The Netherlands has 903 companies that are at least 50 percent owned by a Chinese parent company or the Chinese State, RTL Nieuws and Follow the Money report. “There are a lot of them,” China expert Jonathan Holslag of the Free University in Brussels said to RTL Nieuws about the list of companies. “This makes it quite difficult for the …
The Sunny Liger, a controversial tanker carrying Russian oil, left the Port of Amsterdam Friday evening after being anchored near IJmuiden for nearly a week, NRC reports. Niek Stam, director of FNV Havens, told NRC that he would inform the port employees in Gibraltar about the ship and the origins of its cargo. Although it carried Russian oil and originated …
Patricia Paay won her lawsuit against website GeenStijl and Twitter user Eendevanger. They must pay Paay 30 thousand euros in compensation for immaterial damages, AD reports. Paay demanded a total of 450 thousand euros in damages from GeenStijl and Eendevanger - 250 thousand euros for immaterial damages such as psychological problems and violation of her privacy and good name, and …