Tag: Netherlands

• Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 12:15 UTC

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

  

  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”

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.