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 […]
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Dutch PM defends expulsion of ‘undesirable’ Turkish minister
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, […]
Dutch activists sue government over air pollution
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – Dutch environmentalists said Tuesday they are suing the government over poor air quality, saying people’s “fundamental” rights to good health were being infringed. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, the Milieudefensie group alleged “the Netherlands exceeds the legal standards for air quality and is violating fundamental human rights by doing too little to combat air pollution.” “This pollution causes thousands of deaths every year, and leaves tens of thousands of people […]
Seven countries to intensify campaign against IS
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter won agreement from defense ministers from France and five other nations on Wednesday to intensify the campaign against IS militants in Iraq and Syria. A bilateral meeting was held firstly between Ashton Carter and Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s Defense Minister, to discuss the issue before the closed-door meeting among the defense ministers from the other five countries, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy and Germany. This is the […]
Felix Manalo premieres in the Netherlands
The Filipino movie “Felix Manalo” had its premiere in another European country, this time it’s in the Netherlands. (Eagle News Service Malou Francisco)





