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By Richard CARTER THE HAGUE, March 30, 2024 (AFP) – Three of the hostages being held in a cafe in central Netherlands Saturday have been released, police said, but did not yet sound the all-clear. Authorities have evacuated the centre of the town of Ede since early morning, after several people were held at the Cafe Petticoat. “Three hostages have just been released. The situation is not over yet,” police said in a statement on […]
European governments on Friday eyed unpopular Covid curbs, with the Netherlands opting for Western Europe’s first partial lockdown of the winter as EU experts said 10 countries in the bloc were causing “very high concern”. Dutch premier Mark Rutte announced at least three weeks of lockdown measures targeting restaurants, shops and sporting events to curb a record spike in coronavirus infections. The “annoying and far-reaching” measures came as the EU’s diseases agency said 10 countries […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch data protection authorities issued a 750,000-euro fine against TikTok on Thursday, saying the social media service violated the privacy of young children in the Netherlands. The Dutch Data Protection Authority noted that TikTok’s app installation information was in English and was not readily understood by young Dutch children. “By not offering their privacy statement in Dutch, TikTok failed to provide an adequate explanation of how the app collects, processes […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch authorities on Friday reported the country’s first coronavirus case in a dog and infections in three cats, but said chances of contamination through pets were minimal. The eight-year-old bulldog belonged to a COVID-19 patient and appeared to have been infected by its owner, Dutch Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten said. The dog was put down at the end of April. The three cats were found at a mink farm where […]
by Malou Francisco and Alexandra Megia Eagle News NETHERLANDS (EAGLE NEWS) — On March 15, two o’clock in the afternoon, Central European Time, a total of 1,135 people who tested positive with the COVID-19 virus. In light of this, Dutch government has taken new measures in response to the pressures from the medical specialists and educators. March 16 — all schools and daycare centers in the Netherlands are to be shut down till April 6, […]
by Cecil MORELLA Agence France Presse A Dutch birdwatcher held by Islamic State-linked militants was killed Friday during a firefight between his kidnappers and soldiers in the southern Philippines, according to the military, which said he was shot by his captors as he tried to escape. Ewold Horn had been held since 2012 by the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and was fatally wounded as soldiers fought a 90-minute gun battle with the jihadists on […]
by Charlotte Van Ouwerkerk Agence France-Presse LEEUWARDEN, Netherlands (AFP) — She scandalized society by dancing almost naked when women still wore corsets and their dresses long. Yet a century after her death, Mata Hari remains veiled in mystery. Now a Dutch museum in the Friesian town of her birth is seeking to shed new light on the exotic dancer, bringing together for the first time 150 objects, photos and military archives in the largest-ever exhibition […]
by Sophie Mignon and Charlotte van Ouwerkerk ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch police are investigating possible terror links after arresting a Spaniard driving a van containing gas canisters close to a rock concert which was abruptly cancelled over fears of an attack. The man “was arrested and taken to the police station,” Rotterdam police said in a Tweet, following a tip-off from Spanish authorities. The arrest came little under a week after twin car-bomb attacks […]
by Fulya OZERKAN / Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused the European Union of starting a “crusade” against Islam and said his country was no longer friends with The Netherlands, further souring relations. Turkey and the EU are locked in their most explosive row in years after Germany and The Netherlands blocked Turkish ministers from campaigning for a ‘Yes’ vote in an April referendum on […]
by Raziye Akkoc with Stuart Williams in Istanbul ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prompted a fresh outcry in The Netherlands on Tuesday with a jibe about the Srebrenica massacre, warning of retaliation in a spiraling diplomatic crisis. Keeping an uncompromising tone in a tumultuous dispute that risks wrecking the entire Ankara-Amsterdam relationship, Erdogan said a ‘yes’ vote in a April 16 referendum on expanding his powers would be the best […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Sunday ruled out apologizing for banning Turkish ministers from joining pro-Ankara rallies here, but said he hoped a diplomatic row could be defused. “There’s absolutely no way excuses can be made, they should make excuses for what they’ve done yesterday,” Rutte told reporters as he campaigned for Wednesday’s general election. The Dutch have been particularly angered after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan likened them to […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Sunday stood by his government’s decision to expel a Turkish minister, saying she had been an “undesirable” visitor to The Netherlands. “What happened yesterday is totally unacceptable,” Rutte told the public NOS broadcaster, after Turkey’s Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya ignored repeated Dutch requests to Ankara not to travel to Rotterdam for a planned rally. “It was undesirable that she was here,” Rutte added, […]
