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Opinion | Phone call – NRC
Exam students called to tell them they passed. One was alone in his room: “I don’t want my mother here.” Others sat in a kitchen full of screaming relatives. And…
Protests in Ecuador – NRC
There has been heavy protest in Ecuador since Monday. Protesters, including many indigenous Ecuadorians and students, protest President Guillermo Lasso’s economic policies. They do this under the leadership of the…
Higher wages for shop staff – NRC
A wage increase of more than 4 percent is part of the collective labor agreement that trade unions and INretail, representing the interests of retail companies, have reached together. Members…
Opinion | Beautiful – NRC
I photograph the fog. stooping. A passerby walks by, also bends over and asks, “What are we looking at?” “The fog,” I say. “Oh,” says the passer-by. “I thought there…
Opinion | The Rolex – NRC
In the sixties my mother bought a watch for 1,000 guilders for my father. She had saved up for that for forty years. It was unusual for a large poor…
Opinion | Extra layer – NRC
My friend, I haven’t had him that long, often goes out dressed just too cold. This morning, as he was about to leave in a T-shirt, I asked him why…
Another lockdown in Shanghai – NRC
At last, residents of Shanghai were free to come and go as they pleased, a week and a half ago. After two months, one of the strictest lockdowns in the…
Opinion | Superman – NRC
Jeroen Brouwers wrote about the Taalunie: “I also remain of the opinion that the Taalunie can be closed down with immediate effect as an institution wrongly assigned to millions by…
Opinion | Philosopher – NRC
Goodbye. I read a notebook from the early days. That in the train I was still full of expectations about the wisdom of the faculty of philosophy, theology and religious…
What does NRC think | Stopping gas supplies from Russia inevitably hurts
Anyone who thought that Russia would really not stop supplying gas to the Netherlands has lost an illusion since last week. The Russian state-owned company Gazprom bluntly stopped deliveries to…