Category: Netherlands

Storm Poly Lashes the Netherlands and Parts of Germany, Causing 2 Deaths and Canceled Flights

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A powerful summer storm lashed the Netherlands and parts of Germany on Wednesday, killing at least two people, blowing trees onto houses and forcing one of Europe’s busiest airports to cancel or delay hundreds of flights. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute issued its highest-level alert in three provinces as Storm Poly hit the…


Netherlands to Screen Foreign Doctoral Students in Tech Fields, Citing Security Risks

The Netherlands is citing possible security risks as it ponders legislation that would see screening of international students who intend to pursue doctoral studies in technical professions, a spokesperson for the Education Ministry announced on Monday. The move is the most recent step taken by the Dutch government to hinder Chinese entities and students from accessing Dutch…


Netherlands Wants to Give Ukrainian Pilots F-16 Training as Soon as Possible

AMSTERDAM—The Netherlands wants to give Ukrainian pilots F-16 training as soon as possible, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Wednesday in a letter to parliament. The training would be coordinated with Belgium, Denmark, and the United Kingdom, and other countries could join, Ollongren added. On Tuesday, NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said training Ukrainian pilots…


Leaked Letter Adds to Debate Over EncroChat Evidence

A leaked letter from a French magistrate to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has emerged as EncroChat campaigners continue to push for tests to be carried out to prove their claim the encrypted network was hacked in a “live intercept” operation, which would make the Encrochat dialogues inadmissible in a UK court. Between March 2020 and…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: ‘Science That Cannot Be Questioned Is Just Propaganda’: MEP Rob Roos on Getting Pfizer to Admit That Its COVID Vaccine Was Never Tested for Transmission

“For Pfizer … total contracts of the European Union was 72 billion euros to buy vaccines. They bought 10 vaccines for every person in the European Union. So, it’s a huge amount of taxpayers’ money.” I sit down with Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. Roos made global headlines after he got…


PREMIERING NOW: ‘Science That Cannot Be Questioned Is Just Propaganda’: MEP Rob Roos on Getting Pfizer to Admit That Its COVID Vaccine Was Never Tested for Transmission

“For Pfizer … total contracts of the European Union was 72 billion euros to buy vaccines. They bought 10 vaccines for every person in the European Union. So, it’s a huge amount of taxpayers’ money.” I sit down with Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. Roos made global headlines after he got…


‘Science That Cannot Be Questioned Is Just Propaganda’: MEP Rob Roos on Getting Pfizer to Admit That Its COVID Vaccine Was Never Tested for Transmission

“For Pfizer … total contracts of the European Union was 72 billion euros to buy vaccines. They bought 10 vaccines for every person in the European Union. So, it’s a huge amount of taxpayers’ money.” I sit down with Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. Roos made global headlines after he got…


PREMIERING 4/11 at 7:30PM ET: ‘Science That Cannot Be Questioned Is Just Propaganda’: MEP Rob Roos on Getting Pfizer to Admit That Its COVID Vaccine Was Never Tested for Transmission

“For Pfizer … total contracts of the European Union was 72 billion euros to buy vaccines. They bought 10 vaccines for every person in the European Union. So, it’s a huge amount of taxpayers’ money.” I sit down with Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament. Roos made global headlines after he got…


Manufactured Food Crisis: 3,000 Farms to be Shut Down in the Netherlands | Facts Matter

The Global War on Farmers just keeps chugging along. For instance, as you likely know, farmers in the Netherlands have been taking a stand for the past year now, and protesting against their government’s crackdown on the agricultural industry. Since last year, they have been using their tractors to block traffic, shut down distribution centers,…


Netherlands Train Crashes Into Maintenance Crane, Killing One; Dozens Hurt

VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands—A passenger train in the Netherlands rammed into a maintenance crane on the railway tracks early on Tuesday, killing the equipment operator and injuring dozens of passengers as the train derailed, officials and local media said. The maintenance work was planned and standard, but “we have no idea how the crane got on the…