Green groups, Amsterdam take state to court over Schiphol
Nov 19, 2024 · In 2023 Schiphol bought nine farms in order to use their nitrogen pollution rights as its own and later that year was controversially given its own permit, which allowed it to carry out 500,000 take-offs and landings a year.. But campaign groups say Schiphol was wrongly awarded the permit and are fighting it in court. They argue Schiphol has failed to prove its emissions remain within the ...
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Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained
Feb 26, 2024 · Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained February 26, 2024 Molly Quell Ridouan Taghi in court. Illustration: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / Aloys Oosterwijk. On Tuesday, February 27, judges in the Marengo trial – a mega process involving 17 defendants, six murders, and the alleged leaders of one of the most violent criminal gangs in Dutch history – will issue their verdict.
NOS begins daily news bulletins in easy-to-follow Dutch
Sep 9, 2024 · National news broadcaster NOS is beginning a daily bulletin in simplified language to cater for the 2.5 million adults in the Netherlands with language difficulties. The NOS Journaal in Makkelijke Taal is aimed at people who struggle to follow the regular news programmes, such as the elderly, people with learning disabilities and new migrants who are learning Dutch. It will be broadcast every ...
Netherlands says farewell to its F-16 fighter jets
Sep 27, 2024 · A farewell flyover featuring some six to eight F-16 fighter jets will grace the skies over the country’s military airfields – including in Soesterberg, Breda, Eindhoven and The Hague – on Friday afternoon as the Royal Netherlands Air Force retires the Cold War era plane. Twenty-four of the jets will head to Ukraine, while others will be used for training purposes abroad. Developed in the ...
First Dutch clinics to treat Long Covid patients ready to open
Oct 29, 2024 · Three clinics specialising in the treatment of Long Covid will open their doors on November 1 at teaching hospitals in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Maastricht. Family doctors can refer patients, many of whom have struggled with Covid-related symptoms for the last four years, from that date. Some 1.3 million people still suffered from the consequences of an infection with the virus after three ...
The new Dutch cabinet is complete, but not without controversy
Jun 14, 2024 · After weeks of speculation, it appears that the ministerial line up for the next Dutch government is almost complete. Dick Schoof’s first cabinet will have 15 ministers, five for the far right PVV, four each for the VVD and NSC, and two for the pro-countryside BBB. The ministers will be supported by 13 junior ministers but not all those names have yet been finalised. The cabinet line-up ...
Vattenfall wins mass claim case, extra fees were justifiable
Oct 9, 2024 · A group of small businesses have lost their legal case to force energy company Vattenfall to refund millions of euros in what the companies said were “unjustified costs”. The companies, united in foundation Stichting Nuon-claim, argued Vattenfall was liable for charging them too much for their electricity over a period of several years. Vattenfall took over Nuon in 2009. The class action ...
More people opt for euthanasia because of mental suffering
Apr 4, 2024 · The number of people whose request for euthanasia was granted on the ground of intolerable mental suffering has increased significantly, according to new figures from the regional monitoring body RTE. The RTE received 138 notifications of euthanasia from people with psychiatric illnesses in 2023, 20% up from the year before. In total, some 9,000 people died through euthanasia in 2023, or some ...
EU Commission proposes to make passports and IDs digital
Oct 9, 2024 · The European Commission proposed on Tuesday to make passports and identity cards available in a digital format as well as a physical document to ease travel to and within the Schengen zone. The digital version of the documents will contain the credentials currently available in the chip of passports or IDs, including photos but not fingerprints, and make them accessible on the mobile phone ...