Anti-government extremism is on the rise in Northern Netherlands, and the phenomenon is going largely unnoticed because the approach to radicalization mainly focuses on jihadism. In this first region-specific study into extremism, the researchers looked at all the extremist incidents in Northern Netherlands between 2014 and 2022 that made it into the media or court. “As a result, we see …
This week the Dutch government's Outbreak Management Team is examining possible "exit strategies" for how the Netherlands will get out of the coronavirus crisis and start relaxing measures. One is to first relax measures in the northern provinces, where Covid-19 hasn't spread much and hospitals have the capacity to treat new cases. The idea behind relaxing measures in the northern …
As the death toll from coronavirus in the Netherlands hits three and the number of confirmed cases was put at 264, Dutch health officials say there is as yet no reason to take further precautions or increase the rate of testing. Most of the Dutch cases so far are connected to people who holidayed in northern Italy or elsewhere and …