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This Dutch Airport Wants to Ban Private Jets

Schiphol Airport would like to excuse itself from the hop-on, hop-off jet-setting culture of business tycoons, celebrities and sports stars. The effort, if it succeeds over industry opposition, could set a precedent for private aviation around the world. The Netherlands’s largest airport made its intentions known in April, when it announced plans to ban night…

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Newcomer Dutch party rides wave of protests to Senate majority

BBB leader Caroline van der Plas. Twitter/THE HAGUE: Dutch farmers dealt a blow to Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s environmental plans Wednesday, ploughing up the political landscape to win elections that will shape the upper house of parliament.Exit polls showed the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB), which was founded less than four years ago, riding a wave…

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Dutch alt meat maker Ojah shrugs off slowing market dynamics to double production capacity

Ojah was founded in 2009 and acquired by Kerry Group in 2018. The company’s patented technology based on High Moisture Extrusion (HME) turns plant protein and water into products with a meat-like bite and texture. Ojah supplies its products to manufacturers, retailers and food service companies around the world, from Europe and North America to…

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Coronavirus: Dutch police raid rave party in breach of Covid-19 rules

Dozens of police officers entered the makeshift venue in the central town of Rijswijk where several partygoers were arrested The illegal rave attracted people from far and wide with locals saying they had seen vehicles come in from France and Germany but also as far away as Spain and Italy Published: 2:19am, 2 Jan, 2022…

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The Dutch Roll Out Stricter Lockdown Measures as Omicron Spreads

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Dutch schools to shut early for Christmas amid Omicron fears

Children work with coats on inside a school in Germany that has open windows to improve ventilation. AFP  The Netherlands will have to close primary schools a little earlier for the Christmas holidays. The infections are the highest in primary school-going children. The country also has decided to extend a night-time lockdown as the Omicron variant triggers panic.THE…

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Dutch newspaper accuses US spy agencies of orchestrating 2016 Booking.com breach

Jointly US-Dutch owned Booking.com was illegally accessed by an American attacker in 2016 – and the company failed to tell anyone when it became aware of what happened, according to explosive revelations. The alleged miscreant, named as “Andrew”, is said to have stolen “details of thousands of hotel reservations in countries in the Middle East,”…

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Dutch foreign minister Sigrid Kaag resigns over Afghan refugee crisis

/ Europe Issued on: 17/09/2021 – 02:54 Sigrid Kaag, Dutch minister for foreign trade and development cooperation, speaks in The Hague, Netherlands April 2, 2021. © REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag resigned on Thursday after parliament formally condemned her handling of the Afghanistan evacuation crisis. Lawmakers approved a motion criticising the government…

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Dutch GP: Verstappen quickest by 0.5s in final practice

The Red Bull driver enjoyed a tow through the last sector to deliver a mighty 1m09.623s, which was the only lap to break the 1m10s barrier and he ran a full 0.0556s clear at the top. Bottas was the closest challenger at Zandvoort courtesy of his 1m10.179s lap, although that was sufficient to beat the…

Chicken sold in Dutch supermarkets to lead a ‘better life’ by 2023: ‘This is a big step towards better animal welfare’ thumbnail
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Chicken sold in Dutch supermarkets to lead a ‘better life’ by 2023: ‘This is a big step towards better animal welfare’

In March this year, Dutch retailer Albert Heijn announced plans to ensure all fresh chicken sold in store would carry the ‘Beter Level’ (Better Life) label with at least one star.Since then, all national supermarket chains have followed suit, meaning that by the end of 2023, all fresh chicken sold in nationwide retailers will have…