NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general
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ABC News ^
| June 26, 2024 | The Associated Press
NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation alliance’s headquarters in
Brussels. U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts will formally welcome him to their table at a summit in Washington on July 9-11. The outgoing Dutch premier will take over from the current secretary general, Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, on Oct. 1.
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NTSB Investigating After Boeing 737 Suffers Dangerous 'Dutch Roll' Incident in Midair
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Western Journal ^
| June 17, 2024 at 4:27am | Jack Davis
On May 25, Southwest Airlines Flight N8825Q, a Boeing 737 Max experienced what is known as a “Dutch roll” — where the aircraft tail wags back and forth as the wings rock in see-saw fashion, according to NBC.The Phoenix to Oakland flight had 175 passengers and six members of the crew aboard.
The plane was initially reported to be at 38,000 feet at the time of the incident, but a National Transportation Safety Board investigation showed it was at 34,000 feet.
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News Summary-Intelligence Report Tuesday 6/11/2024*Nigel Farage Attacked During Election Campaign*Dutch Cabinet Slots Allocated*Hunter Biden Convicted Of 'Gun Charges*
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Nextrush Free ^
| 6/11/2024 | Nextrush/Self
Multiple massive explosions reported in Ukraine's capital city... Russian air defenses repelling a Ukrainian attack on the port city of Sevastopol... US Central Command says it destroyed two cruise missile launchers in Yemen... The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons saying it can't find evidence to back up the notion of
two ISIS chemical weapons attacks in Syria... Late news from the French political scene tonight National Rally (RN) President Jordan Bardella confirming that an actual deal has been cut with... More US economic warfare against China... Hamas reportedly demanding an Israeli troop pullout from Gaza... An Israeli strike...
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[Catholic Caucus] Dutch Bishop: Fiducia Supplicans Too Much ‘in Tune With Zeitgeist’
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National Catholic Register ^
| June 8, 2024 | AC Wimmer
[Catholic Caucus] Dutch Bishop: Fiducia Supplicans Too Much ‘in Tune With Zeitgeist’A Dutch bishop has described the Vatican’s Fiducia Supplicans declaration, which permits nonliturgical blessings of homosexual couples, as an attempt to “make peace with a secular society.”However, Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of the Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands warned: “Peace
at the expense of morality and truth” is a “most merciless peace imaginable.” “God loves everyone. He loves all sinners, but he hates your sins. He fervently hopes that you will return to him, just as he hoped for the prodigal son’s return. He wants nothing more than...
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EU Elections: Big Gains for Dutch Populist Wilders, Pro-Farmer Party Wins First Seats in EU Parliament
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Breitbart ^
| 06/07/2024 | KURT ZINDULKA
Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders declared his Party for Freedom was the “biggest winner” in the country’s EU Parliament elections on Thursday as exit polls predict massive gains for the anti-mass migration party. The
Party for Freedom (PVV) built upon its recent domestic success on Thursday, with exit polls predicting that the populist party will secure at least seven seats in the next European Parliament after winning zero seats in the 2019 EU elections. According to the initial estimates from Ipsos on behalf of public broadcaster NOS, this marked the largest gains for any Dutch party and the largest total...
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Physically Healthy Dutch Woman Ends Her Life Through Assisted Suicide
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Townhall ^
| 06/03/2024 | Madeline Leesman
A physically healthy 29-year-old Dutch woman ended her life through assisted suicide due to crippling depression and other issues. According
to multiple outlets, officials in the Netherlands gave Zoraya ter Beek, 29, final approval to die by assisted suicide on the grounds of unbearable mental suffering. Ter Beek first applied for euthanasia in 2020. Ter Beek reportedly died last week. As Townhall previously reported, Ter Beek previously aspired to be a psychiatrist, but “was never able to muster the will to finish school or start a career,” she explained in an interview with The Free Press. She suffered from depression,...
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News Summary-Intelligence Report 5/31/2024 Newsdump Friday*Biden Pushes Israel-Hamas Deal*Dutch Warship Uses Taiwan Strait*German Weapons Authorized For Ukrainian Attacks On Russia*North Korean GPS Attacks
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Nextrush Free ^
| 5/31/2024 | Nextrush/Self
A federal appeals court upholding a federal district judge ordering release of criminal defendants in Oregon... The credit rating of France lowered tonight... The US Central Command tallying military actions in and around Yemen... The former Vice Chief of Naval Operations arrested accused of bribery and related charges... Air raid warnings across
most of Ukraine late tonight... Dozens of explosions over the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod tonight... Election results in South Africa... Joe Biden calling for an Israel-Hamas deal to end the conflict... Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos says China is making "assertive moves"... The Netherlands announcing that a Dutch...
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Russian influence probe: Police search offices and home of Dutch MEP's aide
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Euronews ^
| Published on 29/05/2024 - 11:47 | Mared Gwyn Jones
The Belgian prosecutor says the employee played a 'significant role' in a suspected Russian propaganda operation which infiltrated the European Parliament. Brussels and French police carried out a series of simultaneous raids at European Parliament offices in Brussels and Strasbourg as well as at the home of a parliamentary staffer in the
Belgian neighbourhood of Schaerbeek on Wednesday morning. Dutch EU lawmaker Marcel de Graaff confirmed on social media platform X that the staffer in question was his parliamentary assistant, Guillaume Pradoura, but distanced himself from the accusations. "I have no involvement whatsoever in any so-called Russian disinformation operation. I...
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1732: Petrus Vuyst, governor of Dutch Ceylon
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ExecutedToday.com ^
| May 19, 2017 | Headsman
On this date in 1732, the deposed Dutch governor of Ceylon was executed by throat-slashing in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) for abuse of power. Petrus
Vuyst (English Wikipedia entry | Dutch) was a Batavia-born son of a Dutch mercantile empire already well upon its decline phase. Following a loop back to the mother country for espousing and legal training, Vuyst returned to the East Indies and soon advanced in the colonial bureaucracy — governing Dutch Bengal before being appointed the Low Countries’ proconsul in Dutch Ceylon. The scant information about Vuyst is mostly in Dutch; this public domain document details...
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New Dutch coalition government announces 'strictest ever' asylum policy
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Le Monde ^
| 5-16-24
The Dutch government, a coalition of far-right, farmers, liberal and anti-corruption parties, announced a coalition agreement to opt out from EU rules, support Ukraine, and examine moving its embassy to Jerusalem, yet it has not named a prime minister. The
newly agreed Dutch coalition government proposed the "strictest-ever" asylum policy on Thursday, May 16, including an opt-out from European Union rules, and vowed to examine moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem. The 26-page coalition agreement emerged early Thursday after six months of gruelling talks between four parties following the stunning election victory of far-right leader Geert Wilders. The parties said...
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Dutch police use bulldozer to raze Hamas supporters’ camp in Amsterdam University
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YouTube ^
Dutch police use bulldozer to raze Hamas supporters’ camp in Amsterdam University
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Dutch police use bulldozers to destroy Hamas camp at University of Amsterdam.
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Twitter / X / Citizen's Free Press ^
| May 7, 2024 | Staff
Dutch police use bulldozers to destroy Hamas encampment at the University of Amsterdam. After the violence we saw yesterday, this needed to be done. VIDEO
AT LINK....................... NO WORD ON WHETHER ANY RACHEL CORRIES WERE CREATED.............................
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"Explain To Me Why We Don't Have The Right To Exist?" – Dutch Political Commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek Warns Whites Against Massive Demographic Changes In Their Native Countries
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RMX News ^
| 04/27/2024 | John Cody
In an exclusive interview with Remix News, Dutch political commentator and lawyer Eva Vlaardingerbroek warns Europeans that they must take a stand against rapid demographic change or become a minority in their native countries.You’ve spoken a lot about White rights and the White replacement. But
of course this kind of opens you up to these accusations of racism. So, how do conservatives deal with this Catch-22 of not wanting to be replaced in their native countries, but also not wanting to be attacked with this term?You can’t. That’s the thing, you can’t. So you have to pick a side. Of...
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Physically healthy Dutch woman, 28, decides to be euthanized due to crippling depression
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New York Post ^
| April 2, 2024 | Patrick Reilly
A physically healthy 28-year-old Dutch woman has decided to legally end her life due to her struggles with crippling depression, autism and borderline personality disorder, according to a report. Zoraya
ter Beek, who lives in a small village in the Netherlands near the German border, is scheduled to be euthanized in May — despite being in love with her 40-year-old boyfriend and living with two cats. Ter Beek, who once aspired to be a psychiatrist, has been dealing with mental health struggles throughout her life.
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Police say multiple people are being held hostage in a Dutch town. They have evacuated nearby homes
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AP ^
| Staff
EDE, Netherlands (AP) — Heavily armed police cordoned off part of a Dutch town on Saturday, saying that multiple people were being held hostage in a building there.
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Dutch darts players quit national women's team over transgender teammate
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ABC(Australia) ^
| 3/25/24 | Lara Smit
Darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf have announced their departure from the Dutch women's darts team because they refuse to team up with trans woman Noa-Lynn van Leuven. Zijlstra announced she was quitting the team in a post on Facebook. "The moment you're embarrassed to be a part of the
Dutch Team, because a biological man is playing in the women's team, it's time to go," she wrote. "I have tried to accept this, but I can not condone or justify this." "I think that with sports there has to be an equal and level playing field which...
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Dutch Comedian House Raided for Possession of Prop Gun
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AmmoLand ^
| March 18, 2024 | Dean Weingarten
YouTube video combines the original 1-minute comedy skit with the arrival of the police to confiscate the airgun/prop gun. Turn
on captions with English translation. On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, Dutch absurdist comedian Hans Teeuwen uploaded a video mocking Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema. On the table to Teeuwen’s right was an object looking somewhat similar to a pistol. The item may have been included as a jab at the past trouble the Mayor found herself in. Her teenage son was arrested with a deactivated revolver owned by her husband and said to be used as a prop in movie sets.Three...
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News Summary Intelligence Report Wednesday 3/13/2024 Lauren Boebert Responds To Move Against Her, Wilders Will Not Lead New Dutch Gov't, Overhwelming House Vote For TikTok Ban
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Nextrush Free ^
| 3/13/2024 | Nextrush/Self
US Central Command says a missile fired from Yemen landed in the Gulf of Aden... "I's sure that you understand what a difficult period our country is living through..." That's Russian President Vladimir Putin as he urges Russians to vote... In Ukraine late tonight air raid alerts... The European Union agreeing...5 billion
Euro...for Ukraine... US Central Command announcing the use of three aircraft to drop aid... Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce his running mate... US politics and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado staying out of the Special Election for a seat in Congress she is seeking...
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Dutch government scrambling to keep ASML in Netherlands
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Reuters ^
| 03 06 2024 | Toby Sterling
SNIP ASML declined to comment on Wednesday. However, Wennink spoke at an event in The Hague and said he was concerned the business climate in the Netherlands was worsening. "Some
of these elements that made us a great company, those elements are under pressure," he said, citing increasing regulation and a plan to scrap a tax break given to highly skilled immigrants. POTENTIAL CURBS ON FOREIGN STUDENTS Around 40% of ASML's 23,000 employees in the Netherlands are not Dutch. Europe's largest tech company sources parts from around the globe but currently assembles its machines in Veldhoven, Netherlands before shipping them...
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Pushback: Dutch prime minister warns Europeans to stop 'whining' about Trump, focus on Ukraine
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Just the News ^
| February 20, 2024 | Charlotte Hazard
Outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte is imploring Europeans to "stop whining" about Donald Trump and focus on supporting Ukraine. "We should stop moaning and whining and nagging about Trump," Rutte said during the Munich Security Conference, according to Reuters. He didn't say who he would prefer as president in 2024, but
said, "It's up to the Americans. I'm not an American, I cannot vote in the U.S. We have to work with whoever is on the dance floor." While Rutte will be exiting his role as prime minister soon, he is the leading candidate to be the next secretary-general...
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