20 July 2022 | Oscar van Dam For years, the Isla oil refinery in Curaçao has put public health at risk. Environmental groups fear the refinery will reopen. But the court’s decision now provides even more clarity: from now on
The UK’s first international LGBT conference was canceled after a large group of participating organizations withdrew. They are protesting the fact that transgender people are exempt from a new UK law that prohibits the controversial ‘homogenization’. The British government last
Banning ‘failed asylum seekers’, as proposed by President Huberts Bruls of the Security Council, is not a solution to the shortage of asylum seekers. So said asylum lawyer Wil Eikelboom. “This is a municipality that doesn’t offer enough housing,” Eikelboom’s
Former UK correspondent Tim de Wit will be at the Blokker bookstore next Saturday, July 16, to present his book ‘Wankel Kingdom’. As a NOS correspondent, among others, Tim has been reporting from London for seven years. Anyway, it’s not
Also outside the UK, a shower of sour comments about Boris Johnson’s departure. It really wasn’t just because of his lies, write Robert de Witt, but also because of his elite background. Johnson’s optimism and verbal fireworks do liven up
The European Union will have a new sibling: the main European political union where leaders from EU and non-EU countries regularly roam the world. The first meeting was probably in Prague not long after the summer. Prime Minister Rutte, an
It was clear to everyone that the burden of Dutch health care had to be lightened immediately. We currently lack 49,000 health workers across the country; in nine years there will be 135,000. Therefore, health care institutions and recruitment companies
By agreeing on Finland and Sweden at the NATO summit, Turkey has shown that it is a ‘loyal partner’ of the West, according to former Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal. Because of the relationship between NATO and the European Union and
Togo’s foreign minister spoke with similar effect to the AFP news agency. “Togo’s membership is motivated by a desire to expand its diplomatic, political and economic network and to be closer to the English-speaking world.” Restoration of relations with Britain
Togo’s foreign minister spoke with similar effect to the AFP news agency. “Togo’s membership is motivated by a desire to expand its diplomatic, political and economic network and to be closer to the English-speaking world.” Restoration of relations with Britain