Mayors blunt theatre hairdresser protest, say they will enforce Covid rules
2 years, 11 months ago

Mayors blunt theatre hairdresser protest, say they will enforce Covid rules

Dutch News  

The mayors of the Netherlands’ biggest cities say they will act to enforce the coronavirus rules during Wednesday’s protests to draw attention to the continued closure of museums, theatres and cinemas. ‘No matter what they feel about the cultural sector, this does conflict with the coronavirus rules.’ Some 70 museums, theatres and cinemas all over the country are staging a protest against their continued closure on Wednesday by turning into temporary hair dressing salons, nail bars and gyms for the day. ‘But still they are going to enforce the rules.’ The cultural sector, he said, has to ‘stop being the best behaved child in the classroom’. ‘And every so often demonstrators herd onto the streets to protest “against coronavirus” but that too is ignored,’ they said in a statement.

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Haircuts, Nail Salons In Museums: Netherlands Eases Covid Curbs After ‘Cultural Protests’
2 years, 10 months ago

Haircuts, Nail Salons In Museums: Netherlands Eases Covid Curbs After ‘Cultural Protests’

News 18  

Netherlands announced that it will ease some of the Covid-19 restrictions despite fears that it may log upto 100,000 cases per day. The Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte allowed bars, restaurants and museums and other parts of the hospitality sector to reopen following strict Covid-19 measures. One of the remarkable forms of protests were museums opening nail salons under the …

Dutch Covid policy must change, mayors say in call for help
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch Covid policy must change, mayors say in call for help

NL Times  

The mayors of about 30 cities asked the Cabinet to fundamentally revise the coronavirus policy in a cry for help. It puts too much pressure on citizens and local governments, mayors Femke Halsema and Paul Depla wrote in an opinion piece in the Volkskrant, partly on behalf of their colleagues. With so many citizens on the verge of drowning, the …

Mayors blunt theatre hairdresser protest, say they will enforce Covid rules
2 years, 11 months ago

Mayors blunt theatre hairdresser protest, say they will enforce Covid rules

Dutch News  

The mayors of the Netherlands’ biggest cities say they will act to enforce the coronavirus rules during Wednesday’s protests to draw attention to the continued closure of museums, theatres and cinemas. ‘No matter what they feel about the cultural sector, this does conflict with the coronavirus rules.’ Some 70 museums, theatres and cinemas all over the country are staging a …

Cultural sector to defy mayors, opening as hair salons, gyms in lockdown protest
2 years, 11 months ago

Cultural sector to defy mayors, opening as hair salons, gyms in lockdown protest

NL Times  

Multiple theaters and museums in the Netherlands will protest on Wednesday against the coronavirus measures that still have the cultural sector closed. About 70 Dutch theaters and concert halls will be converted into hair salons, massage studious, or beauty salons, where performances are also held for the Hair Salon Theater campaign. "In terms of movements, 450 museums bear no relation …

Amsterdam agrees to let coronavirus demonstration go ahead
2 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam agrees to let coronavirus demonstration go ahead

Dutch News  

Amsterdam’s mayor and local police have agreed to let a demonstration against the coronavirus rules go ahead on Sunday, but warn they will intervene if protestors do not stick to agreements. The Olympic Stadium area, Oosterpark and Westerpark, where protestors will gather before marching to Museumplein, have been designated as ‘at risk locations’, allowing police to stop and search anyone …

Amsterdam agrees to let coronavirus demonstration go ahead
2 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam agrees to let coronavirus demonstration go ahead

Dutch News  

Amsterdam’s mayor and local police have agreed to let a demonstration against the coronavirus rules go ahead on Sunday, but warn they will intervene if protestors do not stick to agreements. The Olympic Stadium area, Oosterpark and Westerpark, where protestors will gather before marching to Museumplein, have been designated as ‘at risk locations’, allowing police to stop and search anyone …

Protests against Covid measures held in various Dutch cities
2 years, 11 months ago

Protests against Covid measures held in various Dutch cities

NL Times  

Demonstrations against the coronavirus measures were held in multiple cities on Wednesday evening. The participants marched through the streets of Utrecht, Sittard, Maastricht, Sneek, and Roermond, carrying lights like torches and lanterns and demanding that shops and restaurants be reopened, among other things. According to spokespersons for the organizers, the action is an advance on the announced openings of shops …

Thousands take part in 'banned' coronavirus demo in Amsterdam
2 years, 11 months ago

Thousands take part in 'banned' coronavirus demo in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

Several thousand people marched through Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon to protest about the government’s coronavirus measures, even though the demonstration had been banned by the city’s mayor because of police concerns about public safety. Police ordered the demonstrators who turned up on the Museumplein to leave and there was a heavy police presence, with riot police vans parked in neighbouring …

Thousands take part in 'banned' coronavirus demo in Amsterdam
2 years, 11 months ago

Thousands take part in 'banned' coronavirus demo in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

Several thousand people marched through Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon to protest about the government’s coronavirus measures, even though the demonstration had been banned by the city’s mayor because of police concerns about public safety. Police ordered the demonstrators who turned up on the Museumplein to leave and there was a heavy police presence, with riot police vans parked in neighbouring …

Thousands gather in Amsterdam despite demonstration ban
2 years, 11 months ago

Thousands gather in Amsterdam despite demonstration ban

LA Times  

Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square. The local government had outlawed the protest, saying police had indications some demonstrators might be planning to attend “prepared for violence.” The municipality later issued an …

COVID protests in Netherlands turn violent for a second night
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID protests in Netherlands turn violent for a second night

Al Jazeera  

Rioters in The Hague pelt police with stones and fireworks as protests over COVID measures continue. Five police officers were injured in the Netherlands and at least 40 people were arrested across three provinces as violent protests against COVID restrictions continued for a second night. The unrest came a day after police opened fire on protesters in Rotterdam amid what …

Dutch bring back masks, and widen coronavirus pass checks, to little protest
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch bring back masks, and widen coronavirus pass checks, to little protest

Dutch News  

The Netherlands brought back face masks in public buildings and shops, and expanded the use of the coronavirus pass system, on Saturday and most people seemed to accept the change without protest, according to Dutch media reports. The introduction of coronavirus passes to visit museums did not stop tens of thousands of people turning out to celebrate Museum Night on …

Coronavirus death toll rises by 10, arrests at Covid-19 protest demo in The Hague
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus death toll rises by 10, arrests at Covid-19 protest demo in The Hague

Dutch News  

The number of people dying from coronavirus in the Netherlands hit 10 in the past 24 hours, the highest figure since June, according to the government’s Covid-19 monitoring dashboard. Amsterdam city councillors are debating local strategy to reduce the spread of the virus on Thursday, in the wake of Tuesday’s decision by mayor Femke Halsema not to bring in any …

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