Category: dutch

New Report Warns of Chinese Regime’s Influence in the Netherlands

A new report warned the Dutch government to be vigilant about the Chinese communist regime’s influence in the Netherlands through educational and cultural infiltration. The investigative report, which was released at the end of March, was authored by Professor Frank Pieke at the Asia Center of Leiden University in the Netherlands. The report was funded…


Salvage Crews Secure Drifting Dutch Cargo Ship Off Norway

HELSINKI—Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast of Norway and was towing the ship to port on Thursday. Norwegian officials said the rescue operation of the Eemslift Hendrika, a Netherlands-registered ship designed to carry large boats, was completed early Thursday…


Dutch PM Rutte Fights for Political Life After Blunder

AMSTERDAM—Dutch opposition parties presented a no-confidence motion in caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte on April 1 and accused him of lying in public about what he had privately discussed during talks to form a Cabinet, presenting the biggest challenge to his leadership in a decade. Rutte was the clear winner of the March 17 parliamentary…


Calm Returns to Dutch Cities After Riots, With Police out in Force

AMSTERDAM—With shops boarded up and riot police out in force, it was relatively calm in Dutch cities on Tuesday night after three days of violence during which nearly 500 people were detained. In several cities, including the capital Amsterdam, some businesses closed early and emergency ordinances were in place to give law enforcement greater powers…