Netherlands Court Grants Temporary Stay for Third-Country National Facing Deportation

Netherlands Court Grants Temporary Stay for Third-Country National Facing Deportation

02 Sep 2023 at 00:51 Update: an hour ago A so-called third-country national who was in danger of losing his right to protection may remain in the reception for the time being. The Council of State, the highest court in the Netherlands, determined this late Friday evening in an emergency ruling. The third-country national, a … Read more

Albanian Drug Criminal ‘El Gordo’ Arrested in Colombia

Albanian Drug Criminal ‘El Gordo’ Arrested in Colombia

Aug 27, 2023 at 6:48 PM Update: 40 minutes ago An Albanian drug criminal who was wanted in 180 countries, including the Netherlands, has been arrested in Colombia. According to local media, Besnik Nikolli, nicknamed ‘Niko’ or ‘El Gordo’ (the fat one), has been arrested in Santa Marta. Nikolli is said to be an influential … Read more

Winde Village in Drenthe Hit by 1.6 Magnitude Earthquake: Potential Damage Unknown

Winde Village in Drenthe Hit by 1.6 Magnitude Earthquake: Potential Damage Unknown

The Drenthe village of Winde was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 1.6 on Tuesday evening. It is not known whether the quake caused any damage. The quake occurred about 20 kilometers south of the city of Groningen at a depth of 3 kilometers, the KNMI reports. According to the meteorological institute, the … Read more

Attje Kuiken, PvdA Party Leader, Steps Down from Joint Electoral List

Attje Kuiken, PvdA Party Leader, Steps Down from Joint Electoral List

PvdA party leader Attje Kuiken is not running for a place on the joint electoral list of PvdA and GroenLinks during the parliamentary elections in November. Report that AD in RTL News Friday. With this, Kuik leaves the House of Representatives after sixteen years. Kuiken had been in the House of Representatives since 2006, for … Read more

Kuwaiti Court Refuses Release of Tweeter Hamed Bouyabes, Postpones Hearing

Kuwaiti Court Refuses Release of Tweeter Hamed Bouyabes, Postpones Hearing

Al-Marsad Newspaper: Today, a Kuwaiti court issued a new decision regarding the Kuwaiti tweeter who insulted the Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef. The Criminal Court decided to refuse to release tweeter Hamed Bouyabes and to postpone hearing the case until the August 31 session. And the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior issued … Read more

Prague will start charging tourists with an entrance fee for the Paternoster in the New Town Hall

Prague will start charging tourists with an entrance fee for the Paternoster in the New Town Hall

The Prague municipality plans to close free access to the Paternoster lift on the ground floor of the New Town Hall on Mariánské náměstí and to start charging an entrance fee for visiting it. The city councilors approved the tender for the renovation of the building’s interior today. In April, the municipality temporarily shut down … Read more

Possible Drug Lab Found on Pieter Calandlaan in Amsterdam, Prompting Evacuation of Eight Homes

Possible Drug Lab Found on Pieter Calandlaan in Amsterdam, Prompting Evacuation of Eight Homes

Two men became unwell on the Pieter Calandlaan in Amsterdam on Thursday. The police found a possible drug lab there and evacuated eight homes as a precaution. A report was made around 6 p.m. The police then cordoned off part of the street and a block of houses in the Nieuw-West district of Amsterdam, writes … Read more

The Rising STI Rates in the Netherlands: Urgent Need for Condom Usage and Prevention

The Rising STI Rates in the Netherlands: Urgent Need for Condom Usage and Prevention

10 Aug 2023 at 11:14 The number of STIs in the Netherlands is increasing, especially among young people. In the coming weeks, the RIVM and GGDs will therefore be handing out more than 40,000 condoms at festivals and during introduction weeks of study programmes, with the message: give love, not an STI. In 2022, young … Read more

Foggy Morning Gives Way to Sunshine on Wednesday with Average Temperature of 20 Degrees

Foggy Morning Gives Way to Sunshine on Wednesday with Average Temperature of 20 Degrees

Foggy morning hours quickly give way to sunshine on Wednesday with an average temperature of 20 degrees. After a cold night, fog banks remain in the morning. It is foggy everywhere except in the north. The KNMI has issued code yellow in the provinces of Utrecht, Noord-Brabant and Flevoland. Visibility there can be less than … Read more