Tag: Netherlands

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:08 UTC

  Narcotics shipments from Mercosur to Europe on the rise

  

  A shipment of 5,2 tons of cocaine bound for the Netherlands was seized in June, the Dutch police reported. An Uruguayan company involved in the shipment of 4,5 tons of cocaine was definitively closed by the government. An attempt to introduce cocaine in coffee bags to Europe was caught in Brazil, as well as another intended shipment of 4,5 tons of cocaine destined for Antwerp.

• Monday, July 18th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  The “nitrogen war” in Netherlands, an anticipation of times to come

  

  Farmers in the Netherlands are revolting over the government's plan to drastically reduce nitrogen emissions by 2030 and is pointing to agriculture and farmers as the worst offenders. But farmers have taken to the streets, blocking roads, and distribution centers, and there has been some serious incidents, including police opening fire on protestors,

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  Srebrenica genocide: The Hague apologizes Dutch troops' failure at massacre of 8,000 Muslim prisoners

  

  The Netherlands offered its “deepest apologies” for the role played by Dutch peacekeepers in the Srebrenica genocide during the Balkans war when some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were brutally murdered by attacking Bosnian Serb forces 27 years ago

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  The Netherlands goes into full lockdown until Jan. 14

  

  The Government of The Netherlands has decreed a strict lockdown until January 14 on all non-essential activities due to the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant. A daily cap of two visitors per household has also been decreed, which will be raised to four people for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  EU company produces an additive that mitigates methane gas emission in dairy cattle

  

  A Netherlands company has produced an additive that mixed with the feed given to cattle helps to mitigate methane gas emissions and its impact on climate change. Allegedly it is the first product to reach the European market following its approval by the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  The Netherlands: scores wounded, arrested amid rioting against anticovid harsh measures

  

  Scores of protesters were wounded or arrested by police Friday in Rotterdam as people took to the streets in response to the Government's intentions to impose harsh, restrictive measures to curb the number of COVID-19 cases.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Rotterdam seizes four tons of cocaine shipped from Paraguay via Uruguay

  

  Netherlands Customs officers have seized what is considered the largest haul this year, over four tons of cocaine at the port of Rotterdam with an estimated value of US$ 362 million. The drug was found in soy bags that were destined for Portugal and are of Paraguayan origin using Uruguay as the port of transit.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 11:07 UTC

  Dutch submariners receive an unexpected visitor on board Walrus class unit

  

  It was a conundrum faced by Dutch submariners when a flippered mammal they named 'Freya' climbed on top of one of their – aptly named – Walrus-class submarines.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Morocco halts flights to / from UK, Netherlands over increasing number of COVID-19 cases

  

  The Government of Morocco has banned flights to the United Kingdom or returning from their effective Thursday over concerns about an increasing number of COVID-19 infections.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 07:18 UTC

  Netherlands company produces cultivated seaweed from seawater

  

  Zeewar is the first company in the Netherlands that produces and exclusively works with sustainably cultivated seaweed from clean seawater in the EU. The result is a premium seaweed product, in terms of taste, nutritional values, color, and a tender bite.