientists, the Netherlands must better prepare for growing climate risks. The existing soil and water systems are reaching their limits. The government must now make decisions, and citizens and companies cannot sit back. “Climate change is no longer something of the future. We are already in the middle of it,” says Marjolijn Haasnoot
MPs have responded with dismay to a motion in which GL-PvdA MP Kati Piri calls for a weapon boycott against Israel. The entire room will be called on Thursday evening to vote on this motion and a motion that calls in not to enter such a arms embargo. Piri called it a “Devil’s dilemma” for
The 22-year-old Mohamed B. from Vleuten was sentenced on Thursday to forty months in prison, ten of which are suspended. In May of last year, he destroyed 117 graves in a cemetery in Utrecht. In addition, B. was suspected of participating in a terrorist organization and preparing a terrorist offense. The court found that the
The economic damage caused by environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions continues to increase, while emissions themselves are decreasing. The Dutch emissions of CO2, nitrogen and other harmful substances now cost 46 billion euros per year, calculated by the PBL. That is equivalent to 4.6 percent of the size of the Dutch economy (the gross
The vaccination rate for various infectious diseases in several Dutch regions is below the World Health Organization (WHO) standard. The GGD (Municipal Health Service) says that infectious disease control is under pressure and is sounding the alarm. The annual Vaccination Rate Report from the RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) reveals that