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Sentencing Hearing for Man Convicted in Amanda Todd Case Set for September

A sentencing hearing for a Dutch national convicted of harassing and extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd before her suicide has been scheduled for next month. Justice Martha Devlin set the hearing for Aydin Coban to begin on Sept. 20 in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. A jury delivered a unanimous verdict on Saturday…


Dutch Nitrogen Scientist Questions the Basis of Government Climate Mandates

Jaap Hanekamp is skeptical of the received wisdom in science. He won’t stop asking a simple question: “But, is this true?” When it comes to the Dutch government’s calculations of ammonia and nitrogen oxide deposition—the basis of climate mandates that would slash livestock numbers and put many farmers out of work—Hanekamp is especially critical of…


Dutch Dairy Farmer Faces Having to Cull 95 Percent of his Cows

In the Netherlands, dairy farmer Martin Neppelenbroek is near the end of the line. New environmental regulations will require him to slash his livestock numbers by 95 percent. He thinks he will have to sell his family farm. “I can’t run a farm on 5 percent. For me, it’s over and done with,” he said…


Dutch Farmers Are Rebelling Against Great Reset, Says Leading Politician

Dutch farmers are fighting the globalist Great Reset through their protests against aggressive new government climate policies, according to Dutch politician Thierry Baudet. “The real point here is the Great Reset, mass migration, [and] transnational governance. And that’s why the people have to become atomized—they have to lose their connection with the land. And that’s…


Dutch Farmers Protest Policies That Could Drive Them Out of Business and Fuel Global Food Shortages

Dutch farmers are protesting new climate policies they say will force them to kill off livestock and drive them out of business — policies which some argue also will drive up consumer food prices and contribute to the global hunger crisis. The new Dutch policy stems from a 2019 court order that nitrogen-compound pollution in the Netherlands “will have to…


Dutch Police Shoot at Tractor During Climate Mandate Protests

Dutch police confirmed on July 5 that officers in the northern part of the country fired both warning—and then targeted—shots at a tractor taking part in a protest against climate mandates. Police say the tractor was driving toward officers and their vehicles. The mandated restrictions on nitrogen greenhouse gas emissions are expected to slash livestock…


Dutch Step up Fight Against Climate Mandates

Protests continue in the Netherlands over the government’s proposed nitrogen policy, which could necessitate the mass slaughter of livestock and potentially shut down almost a third of the country’s farms at a time when global famine may be imminent. Events in the country are being compared around the globe to the World Economic Forum’s “Great Reset.”…


1 Dead, 10 Injured as Storm Pummels Southern Dutch City

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—One person was killed and about 10 injured Monday as a “weak tornado” ripped through a historic fishing town in the southern Netherlands, tearing the roofs off at least four houses and sending café furniture flying through the streets. Video posted on social media showed a waterspout close to the town of Zierikzee. “There…


Shooting at Dutch Home for the Disabled Kills 2, Wounds 2

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Police in the Netherlands said Friday that two people have been killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a countryside home for people with disabilities on a farm near the city of Rotterdam. Rotterdam police tweeted that “the suspect has been arrested and the firearm has been seized,” following the shootings…


Dutch Bank ING Says $770 Million in Loans Affected by Russian Sanctions

AMSTERDAM—Dutch bank ING provided an update on Friday on its exposure in Russia and Ukraine, saying that about 700 million euros ($771 million) in outstanding loans were “affected” by “new sanctions on (Russian) specific entities and individuals” by Europe and the United States. In a statement composed of bullet points and pictures, it did not…