DutchNews podcast – The Six Degrees of Johan Remkes Edition – Week 27 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Six Degrees of Johan Remkes Edition – Week 27 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Farmers this week stepped up their protests against the government’s nitrogen policy by blocking deliveries of food to supermarkets. That was especially bad news for the government’s new team of tax inspectors who have the Herculean task of classifying fruit and vegetables. Photos are released of the jewel thieves in cloth caps who raided an art fair in Maastricht before fleeing on electric scooters, in a straight-to-TikTok remake of Peaky Blinders. Ophef of the week: Government hires elite ‘chip squad’ to define fruit and vegetables News Police arrest 19 at farmers’ blockade, teenage tractor driver released after shooting Cabinet looks to appoint Johan Remkes as mediator in dispute with farmers Farmers’ protests continue with blockade of supermarket depot at Woerden Courts could be given power to decide if laws are unconstitutional Government faces battle to fix chronic overcrowding at Ter Apel refugee centre Low-income households could get another €500 towards energy bills Inflation eases to 8.6%, bucking EU trend, but food bills keep rising Court reopens inquiry into murder of journalist Peter R. de Vries following new arrest Two men arrested for filming Peter R. de Vries in aftermath of fatal shooting Maastricht jewel thieves in cloth caps and glasses got away on electric scooters Minister bans exotic pets from 2024 but camels won’t get the hump Sport Rookie Van Rijthoven outgunned by Djokovic in Centre Court showdown Orange run at Wimbledon ends as Van de Zandschulp goes out to Nadal Vera Pauw demands apology from KNVB for failing to investigate rape allegations

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Dutch News podcast: The Badger Distinction Edition
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Dutch News podcast: The Badger Distinction Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The government is running out of time to make its education budget add up as opposition parties form a “monster alliance” against its spending cuts. Sandra Palmen, who blew open the childcare benefits scandal, is put in charge of compensating the thousands of victims. …

Dutch News podcast: The Make Dutch Cheese Grate Again Edition
1 month ago

Dutch News podcast: The Make Dutch Cheese Grate Again Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt returns to The Hague to survey the tattered remains of his Nieuw Sociaal Contract party. Two MPs follow junior finance minister Nora Achahbar through the exit, complaining of a lack of basic decency in government. Another NSC minister, Caspar Veldkamp, …

Dutch News Podcast: The Folkert Gets On His Bike Edition
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dutch News Podcast: The Folkert Gets On His Bike Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The minister for tax affairs becomes the first casualty of Dick Schoof’s cabinet as Geert Wilders settles a score with NSC over the asylum law. Parents are blocked from checking their children’s homework online, while the axe hangs over household goods chain Blokker. And …

Podcast: The Great Cultural Breakdown Edition
1 year ago

Podcast: The Great Cultural Breakdown Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The Brabant city is also the scene of some surreal footballing scenes as the orange Lionesses edge out the white ones in the Nations League. The Dutch government is taken to court over its supply of fighter jet parts to Israel, while the Red …

Podcast: The Great Cultural Breakdown Edition
1 year ago

Podcast: The Great Cultural Breakdown Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The Brabant city is also the scene of some surreal footballing scenes as the orange Lionesses edge out the white ones in the Nations League. The Dutch government is taken to court over its supply of fighter jet parts to Israel, while the Red …

DutchNews podcast: The H'ART and Headscarves Edition
1 year, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast: The H'ART and Headscarves Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? Justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz lends the far right a veil of respectability by backing a PVV proposal to ban police from wearing headscarves. Farmers Defence Force are condemned for circulating MPs’ phone numbers ahead of a debate on the stalled talks on agriculture reform. …

DutchNews podcast: The Megabrothel Roadblock Edition
1 year, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast: The Megabrothel Roadblock Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? In an explosive week for education, schools minister Dennis Wiersma’s short fuse detonated for the last time and universities erupted in protest against Robbert Dijkgraaf’s “Dutch first” plan for bachelor degrees. And here’s a link to David’s Twitter thread on the issue: For everyone …

Dutch News podcast: The Tulips Are Cancelled Edition
1 year, 6 months ago

Dutch News podcast: The Tulips Are Cancelled Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? It’s a bad week for European connections as the eurozone slips into recession and Eurostar trains to Amsterdam face being suspended for seven months. Prime minister Mark Rutte faces a barrage of criticism over the thorny issues of migration and the Groningen gas …

DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21
1 year, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? Amsterdam bans smoking joints in public in the latest stage of the capital’s 12-step plan to kick its drug tourism dependency. One football coach abruptly quits, another unexpectedly stays, while Ajax’s women have their league title celebrations cancelled so as not to humiliate …

DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21
1 year, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Flemings and Flamingos Edition – Week 21

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? Amsterdam bans smoking joints in public in the latest stage of the capital’s 12-step plan to kick its drug tourism dependency. One football coach abruptly quits, another unexpectedly stays, while Ajax’s women have their league title celebrations cancelled so as not to humiliate …

DutchNews podcast – The Nuclear Badger Bunker Edition – Week 12
1 year, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Nuclear Badger Bunker Edition – Week 12

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? Meanwhile, the Christian Democrats lick their wounds at a corporate hotel near Utrecht as the coalition parties continue to reel from the aftershocks of the BBB’s electoral coup. Feyenoord and the Dutch cricket team reassure the CDA that even the worst losing streaks …

DutchNews podcast – The Nuclear Badger Bunker Edition – Week 12
1 year, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Nuclear Badger Bunker Edition – Week 12

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? Meanwhile, the Christian Democrats lick their wounds at a corporate hotel near Utrecht as the coalition parties continue to reel from the aftershocks of the BBB’s electoral coup. Feyenoord and the Dutch cricket team reassure the CDA that even the worst losing streaks …

DutchNews podcast – The World Economic Phallus Edition – Week 9 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The World Economic Phallus Edition – Week 9 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? The systematic failure to protect Groningen residents from earthquakes and witnesses in gangland trials from being murdered in broad daylight were laid bare in two damning reports this week. We unearth the village scandal behind a portrait painted by Vincent van Gogh shortly …

DutchNews podcast – The World Economic Phallus Edition – Week 9 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The World Economic Phallus Edition – Week 9 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? The systematic failure to protect Groningen residents from earthquakes and witnesses in gangland trials from being murdered in broad daylight were laid bare in two damning reports this week. We unearth the village scandal behind a portrait painted by Vincent van Gogh shortly …

DutchNews podcast – The Oma Wants Her Tank Back Edition – Week 5 2023
1 year, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Oma Wants Her Tank Back Edition – Week 5 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, bessenjenever and stroopwafels healthy? The distant goal of putting Russia on trial for invading Ukraine moves a step closer as a dedicated prosecutor’s office is set up in The Hague. Mark Rutte avoids a diplomatic incident as he takes French president Emmanuel Macron out to an Indonesian restaurant. …

DutchNews podcast – The Spekgladde Sex Toys Store Edition – Week 50 2022
2 years ago

DutchNews podcast – The Spekgladde Sex Toys Store Edition – Week 50 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Sigrid Kaag is dispatched to Paramaribo as the cabinet’s efforts to apologise for the Dutch slave trade fly into a whirlwind of recriminations. – by a report exposing institutional racism at the foreign affairs ministry. Dutch Moroccan footballers, meanwhile, have no regrets as they …

DutchNews podcast – The Spekgladde Sex Toys Store Edition – Week 50 2022
2 years ago

DutchNews podcast – The Spekgladde Sex Toys Store Edition – Week 50 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Sigrid Kaag is dispatched to Paramaribo as the cabinet’s efforts to apologise for the Dutch slave trade fly into a whirlwind of recriminations. – by a report exposing institutional racism at the foreign affairs ministry. Dutch Moroccan footballers, meanwhile, have no regrets as they …

DutchNews podcast – The Infinite Heinrich Roller Coaster Edition – Week 49 2022
2 years ago

DutchNews podcast – The Infinite Heinrich Roller Coaster Edition – Week 49 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Rabobank, a co-operative bank set up to lend to farmers, is suspected of getting its hands dirty with money laundering, financing terrorism and rigging bond deals. As the economy cools, Dutch households turn down the thermostat and tighten their belts in anticipation of a …

DutchNews podcast – The Only The Headlines Edition – Week 36 – 2022
2 years, 3 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Only The Headlines Edition – Week 36 – 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? The entire podcast team abandoned Paul by fleeing abroad, so no hour-long episode as usual but only a brief overview of this week’s headlines. Agriculture minister Henk Staghouwer resigned after concluding he wasn’t the man for the job, Dutch leaders offered their condolences to …

DutchNews podcast – The Only The Headlines Edition – Week 36 – 2022
2 years, 3 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Only The Headlines Edition – Week 36 – 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? The entire podcast team abandoned Paul by fleeing abroad, so no hour-long episode as usual but only a brief overview of this week’s headlines. Agriculture minister Henk Staghouwer resigned after concluding he wasn’t the man for the job, Dutch leaders offered their condolences to …

DutchNews podcast – The Six Degrees of Johan Remkes Edition – Week 27 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Six Degrees of Johan Remkes Edition – Week 27 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Farmers this week stepped up their protests against the government’s nitrogen policy by blocking deliveries of food to supermarkets. That was especially bad news for the government’s new team of tax inspectors who have the Herculean task of classifying fruit and vegetables. Photos are …

DutchNews podcast – The Sledgehammer Diplomacy Edition – Week 26 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Sledgehammer Diplomacy Edition – Week 26 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Farmers stepped up their protests this week, bringing two cows to The Hague to illustrate the effect of the government’s nitrogen reduction plans. And tennis player Tim van Rijthoven sets the grass on fire in a more positive way as he reaches the fourth …

DutchNews podcast – The Sledgehammer Diplomacy Edition – Week 26 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Sledgehammer Diplomacy Edition – Week 26 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Farmers stepped up their protests this week, bringing two cows to The Hague to illustrate the effect of the government’s nitrogen reduction plans. And tennis player Tim van Rijthoven sets the grass on fire in a more positive way as he reaches the fourth …

DutchNews podcast – The Big Farmageddon Edition – Week 25 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Big Farmageddon Edition – Week 25 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? After a two-year ceasefire during the pandemic, farmers warn their tractors are not for turning as a new wave of protests begins against the government’s plans to cut nitrogen emissions. Coronavirus infections are rising but health minister Ernst Kuipers sees no cause for alarm, …

DutchNews podcast – The Big Farmageddon Edition – Week 25 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Big Farmageddon Edition – Week 25 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? After a two-year ceasefire during the pandemic, farmers warn their tractors are not for turning as a new wave of protests begins against the government’s plans to cut nitrogen emissions. Coronavirus infections are rising but health minister Ernst Kuipers sees no cause for alarm, …

DutchNews podcast – The Speedy Boarding for Russian Spies Edition – Week 24 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Speedy Boarding for Russian Spies Edition – Week 24 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Agriculture minister Christianne van der Wal was doorstepped by angry farmers and censured by her party after admitting the current plans to curb nitrogen pollution weren’t adequate. And health minister Ernst Kuipers came under fire for not doing enough to prepare for the next …

DutchNews podcast – The Speedy Boarding for Russian Spies Edition – Week 24 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Speedy Boarding for Russian Spies Edition – Week 24 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Agriculture minister Christianne van der Wal was doorstepped by angry farmers and censured by her party after admitting the current plans to curb nitrogen pollution weren’t adequate. And health minister Ernst Kuipers came under fire for not doing enough to prepare for the next …

DutchNews podcast – The 1922 Boomers and Bangers Edition – Week 23 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The 1922 Boomers and Bangers Edition – Week 23 2022

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to ramp up its efforts to cut nitrogen production, including measures to reduce the agriculture sector, nature minister Christianne van der Wal warned this week. Rotterdam city council stretches the boundaries of ‘big tent’ politics as polar opposites Leefbaar and Denk go into coalition together. And as a New Year fireworks ban fizzles out in the Tweede …

DutchNews podcast – The 1922 Boomers and Bangers Edition – Week 23 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The 1922 Boomers and Bangers Edition – Week 23 2022

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to ramp up its efforts to cut nitrogen production, including measures to reduce the agriculture sector, nature minister Christianne van der Wal warned this week. Rotterdam city council stretches the boundaries of ‘big tent’ politics as polar opposites Leefbaar and Denk go into coalition together. And as a New Year fireworks ban fizzles out in the Tweede …

DutchNews podcast – The Grey Monk's Eyeopener Edition – Week 17 2022
2 years, 7 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Grey Monk's Eyeopener Edition – Week 17 2022

Dutch News  

More evidence this week that the Netherlands is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic as people try to offload the jigsaw puzzles and DVDs they bought during lockdown on the King’s Day street markets. The government has a clear-out of its munitions depots to support Ukraine’s war effort, as Ukrainian refugees boost net migration in the first quarter of 2022. And …

DutchNews podcast – The Grey Monk's Eyeopener Edition – Week 17 2022
2 years, 7 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Grey Monk's Eyeopener Edition – Week 17 2022

Dutch News  

More evidence this week that the Netherlands is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic as people try to offload the jigsaw puzzles and DVDs they bought during lockdown on the King’s Day street markets. The government has a clear-out of its munitions depots to support Ukraine’s war effort, as Ukrainian refugees boost net migration in the first quarter of 2022. And …

DutchNews podcast – The Pull the Gilles Beschoor Plug Edition – Week 16 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Pull the Gilles Beschoor Plug Edition – Week 16 2022

Dutch News  

This week the PvdA had to find a new leader after Lilianne Ploumen decided she was unsuited to the job and quit as an MP. But the real crisis was at D66, where Sigrid Kaag was undermined by the party’s woefully misjudged handling of a sexual harassment inquiry. Feyenoord tore up their plans for a new stadium on the Maas …

DutchNews podcast – The Pull the Gilles Beschoor Plug Edition – Week 16 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Pull the Gilles Beschoor Plug Edition – Week 16 2022

Dutch News  

This week the PvdA had to find a new leader after Lilianne Ploumen decided she was unsuited to the job and quit as an MP. But the real crisis was at D66, where Sigrid Kaag was undermined by the party’s woefully misjudged handling of a sexual harassment inquiry. Feyenoord tore up their plans for a new stadium on the Maas …

DutchNews podcast – The Planning Putin's Popcorn Party Edition – Week 13 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Planning Putin's Popcorn Party Edition – Week 13 2022

Dutch News  

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the toast of Brielle this week as he commemorated the 450th anniversary of the town’s liberation from Spain. In his address to the Tweede Kamer he also called on the Dutch to send more weapons, stop buying Russian gas and lift the handbrake on his country’s wish to join the EU. Oranje warm up for …

DutchNews podcast – The Planning Putin's Popcorn Party Edition – Week 13 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Planning Putin's Popcorn Party Edition – Week 13 2022

Dutch News  

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the toast of Brielle this week as he commemorated the 450th anniversary of the town’s liberation from Spain. In his address to the Tweede Kamer he also called on the Dutch to send more weapons, stop buying Russian gas and lift the handbrake on his country’s wish to join the EU. Oranje warm up for …

DutchNews podcast – The Exploding Sluices and Vanishing Statues Edition – Week 12 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Exploding Sluices and Vanishing Statues Edition – Week 12 2022

Dutch News  

Disgrace and disappointment dominate a week in which Hugo de Jonge again dodged questions about his part in a deal to buy substandard face masks that made three enterprising young lobbyists €20 million richer. And there’s plenty of sporting ophef as Louis van Gaal lashes out against FIFA and disgraced football director Marc Overmars is welcomed with open arms and …

DutchNews podcast – The Exploding Sluices and Vanishing Statues Edition – Week 12 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Exploding Sluices and Vanishing Statues Edition – Week 12 2022

Dutch News  

Disgrace and disappointment dominate a week in which Hugo de Jonge again dodged questions about his part in a deal to buy substandard face masks that made three enterprising young lobbyists €20 million richer. And there’s plenty of sporting ophef as Louis van Gaal lashes out against FIFA and disgraced football director Marc Overmars is welcomed with open arms and …

DutchNews podcast – The Dreadlock Him Up Edition – Week 11 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Dreadlock Him Up Edition – Week 11 2022

Dutch News  

We do our best to help you digest the alphabet soup that is the local election results, including the sad news that Jesus will not be setting Rotterdam’s municipal tax rates for the next four years. The flu season kicks off just as the last coronavirus restrictions are lifted and Ernst Kuipers puts his faith in the common sense of …

DutchNews podcast – The Dreadlock Him Up Edition – Week 11 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Dreadlock Him Up Edition – Week 11 2022

Dutch News  

We do our best to help you digest the alphabet soup that is the local election results, including the sad news that Jesus will not be setting Rotterdam’s municipal tax rates for the next four years. The flu season kicks off just as the last coronavirus restrictions are lifted and Ernst Kuipers puts his faith in the common sense of …

DutchNews podcast – The War On Limburg Edition – Week 10 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The War On Limburg Edition – Week 10 2022

Dutch News  

As war continues to rage in Ukraine, we focus this week on a campaign closer to home: the municipal elections on March 16. There’s rage in The Hague too as foreign affairs minister Sigrid Kaag goes AWOL in faraway Maastricht. And we speak to Groningen-based journalist Andrii Degeler, who returned to his native Kharkhiv just as the Russian invasion began. …

DutchNews podcast – The War On Limburg Edition – Week 10 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The War On Limburg Edition – Week 10 2022

Dutch News  

As war continues to rage in Ukraine, we focus this week on a campaign closer to home: the municipal elections on March 16. There’s rage in The Hague too as foreign affairs minister Sigrid Kaag goes AWOL in faraway Maastricht. And we speak to Groningen-based journalist Andrii Degeler, who returned to his native Kharkhiv just as the Russian invasion began. …

DutchNews podcast – The Uitwaaien Olympics Edition – Week 8 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Uitwaaien Olympics Edition – Week 8 2022

Dutch News  

A massive upheaval of the European postwar order and the invasion of a sovereign state puts a damper on the Netherlands’ coronavirus “freedom day”. Politicians roundly condemn Vladimir Putin’s incursion in Ukraine, but only after Mark Rutte makes time to chat about his car on a TV talk show. A suspiciously named brand of gin triggers ‘No Go’ letters from …

DutchNews podcast – The Uitwaaien Olympics Edition – Week 8 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Uitwaaien Olympics Edition – Week 8 2022

Dutch News  

A massive upheaval of the European postwar order and the invasion of a sovereign state puts a damper on the Netherlands’ coronavirus “freedom day”. Politicians roundly condemn Vladimir Putin’s incursion in Ukraine, but only after Mark Rutte makes time to chat about his car on a TV talk show. A suspiciously named brand of gin triggers ‘No Go’ letters from …

DutchNews podcast – The Ambushed by Napoleons Edition – Week 4 2021
2 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ambushed by Napoleons Edition – Week 4 2021

Dutch News  

The Netherlands went into Schrödinger’s Lockdown this week, as venues everywhere opened up until 10pm while their owners fumed about staying closed. Dubious claims also put paid to the career of a VVD political adviser after Geert Wilders dug up her well documented history as a member of a terrorist group. And Amsterdam’s VU university is shocked to find that …

DutchNews podcast – The Ambushed by Napoleons Edition – Week 4 2021
2 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ambushed by Napoleons Edition – Week 4 2021

Dutch News  

The Netherlands went into Schrödinger’s Lockdown this week, as venues everywhere opened up until 10pm while their owners fumed about staying closed. Dubious claims also put paid to the career of a VVD political adviser after Geert Wilders dug up her well documented history as a member of a terrorist group. And Amsterdam’s VU university is shocked to find that …

DutchNews podcast: The Old Politics Die Hard Edition
2 years, 11 months ago

DutchNews podcast: The Old Politics Die Hard Edition

Dutch News  

Any hopes of a fresh start to 2022 are well and truly cancelled. The first parliamentary debate of the new cabinet term begins with angry exchanges as MPs round on Geert Wilders for his language towards Muslims and women. Budget institute Nibud calculates that everyone will be poorer this year, but the cabinet still wants to break the link between …

DutchNews podcast: The Old Politics Die Hard Edition
2 years, 11 months ago

DutchNews podcast: The Old Politics Die Hard Edition

Dutch News  

Any hopes of a fresh start to 2022 are well and truly cancelled. The first parliamentary debate of the new cabinet term begins with angry exchanges as MPs round on Geert Wilders for his language towards Muslims and women. Budget institute Nibud calculates that everyone will be poorer this year, but the cabinet still wants to break the link between …

DutchNews podcast – The Oppepkoffie O'Macron Ophef Edition
3 years ago

DutchNews podcast – The Oppepkoffie O'Macron Ophef Edition

Dutch News  

Coronavirus cases are flying high but the big news this week was about two quarantining tourists who were barred from flying home and forced to spend the night in a stinking toilet in Groningen. Hugo de Jonge promises to give everyone over 60 a booster jab by Christmas as the cabinet comes under fire again for its sluggish vaccination programme. …

DutchNews podcast – The Oppepkoffie O'Macron Ophef Edition
3 years ago

DutchNews podcast – The Oppepkoffie O'Macron Ophef Edition

Dutch News  

Coronavirus cases are flying high but the big news this week was about two quarantining tourists who were barred from flying home and forced to spend the night in a stinking toilet in Groningen. Hugo de Jonge promises to give everyone over 60 a booster jab by Christmas as the cabinet comes under fire again for its sluggish vaccination programme. …

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