DutchNews podcast – The Infinite Heinrich Roller Coaster Edition – Week 49 2022
The cabinet makes a sorry spectacle of itself this week as its attempts to apologise for slavery come apart at the seams. Rabobank, a co-operative bank set up to lend to farmers, is suspected of getting its hands dirty with money laundering, financing terrorism and rigging bond deals. As the economy cools, Dutch households turn down the thermostat and tighten their belts in anticipation of a 4% drop in spending power. And we reveal the nation’s Top 10 Dutch internet searches, a list dominated by war, murder, sex offenders and the British royal family.
Ophef of the week: Kitsch Anne Frank crockery takes gloss off Hollandse Glorie
Plates, cakes and Achterhuis escape rooms: a full list of Anne Frank blunders (Parool)
News
Public prosecutor launches probe into money laundering at Rabobank
European Commission launches probe into Rabobank and Deutsche Bank
Campaigners call for apology for slavery to be delayed to next July
King announces investigation into royal family’s role in colonialism
Gas consumption falls but imports are on the increase
Inflation falls to 9.9% in November or 6.8% excluding energy prices
Households will have 4% less to spend in 2022 and 2023, CPB says
Cardiologists earned rent as investors in own hospital building – NRC
Healthcare authority criticises plan to shut two child heart units
Scandals and games: the top Dutch Google searches of 2022
Sport
Netherlands 3-1 USA: Dumfries shines in clinical win for Oranje
Football fans arrested in Rotterdam will miss Morocco’s quarter-final
Divided loyalties: Maxima pledges to cheer on Oranje against Argentina
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