DutchNews podcast – The Ambushed by Napoleons Edition – Week 4 2021
The Netherlands went into Schrödinger’s Lockdown this week, as venues everywhere opened up until 10pm while their owners fumed about staying closed. A shadowy transaction at the Binnenhof caught the eye of Twitter observers, while in the debating chamber Ernst Kuipers raised eyebrows with his claims about 3G passes. Dubious claims also put paid to the career of a VVD political adviser after Geert Wilders dug up her well documented history as a member of a terrorist group. In other discrimination news, the tax office is found to have passed its blacklists of dual nationals around government departments like pepernoten at Sinterklaas. And Amsterdam’s VU university is shocked to find that the Chinese government might have had an ulterior motive in sponsoring its human rights centre.
Ophef of the week: ‘Dealers’ handshake’ at the Binnenhof goes viral
Coronavirus news
Lockdown ends for all sectors but ministers warn Omicron is ‘not flu’
Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
Health minister shrugs off claims he exaggerated benefits of 3G system
Business owners dismiss 10pm closing time as ‘extension of lockdown’
Quarantine to be scrapped for travellers with booster vaccines
EMA approves Pfizer’s medicine to treat coronavirus
Everything you need to know about the current coronavirus restrictions
Other news
VVD adviser on radicalisation Soumaya Sahla steps down after Wilders attack
Tax office used appearance and nationality to identify suspected fraudsters
‘Paternalistic’ five-day waiting time for abortion set to be scrapped
VU university takes Chinese-backed human rights centre offline
Groningen cancels ‘critical thinking’ course for promoting conspiracy theories
Sport
Ajax back on top of Eredivisie after Mazraoui thunderbolt earns win at PSV
Triple Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo quits international swimming
Diede de Groot extends Grand Slam winning streak at Australian Open
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