Lawyer says Philippines’ Duterte was “abducted”, too ill to testify at ICC
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was “abducted” before being taken to The Hague to face murder allegations and is too ill to give evidence, his lawyer told International Criminal Court judges at his initial appearance on Friday. Duterte – who arrived in the Netherlands on a flight from Manila on […]
France, Germany, others urge EU Commission to protect elections in Europe from foreign interference
Brussels, Belgium Reuters France, Germany and 10 other European Union countries want the European Commission to use its powers under the Digital Services Act to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign interference, a letter signed by the 12 countries showed. In the letter, European affairs ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, […]
Dutch online archive identifies suspected World War II Nazi collaborators
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters A Dutch project called ‘War in Court’ digitally released a list of names of nearly half a million suspected wartime Nazi collaborators on Thursday after the expiry of a law that had restricted public access to the archive. The archive, consisting of 32 million pages, includes about 425,000 mostly Dutch people […]
Dutch police seize scores at pro-Palestinian rally after soccer unrest
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters Dutch police took away more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on Sunday who defied a ban on demonstrations in Amsterdam following clashes this week involving Israeli soccer fans. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital’s Dam Square, chanting “Free Palestine” and “Amsterdam says no to genocide”, in reference to the Gaza war. […]
Dutch PM to miss climate summit during probe into soccer violence
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof will miss the COP29 climate summit after clashes in Amsterdam this week between Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters as his government investigates if warning signs from Israel were missed. “I will not be going to Azerbaijan next week for the UN Climate Conference COP29. Due […]
Amsterdam bans protests after ‘antisemitic squads’ attack Israeli soccer fans
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Reuters Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called “antisemitic hit-and-run squads”, and Israel sent planes to the Netherlands to fly fans home. Mayor Femke Halsema said Maccabi Tel Aviv fans had been “attacked, abused and pelted with fireworks” around […]
Wow!: A full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition
MIKE CORDER, of Associated Press, reports on a ground-breaking upcoming exhibition in Manhattan…
Europe’s racial disparities cannot be untied from historical wrongs, report says
Reuters Racial disparities in some European nations cannot be tackled if legacies of colonialism and slavery are ignored, a report by a EU-wide network of anti-racism groups said on Wednesday. The “Europe’s Original Sin” report analysed the historic use by six former colonial powers – Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain – of […]
Dutch ministers pledge “rock solid” support for Ukraine on first visit to Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The newly appointed Dutch defence and foreign affairs ministers have said the Netherlands’ support for Ukraine is “rock solid”. The Netherlands has been a key ally to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February, 2022, but a far-right election victory last year cast doubt on its commitment. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks […]
Advocates for reparations say Dutch slavery apologies not enough
Reuters As the Netherlands marks on Monday 161 years since the abolition of slavery, activists have questioned the sincerity of recent apologies by Dutch authorities given they have not addressed the politically thorny issue of reparations. In December 2022, then-Prime Minister Mark Rutte acknowledged that the Netherlands bore a responsibility for transatlantic slavery and had […]