Large-scale protests took place across France against the government’s proposed pension reform. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes [パリ ３１日 ロイター] – Large-scale protests were held across France on the 31st against the government’s plan to reform the pension system. A total of 1,272,000 people took part in the protests across the country, according to the Interior Ministry. A … Read more
February may be the shortest month of the year, but Netflix is going to go all out again with new offerings. And this time it is not just series that stand out, because there are also major films planned. You’re back To start the series, a lot of attention will be paid to the fourth … Read more
ANP NOS News•Tuesday, 12:56•Amended Tuesday, 3:44 PM The Netherlands became slightly more corrupt last year, reports Transparency International (TI) in its annual corruption ranking. With 80 points, the Netherlands achieved its lowest score ever. Our country is still one of the ten countries with the least corrupt public sector. The Netherlands is in eighth place, … Read more
sc Heerenveem NOS Football•Monday, 21:52 sc Heerenveen has signed Jeffrey Bruma for the rest of the season. The 31-year-old central defender comes over on a free transfer from the Turkish Kasimpasa, where he recently had his contract expiring next summer terminated. With the arrival of Bruma, Heerenveen has acquired an extremely experienced player who played … Read more
The USA has succeeded in getting Japan and the Netherlands involved in limiting China’s technological breakthrough. It’s about the US trying to influence China’s ability to design and manufacture microchips that the superpower can then use in the areas of military and artificial intelligence development. Already at the end of last year, the US introduced … Read more
Gery Veldhuis, currently chief commissioner of the regional police unit of the Northern Netherlands. But from next week you can ‘just’ be found on the street again, in the much lower rank of sergeant. Photo: Corne Sparidaens It is symbolic: his spacious office in the police station on the Rademarkt in Groningen is a ruin. … Read more
ANP NOS News•Friday, 7:30 PM•Amended yesterday, 12:18 Heleen Ekker editor Climate and Energy Heleen Ekker editor Climate and Energy The A12 in The Hague is occupied again by climate activists from Extinction Rebellion. The aim of the action is to force an end to subsidies for fossil fuels. The Netherlands still spends billions of euros … Read more
WK HOCKEYNothing can stop the Red Lions! Not even a first half in which they lost something against the Orange. Our hockey men fought back twice and, just like four years ago in the World Cup final, showed their coolest in the shoot-outs. “Turning around a difficult situation is also a quality,” says Loïck Luypaert. … Read more
According to State Secretary Eric van der Burg (Asylum), it is now the European Commission’s turn when it comes to a border wall. But there is no enthusiasm in Brussels for financing fences and walls to combat illegal migration at the EU’s external borders. “There is no money for it,” said left-wing European Commissioner Ylva … Read more
Editorial Kirsten Graumans business editor In the Netherlands, several (wild) mammals became infected with highly pathogenic bird flu last year. However, according to researchers at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), there is no question of the virus spreading between mammals. “Genetic analysis of the viruses from Dutch mammals showed that they are not closely related to … Read more