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Montevideo, July 21st 2025 - 11:24 UTC

Tag: Netherlands

  • Monday, July 21st 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    The Netherlands issue code red travel advisory on Venezuela

    “Whatever your situation, do not travel there,” the Dutch authorities warned

    The Netherlands has issued a “code red” travel advisory for Venezuela, strongly recommending that its citizens avoid traveling to that country due to high risks of arbitrary detention, political instability, widespread crime, and a lack of judicial guarantees, particularly since the 2024 presidential elections.

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  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

    Pogrom against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam

    The Israeli fans were to be evacuated through rescue flights shortly

    Israeli football fans were ambushed and some of them went missing Thursday evening in Amsterdam in the aftermath of a match between FC Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent two emergency flights to evacuate Israelis from the Dutch city as observers worldwide concurred on the use of the word “Pogrom,” which historically refers to an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, particularly that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 14:22 UTC

    An extreme populist anti migration candidate wins a great victory in Netherlands

    Geert Wilders with his 37 votes, out of 150 in parliament, still needs to organize a ruling coalition, with 76 members, but will send shock waves across Europe.

    Reflecting the Netherlands' people's concern with immigration and European Union policies, an extreme populist leader, with his Freedom Party (PVV), has won the general election, with a clear difference over a left-wing alliance runner-up.

  • Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 12:15 UTC

    Dutch gov't to extend euthanasia option to children aged 1 to 12

    “This is a very complex subject that deals with harrowing situations that you would not wish on anyone,” Kuipers said

    Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers Friday announced that regulations were being drafted so that euthanasia can be applied to that small group of children aged 1 to 12 “for whom palliative care options are not sufficient to alleviate their suffering” and who has “such a serious illness or disorder that death is inevitable.”

  • Monday, November 21st 2022 - 22:29 UTC

    Netherlands fishermen complain fuel compensations are “far too low”

    According to the Dutch Fishermen's Union, “a large cutter that fishes for flatfish can use 10,000 Euros worth of fuel per week,” a spokesperson said

    The Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) announced on 15 November that the fisheries sector will also receive support due to the high fuel costs. Fishermen's organizations call it a first step because the compensation is far too low.

  • Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

    Controversy in EU over climate goals, war and companies suing states for their investments

    France and the Netherlands announced their intention to exit ECT last week saying it was not in line with the green agenda

    Based on the so-called Energy Charter Treaty, ECT, which pretends to follow climate objectives, European energy companies have been suing their governments to protect their hydrocarbon investments in recent years. France and the Netherlands announced their intention to exit ECT last week saying it was not in line with the green plan. Italy pulled out in 2016, with Spain and Poland following in recent months. And more countries could follow, analysts say.

  • Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:08 UTC

    Narcotics shipments from Mercosur to Europe on the rise

    Belgian customs intercepted a container with rice from Paraguay, (and cocaine) on 12 June and informed the Dutch police

    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

    Netherlands emits a large quantity of nitrogen because of its massive agriculture industry which accounts for about 87% of the country's 124 million kilograms of annual ammonia emissions

    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

    It is the first time since the 1995 massacre, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren apologized for the Dutch peacekeepers' failure to prevent the killings.

    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

    Restrictions are imposed to fight the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which cause significantly milder symptoms than previous ones.

    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.

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