European vaccine assessment started, outcomes possible this month
European Medicine Agency EMA has started the assessment of the first coronavaccins, those of Moderna and PFIZER/BionTech. It is the last major step that must …
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De Jonge: if its the right thing, vaccination starts around January 4
If everything goes well, around 4 January the first people in the Netherlands will be vaccinated against the coronavirus. This is what Minister De Jonge says in …
Apologies for forced sterilization transgender people, “it has been so derogatory.”
Many transgender individuals and interest groups welcome the Cabinet’s apologies for the old Trans Gender Act. They see it as recognition of the suffering caused …
Illegal bombs in residential areas
Criminal dealers in fireworks are exhibiting themselves in chat groups now that the fireworks ban is in force. Among other things, via the messaging service Telegram, …
LIVE Number of coronas cases decreased slightly last week
The number of coronavirus infections is growing considerably in the United States and Europe. Worldwide, additional corona measures are taken such as full and local lockdowns, …
Philips Topman Van Houten: The Netherlands falls out of competition lists
The Netherlands threatens to lose its position in the top 5 of the worldcompetitiveness index within five years. Frans van Houten warned about this Monday evening in …
Orange has learned lessons from duel with USA: ‘Being smarter in change’
There was hope that the difference had been smaller last Friday. But the Dutch football players lost the reprise of the World Cup final against the …
Fast is most streamed Dutch artist on Spotify of 2020
Voste is the most streamed Dutch artist at Spotify. Home music is by far the most popular in the Netherlands, according to the charts that Spotify …
Six months after Black Lives Matter protest: “I dont want to be mad at the white man.”
It started on June 1st, tomorrow exactly six months ago. The first massive protest of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in the Netherlands, at Dam Square in …
Six months after the Damprotest: what did it bring about?
It started on June 1st, tomorrow exactly six months ago. The first massive protest of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in the Netherlands, at Dam Square in …
Minister: almost all fur farms are already empty
There are hardly any more mink farms that still have animals in their cages. Minister Schouten of Agriculture said in the House of Representatives that there …
This means a no-deal-brexit for our chicken and fish
Slowly but surely 31 December is approaching. The UK seems to be heading towards a definitive separation from the EU without trade agreements. It may still be …
German Football Association: Löw continues to coach
Joachim Löw continues to coach the German national team. The board of the German Football Association DFB informed this after an extensive evaluation.
The position …
ABN is going to cut 15 percent of all jobs
ABN Amro scraps about 15 percent of all jobs until 2024, says the bank in a ‘strategy update’. Most jobs expire after 2022.
Topman Robert Swaak doesn’t …
Decrease in emissions of air pollutants is slower
The rate at which emissions of air pollutants go down is decreasing. Nevertheless, the Netherlands will meet the standards set by the EU for 2030 for almost …
Cilly Dartell gives health update
Cilly Dartell (63), who was again affected by lung cancer earlier this year and then started treatment, shares an update on her health on Instagram this weekend. “ …
LIVE Mayors about something extra for youth, fireworks and crowds
The number of coronavirus infections is growing considerably in the United States and Europe. Worldwide, additional corona measures are taken such as full and local lockdowns, …
Recipe of the day: whiting and ratïo
Whiting is called the winter fish. Great to pay because everyone keeps thinking it’s fish for the cat. Who cooks fish for the cat anyway? …
Germany looks fifty years Tatort, “mirror of the country”
For many Germans it is a ritual: watch Tatort on Sunday evening. At a quarter past eight, after the news, the German public channel ARD broadcasts …
France wins Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Dutch girls group UNITY became fourth Sunday at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The earnings of the eighteenth edition went to France. Because of the …
Gasparotto, two-time winner Amstel Gold Race, stops cycling
Cyclist Enrico Gasparotto puts a point behind his career. The 38-year-old Italian, who received Swiss nationality last year, said that in a social media statement.
“ I …
LIVE ‘Do something about the Belgian day trips’
The number of coronavirus infections is growing considerably in the United States and Europe. Worldwide, additional corona measures are taken such as full and local lockdowns, …
Prohibition of singing and screaming in groups transformed into urgent advice
The ban on singing and screaming in groups is transformed into an urgent advice. Not because singing and screaming is suddenly a good idea, but because …
UNITY also wants to join together after Song Contest
The girls from UNITY continue to work together after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Demi van den Bos, Maud Noordam, Jayda Monteiro da Silva and Naomi …