カテゴリー: Netherlands
Vrije Universiteit will also return €250,000-plus it received in 2021 for rights centre that denied forced labour camps exist in XinjiangA decision by a leading Dutch university to refuse all further Chinese funding for a controversial study centre has…
US to begin giving Pfizer vaccines to children aged five to 11; WHO approves Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine for emergency useJonathan Van-Tam voices concerns over rising UK Covid death rateUK launches trial of drug to tackle fatigue in…
Physicist hailed as the father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry who confessed to smuggling nuclear secretsThe father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry and the greatest proliferator of nuclear weapons in history, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has died…
Ank Bijleveld joins Sigrid Kaag in resigning, after both were formally censured as interpreters strandedThe Dutch defence minister has became the second cabinet member to resign over the Afghan evacuation debacle.Ank Bijleveld resigned on Friday, follo…
Sigrid Kaag makes decision to go after lower house passes motion of censure against government The foreign minister of the Netherlands, Sigrid Kaag, has resigned after the lower house of parliament passed a motion of censure against the government over…
Governments’ U-turn comes amid country’s deteriorating security as Taliban continue their rapid advance Germany and the Netherlands have said they have stopped forced repatriations of Afghan migrants because of deteriorating security in Afghanistan, as…
Amsterdam show includes 140 objects ranging from Rembrandt portraits to human collars and ankle chainsThe aim of a first exhibition on the Dutch slave trade to be shown at the Rijksmuseum, launched on Tuesday by King Willem-Alexander, is not to be “wok…
Survey finds hesitancy related to trust in government, and more acute in younger peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly four in ten people in France, more than 25% of those in the US and 23% in Germany say they definit…
Countries have adopted different rules on business activity, education, socialising and travelCurfews and lockdowns Restrictions have largely been relaxed in most of Brazil’s 26 states, although several continue to limit opening hours for bars, restaur…
Italy threatens legal action against Pfizer over vaccine supply; Israel to close all airports to most flightsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe French government has said a third national lockdown may be inevitable if borde…
Tse Chi Lop detained at request of Australian police investigating $70bn-a-year Asia-Pacific drug tradeDutch police said on Saturday they had arrested the alleged leader of an Asian drug syndicate who is listed as one of the world’s most wanted fugitiv…
Protests against treatment of Hongkongers and Uighurs accompany foreign minister’s continental visitA network of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have disrupted a week-long European charm offensive by the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, by demandin…
Are state responses to the virus shifting the balance of power between China and the west?See all our coronavirus coverageAndrà tutto bene, the Italians have taught us to think, but in truth, will everything be better the day after? It may seem prematu…
Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s execution is among those who will get compensationAn Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s summary execution by a Dutch soldier when he was 10 years old has spoken of his gratitude after a court in The …
France warns situation is ‘fast deteriorating’ as more governments impose measures rarely seen outside wartimeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrance has warned of a “fast-deteriorating” situation and Spain has requisitioned …