Category: World

We saw a announce sanctions against this mixer alleging that it had been used to move funds uh stolen by North Korea’s infamous Lazarus group, the hacking entity that, you know, has been tied to things like I infinity horizon and the Atomic Wallet hack. Um according to a uh you know, funds were moved...

December 1, 2023 A farmers’ protest in The Hague in October 2019. Photo: Molly Quell The police officer who shot at a tractor during last July’s farmers’ protests has been found guilty of attempted manslaughter and given an 80-hour community service sentence and a one month, suspended jail term. The public prosecution department had called...

December 1, 2023 Photo: Dutch News Initial talks on forming a new government in the Netherlands are going to take longer than planned and it is likely to be December 11 before verkenner, or scout, Ronald Plasterk can deliver his initial report. The report, based on talks with 14 of the parties that won seats...

December 1, 2023 Amsterdam District Court. Photo: Dutch News More than 6,000 women in the Netherlands are supporting a new class action case against pharmaceuticals firm Abbvie to claim damages for their faulty breast implants. The women’s legal aid organisation Bureau Clara Wichmann is taking the case to court, and says the total claim could...

December 1, 2023 Skating on natural ice is very popular – when it is possible. Photo: Depositphotos.com Skating enthusiasts in Winterwijk in the Achterhoek in Gelderland had been setting their sights on the first marathon on natural ice this weekend, but hopes were melting as temperatures rose on Friday. “We stopped spraying water on the...

UK and Dutch bodies concerned with hazards to seafarers arising due to warlike activity or piracy have issued new provisions for transiting the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Sea of Azov and Black Sea. The UK Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC), which consists of Nautilus International, the RMT union and the UK Chamber of Shipping,...

December 1, 2023 Photo: Depositphotos.com The public prosecution service has told judges at in The Hague they want a 17-year sentence for a Syrian refugee accused of committing war crimes as part of a pro-regime militia. The 35-year-old, identified only as Mustafa A, sought asylum in the Netherlands in 2020. He was arrested last year...

This week: Kingdom Scholarship broadens scope, Israeli physicist wins Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal, and more In depth: The Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW, and higher-education association Universities of the Netherlands, UNL, have both urged future cabinets to safeguard the country’s position as a leading research nation. Full story: Research bodies fret over future of Dutch science  This article...

December 1, 2023 The parliamentary complex in The Hague. Photo: DutchNews.nl The electoral council has confirmed the final results of the general election and D66 has not won another seat as suggested earlier. The confirmed figures give the PVV 37 seats, followed by the GroenLinks/PvdA alliance on 25, the VVD on 24 and NSC on...

December 1, 2023 Photo: Depositphotos.com Engineering pension fund PMT has decided to stop investing in 40 oil and gas companies because they are not environment-friendly enough, but will continue to put money into nine others, including Shell and BP. Pension funds have been coming under increasing pressure to clean up their investment portfolios, especially from...

December 1, 2023 Mussert’s wall. Photo: Roger Veringmeier via Wikimedia Commons A single surviving wall that was part of a huge complex used as a focal point for rallies by the Nazi-affiliated NSB party, is to be restored and made into a place of remembrance, ending a six year tussle over the future of the...