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Farmers should really consider keeping their livestock stabled now that the bluetongue virus is spreading rapidly in the Netherlands, veterinarians told De Telegraaf. Agriculture Minister Piet Adema advised bringing animals inside before midges, which spread the virus, become active around sunset. But he also called it “mopping with the tap open.” The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has …

The Netherlands is further tightening the rules around breeding flat-faced dogs, sources close to the government told De Telegraaf. From today, Minister Piet Adema of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality will also ban breeding dogs with an extremely short snout in combination with dogs with a longer snout. Previously, the rules for breeding flat-faced dogs included an exception for breeding …

The Netherlands is one step closer to vaccinating poultry against bird flu, Minister Piet Adema of Agriculture said in a letter to parliament. A trial by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research identified two vaccines that protect against bird flu symptoms and prevent the virus's spread. Two of the four vaccines proved effective against the H5N1 variant of the bird flu virus, which …

Farm and wildlife minister Piet Adema plans to introduce new rules to stop the illegal breeding of cats and dogs with extreme appearances, by banning them altogether. ‘No pet should suffer because of its appearance.’ A ban on owning such animals would also, in effect, mean a trade and import ban, in line with MPs wishes, he said. Issues like …

The Netherlands is taking “far-reaching steps” towards becoming a country where “no pet has to suffer from its appearance,” Minister Piet Adema of Culture, Nature, and Food Quality announced on Friday. He is working on two bans - a ban on owning animals with harmful external characteristics, such as a cat with folded ears or a dog with a short …

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Pet owners will soon be required to microchip their house cats and to register them. It is not yet known when the measure will be introduced, said Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Minister Piet Adema to the Tweede Kamer. The number of stray cats should also be reduced in this way, Adema said on Thursday. The party then pointed out …

Agriculture Minister Piet Adema wants to force banks and supermarkets to play a more significant role in solving the nitrogen crisis. According to the Dutch media, Adema wants to force banks to reduce farmers’ outstanding loans by 10 percent to create financial room for them to stop or make their businesses more sustainable. Rabobank, traditionally a bank big in the …

The Cabinet is going to adopt many of the recommendations about how to tackle nitrogen emissions which were put forward by Johan Remkes, the former interior minister who led talks between the current Cabinet and representatives of the farming and agriculture sectors. Agriculture Minister Piet Adema and Nitrogen Minister Christianne van der Wal announced the update on Friday. "The one-year …

Tilburg will look back on two years of coronavirus in the Netherlands on Sunday. King's Commissioner of North Brabant Ina Adema and Tilburg Mayor Theo Weterings will reflect on the consequences of the virus in Brabant in a digital broadcast. Exactly two years ago, on Feb. 27, 2020, the first coronavirus case in the Netherlands was confirmed. The then-Minister of …

The 75-year-old president resigned and dissolved parliament, hours after coup leaders detained him at gunpoint. Political activities A founding member of the ADEMA party, historically Mali’s largest, Keita befriended Alpha Oumar Konare, who was elected president after Moussa Traore, Mali’s former president, was toppled in a 1991 military coup. A nationalist with a popular touch, Keita avoided strongly criticising the …