Etiket: Dutch
A soaking wet Christmas is a stress test for the Dutch dikes
About 11,000 residents of Nijverdal in Overijssel came for Christmas to be without power, because a switching station on the IJssel flooded. The Utrecht municipality of Vijfheerenlanden called on parkers…
Football podcast | ‘Ajax can no longer gamble with a trainer for next season’ | Dutch football
2023 was clearly not Ajax’s year. The team from Amsterdam was temporarily last in the Premier League, was eliminated from the KNVB Cup by Hercules and is adrift at the…
Dutch Moroccans fear that the extradition treaty is being abused to detain dissidents
Dutch Moroccans are concerned about an extradition treaty with Morocco. Outgoing Minister Yesilgöz (Justice and Security, VVD) signed the bilateral treaty in the Moroccan capital Rabat last week. This makes…
No significant increase in Dutch water levels on Monday, but the Union of Water Boards remains alert
Although water levels in the Netherlands remain generally high, the level does not appear to have increased significantly on Monday. The Water Boards do take further increases due to rainfall…
Attack on restaurant Antwerp: owner’s son is accomplice Bolle Jos, Dutch police arrest suspects
The police in the Netherlands have arrested several suspects who may have recently committed an attack on a restaurant in Antwerp. Around three o’clock at night there was an explosion…
Hope and homesickness in Twisk: Ukrainian families celebrate Dutch Christmas together
They would have preferred to be back home in Odessa, but that is not possible. And they also have to miss their men who are at sea for weeks on…
Tanker of Dutch operator hit by drone, US accuses Iran of attack
An oil tanker run by a Dutch company was hit by a drone off the coast of India on Saturday. According to the United States, Iran is behind the attack…
LIVE foreign football | Five Dutch people at the kick-off of the match between Bologna and Atalanta, Depay on the Atlético bench
There will be plenty of football again in the top foreign competitions on Saturday. A full Premier League program awaits with six matches, including the cracker Liverpool – Arsenal. In…
Members of the Dutch Auschwitz Committee followed for years by the security service: ‘No one ever knew this’ | Lelystad
Jewish Amsterdammers who were involved in the Dutch Auschwitz Committee were spied on by the predecessor of the AIVD after their return from the camps, according to research by Het…
Raymond van Barneveld treats Dutch international Micky van de Ven to a dream start in the World Cup and shirt | Darts
Raymond van Barneveld (56) started his 31st world championship with a strong and solid performance in the second round. World Championship debutant Radek Szaganski was an extra in the big…