DutchNews podcast – The Piets and Pensions Edition – Week 47
6 years, 4 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Piets and Pensions Edition – Week 47

Dutch News  

Things fall apart in this week’s podcast as we update you on the increasingly bitter Zwarte Piet debate, plans to deal with a no-deal Brexit, the dispute over the 30% ruling and an electoral boycott triggered by a missing hyphen. Thankfully the football team salvaged some pride with their stunning comeback against Germany. In our discussion we ask if the breakdown of talks to reform the pension system is the beginning of the end for the Dutch polder model. Ophef of the week: Albert Heijn destroys Christmas with ‘vegetarian propaganda’ TOP STORY Rutte issues mild rebuke to hooligans who threw eggs at Zwarte Piet protesters NEWS Stef Blok proposes emergency powers to soften impact of ‘no deal’ Brexit Campaigners for 30% ruling transition period switch attention to Senate D66 success with constitutional reform paves way for elected mayors GroenLinks make major gains in Groningen in elections for new councils SPORT Late equaliser against Germany sends Oranje through to Nations League semis Van Barneveld brings down curtain on 35-year darts career Dutch want to host 2027 women’s World Cup in wake of Leeuwinnen success DISCUSSION: PENSION TALKS COLLAPSE Pension reform talks collapse as unions pull out over retirement age Cabinet may press ahead with pension reforms with unions’ blessing

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Dutch News podcast: The Back to Frugality Edition
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Dutch News podcast: The Back to Frugality Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The latest crisis to engulf Dick Schoof’s cabinet sees three coalition parties vote against the prime minister on Europe’s rearmament plan to support Ukraine. JA21 MP Joost Eerdmans, a PVV councillor and Groningen’s former mayor all get into difficulty in their cars. And while …

Dutch News podcast: The Sober As A Ugandan Bunker Edition
1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch News podcast: The Sober As A Ugandan Bunker Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? Escape the spring heat by watching NOS’s full rerun of the 1985 Elfstedentocht The mission to realise the “strictest asylum policy ever” takes another twist as housing minister Mona Keijzer bans local councils from giving refugees priority housing while Marjolein Faber gives them a …

Dutch News podcast: The Blueberry Monday Edition
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dutch News podcast: The Blueberry Monday Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? Geert Wilders’ coalition crisis roulette wheel lands on the spring budget cuts as he yet again vows not to budge an inch. The lawyer for drugs baron Ridouan Taghi is accused of abusing her privilege to run messages for her client in a case …

Dutch News podcast: The Ophef of the Year Awards 2024
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Dutch News podcast: The Ophef of the Year Awards 2024

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? It’s time once again for our annual round-up of the minor incidents that got everybody hot under the collar for five minutes on social media at some point this year. Caroline van der Plas performed a hardboiled cunning stunt in front of Geert Wilders, …

Podcast: The Great Cultural Breakdown Edition
1 year, 3 months 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, 3 months 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 special: The Groundhog Day Is Over Edition
1 year, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast special: The Groundhog Day Is Over Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? A special edition of the DutchNews podcast focuses the collapse of the cabinet, the end of the Rutte era and the upcoming election. Will immigration dominate the campaign, will Vincent Karremans get back on his high horse and will Pieter Omtzigt team up with …

DutchNews podcast special: The Groundhog Day Is Over Edition
1 year, 8 months ago

DutchNews podcast special: The Groundhog Day Is Over Edition

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? A special edition of the DutchNews podcast focuses the collapse of the cabinet, the end of the Rutte era and the upcoming election. Will immigration dominate the campaign, will Vincent Karremans get back on his high horse and will Pieter Omtzigt team up with …

DutchNews podcast – The Ninja Accountants Edition – Week 20 2023
1 year, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ninja Accountants Edition – Week 20 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? The national audit office takes time out from infiltrating army bases to deliver a damning verdict on the government’s handling of the economy. Mark Rutte dashes from a summit in Iceland where he made vague promises to send F-16s to Ukraine to a …

DutchNews podcast – The Ninja Accountants Edition – Week 20 2023
1 year, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ninja Accountants Edition – Week 20 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, oude kaas and stroopwafels healthy? The national audit office takes time out from infiltrating army bases to deliver a damning verdict on the government’s handling of the economy. Mark Rutte dashes from a summit in Iceland where he made vague promises to send F-16s to Ukraine to a …

Dutch set to vote in local elections with national impact
2 years ago

Dutch set to vote in local elections with national impact

The Independent  

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DutchNews podcast – The Jurassic Borrelplank Edition – Week 2 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Jurassic Borrelplank Edition – Week 2 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, bessenjenever and stroopwafels healthy? The cabinet’s plans to control immigration come unstuck in court, forcing asylum minister Eric van der Burg to kick the latest measures into the long grass. One commodity that’s apparently impervious to high inflation is cocaine, but Rotterdam has been eclipsed by Antwerp as …

DutchNews podcast – The Jurassic Borrelplank Edition – Week 2 2023
2 years, 2 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Jurassic Borrelplank Edition – Week 2 2023

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, bessenjenever and stroopwafels healthy? The cabinet’s plans to control immigration come unstuck in court, forcing asylum minister Eric van der Burg to kick the latest measures into the long grass. One commodity that’s apparently impervious to high inflation is cocaine, but Rotterdam has been eclipsed by Antwerp as …

DutchNews podcast – The Spekgladde Sex Toys Store Edition – Week 50 2022
2 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 6 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, 6 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 Johan Remkes for Dictator Edition – Week 35 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Johan Remkes for Dictator Edition – Week 35 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Exactly 350 years after the disaster year of 1672, the government faces an energy crisis, a refugee accommodation crisis and a nitrogen pollution crisis all at once. Wopke Hoekstra experiences an identity crisis as he oscillates between supporting the government’s nitrogen policy as a …

DutchNews podcast – The Johan Remkes for Dictator Edition – Week 35 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Johan Remkes for Dictator Edition – Week 35 2022

Dutch News  

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep our stocks of drop, gin and stroopwafels healthy? Exactly 350 years after the disaster year of 1672, the government faces an energy crisis, a refugee accommodation crisis and a nitrogen pollution crisis all at once. Wopke Hoekstra experiences an identity crisis as he oscillates between supporting the government’s nitrogen policy as a …

DutchNews podcast – The 1922 Boomers and Bangers Edition – Week 23 2022
2 years, 9 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, 9 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 Exploding Sluices and Vanishing Statues Edition – Week 12 2022
3 years 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
3 years 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
3 years 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
3 years 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 Ambushed by Napoleons Edition – Week 4 2021
3 years, 2 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
3 years, 2 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
3 years, 2 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
3 years, 2 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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 Not All Nazis Refused The Vaccine Edition – Week 43
3 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Not All Nazis Refused The Vaccine Edition – Week 43

Dutch News  

New climate change forecasts this week were the stuff of Dutch nightmares: if the Netherlands doesn’t step up its efforts to cut emissions, it risks becoming a Mediterranean country. Bad news too for Ronald Koeman, sacked after 21 months at Barcelona, and customers at Welkom Energie, the first Dutch casualty of the soaring gas prices. But at least there was …

DutchNews podcast – The Not All Nazis Refused The Vaccine Edition – Week 43
3 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Not All Nazis Refused The Vaccine Edition – Week 43

Dutch News  

New climate change forecasts this week were the stuff of Dutch nightmares: if the Netherlands doesn’t step up its efforts to cut emissions, it risks becoming a Mediterranean country. Bad news too for Ronald Koeman, sacked after 21 months at Barcelona, and customers at Welkom Energie, the first Dutch casualty of the soaring gas prices. But at least there was …

DutchNews podcast – The Sinterklaas Mortal Kombat Edition – Week 41
3 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Sinterklaas Mortal Kombat Edition – Week 41

Dutch News  

Sinterklaas ophef comes round earlier every year, but there’s a twist this time around: it’s not about Zwarte Piet. A critical review of the government’s coronavirus strategy comes out just as cases soar again and ministers promise to repeat the same mistakes as last year. Infections are certainly moving much faster than efforts to compensate for the victims of the …

DutchNews podcast – The Sinterklaas Mortal Kombat Edition – Week 41
3 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Sinterklaas Mortal Kombat Edition – Week 41

Dutch News  

Sinterklaas ophef comes round earlier every year, but there’s a twist this time around: it’s not about Zwarte Piet. A critical review of the government’s coronavirus strategy comes out just as cases soar again and ministers promise to repeat the same mistakes as last year. Infections are certainly moving much faster than efforts to compensate for the victims of the …

DutchNews podcast: The Grategate Edition
3 years, 6 months ago

DutchNews podcast: The Grategate Edition

Dutch News  

There are three levels of crisis in the Netherlands: moderate, severe and ‘call Johan Remkes’. The self-styled Plumber of Groningen has given himself a month to unclog the blockage in the coalition negotiations, which has grown fatter this week following Sigrid Kaag’s gossamer-veiled attack on Mark Rutte. There’s plenty of sporting success to cheer as Max Verstappen triumphs at Zandvoort, …

DutchNews podcast – The Ukulele Pannenkoek Conspiracy Edition – Week 18
3 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ukulele Pannenkoek Conspiracy Edition – Week 18

Dutch News  

For the second year in a row the May 4 and May 5 ceremonies took place without an audience. Actor André van Duin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the event with moving speeches about rebuilding after the war, while conspiracy theorists commemorated it with a tasteless poster about coronavirus rules. The Netherlands’ largest online retailer bol.com was reeled in …

DutchNews podcast – The Ukulele Pannenkoek Conspiracy Edition – Week 18
3 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ukulele Pannenkoek Conspiracy Edition – Week 18

Dutch News  

For the second year in a row the May 4 and May 5 ceremonies took place without an audience. Actor André van Duin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the event with moving speeches about rebuilding after the war, while conspiracy theorists commemorated it with a tasteless poster about coronavirus rules. The Netherlands’ largest online retailer bol.com was reeled in …

DutchNews podcast – The Resurrection Rutte Edition – Week 14
3 years, 11 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Resurrection Rutte Edition – Week 14

Dutch News  

In an Easter week of remarkable comebacks, none was so spectacular as Mark Rutte’s career diving and resurfacing like a Dutch submarine catching a glimpse of barbecue sunshine. Forum voor Democratie’s prodigal pensioner Theo Hiddema returned as a senator and veteran negotiator Herman Tjeenk Willink came out of retirement to head the coalition formation talks. And the Dutch art world’s …

DutchNews podcast – The Resurrection Rutte Edition – Week 14
3 years, 11 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Resurrection Rutte Edition – Week 14

Dutch News  

In an Easter week of remarkable comebacks, none was so spectacular as Mark Rutte’s career diving and resurfacing like a Dutch submarine catching a glimpse of barbecue sunshine. Forum voor Democratie’s prodigal pensioner Theo Hiddema returned as a senator and veteran negotiator Herman Tjeenk Willink came out of retirement to head the coalition formation talks. And the Dutch art world’s …

DutchNews podcast – The Netherlands Is a Failed State Edition – Week 44
4 years, 5 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Netherlands Is a Failed State Edition – Week 44

Dutch News  

In a week of fake news and dodgy data, the Dutch government adopts the Niksen approach to disease control. As Covid-19 spreads through the Binnenhof and two ministers go into quarantine, the friendly folk at Farmers Defence Force turn up on Rob Jetten’s doorstep with a box of meat products and a camera. Coronavirus also starts to hit the football …

DutchNews podcast – The Eurovision Is Worse Than Brexit Edition – Week 20
5 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Eurovision Is Worse Than Brexit Edition – Week 20

Dutch News  

Plenty of sea changes in this week’s podcast as Mark Rutte takes the fight to Thierry Baudet, Sybrand Buma becomes the second coalition party leader to abandon ship in mid-term and Amsterdam’s mayor decides not to impose a booze ban on the city’s canals. The Hague opts out of the cabinet’s plan for legalised cannabis cultivation, there’s a poignant edge …

DutchNews podcast – The Eurovision Is Worse Than Brexit Edition – Week 20
5 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Eurovision Is Worse Than Brexit Edition – Week 20

Dutch News  

Plenty of sea changes in this week’s podcast as Mark Rutte takes the fight to Thierry Baudet, Sybrand Buma becomes the second coalition party leader to abandon ship in mid-term and Amsterdam’s mayor decides not to impose a booze ban on the city’s canals. The Hague opts out of the cabinet’s plan for legalised cannabis cultivation, there’s a poignant edge …

DutchNews podcast – The Swedish Men Are Better Edition – Week 19
5 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Swedish Men Are Better Edition – Week 19

Dutch News  

The podcast returns from a two-week break to commiserate with Ajax fans over their shock exit from the Champions League, catch up with Forum voor Democratie’s fruitless search for a senate leader and find out why the tourist board has started telling visitors to get out of Amsterdam. We also bring you the latest on the arrest of a suspected …

DutchNews podcast – The Swedish Men Are Better Edition – Week 19
5 years, 10 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Swedish Men Are Better Edition – Week 19

Dutch News  

The podcast returns from a two-week break to commiserate with Ajax fans over their shock exit from the Champions League, catch up with Forum voor Democratie’s fruitless search for a senate leader and find out why the tourist board has started telling visitors to get out of Amsterdam. We also bring you the latest on the arrest of a suspected …

Government faces a busy year with two elections and headache issues
6 years, 3 months ago

Government faces a busy year with two elections and headache issues

Dutch News  

The ‘yellow vest’ protest movement may have failed to take off in the Netherlands so far, but the Dutch government does face a number of challenges in 2019 – not least of all two important elections. ‘There is no time to lose for this cabinet.’ NOS political correspondent Ron Frensen says that 2019 is the year in which the cabinet …

DutchNews podcast – The George Soros Eye Shadow Palettes Edition – Week 49
6 years, 3 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The George Soros Eye Shadow Palettes Edition – Week 49

Dutch News  

As a round-the-clock deportation-busting church service draws the attention of the world’s media, Amsterdam calls time on the giant letters outside the Rijksmuseum, Dick Advocaat causes some ophef when he gets a time out in the referee’s room and Emile Ratelband is told he can’t turn the clock back on his passport. We also discuss why the Marrakesh pact to …

DutchNews podcast – The George Soros Eye Shadow Palettes Edition – Week 49
6 years, 3 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The George Soros Eye Shadow Palettes Edition – Week 49

Dutch News  

As a round-the-clock deportation-busting church service draws the attention of the world’s media, Amsterdam calls time on the giant letters outside the Rijksmuseum, Dick Advocaat causes some ophef when he gets a time out in the referee’s room and Emile Ratelband is told he can’t turn the clock back on his passport. We also discuss why the Marrakesh pact to …

DutchNews podcast – The Ginger and Lime Brexit Edition – Week 48
6 years, 4 months ago

DutchNews podcast – The Ginger and Lime Brexit Edition – Week 48

Dutch News  

The past looms large in this week’s podcast as rail operator NS agrees to compensate Holocaust victims who were transported on its trains. Amsterdam’s mayor comes under pressure to enforce the so-called burka ban, there’s a run on contraceptive pills, Mark Rutte delivers a ‘deal or no deal’ message on Brexit and health insurers sound the death knell for reincarnation …

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