The Turkish consulate in the Netherlands is telling Turks to report any insults they hear about the Turkish President. The Turkish government is currently embroiled in a debate about free speech in Germany. German comedian Jan Böhmermann mocked Turkish president
The German and Dutch armies and navies are poised to “merge”, creating the nucleus of the European Union’s longed for pan-EU military force. Pointing to German ministerial statements spelling out the creation of an EU Army as the ultimate goal,
It’s almost two weeks since the rejection of the the European Union (EU)-Ukraine Association Agreement by Dutch voters, but what happens next remains unknown. Observers and interested parties are beginning to wonder when the Dutch government will finally decide how it will handle
Just days after rejecting the European Union (EU)/Ukraine Association Agreement in a nationwide vote, Dutch voters are increasingly looking to a referendum on the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as their next target. TTIP supporters will be increasingly concerned that voters in the Netherlands
The European Commission is to press ahead with plans to grant visa-free travel to 45 million Ukrainians, despite over 60 per cent of Dutch voters rejecting the European Union (EU)-Ukraine trade deal last week. An unnamed senior EU source told
Voters in the Netherlands referendum have overwhelmingly rejected the expansionist European Union (EU) in a referendum held today, though at the time of going to publish, concerns are raging about the low turnout in the plebiscite. Polls closed at 9pm
Dutch voters go to the polls today to vote in one of the country’s only major referendums in its 400 year history. Voters were able to take part in the referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine from 7am this morning.
Imam Yassin Elforkani says that dozens of Muslim young men in Amsterdam have already moved so far into radicalism that nothing will restrain them. Elforkani asserts that a terrorist attack is coming to Amsterdam within the next 18 months. He
The website behind the near half a million signatures which prompted the Netherlands’ very own referendum on the European Union has published a humorous video of the UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage “sailing” to the country today to observe
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage is in Amsterdam in the Netherlands today to help the country’s Eurosceptics campaign in a referendum on the European Union scheduled for Wednesday. The referendum, which isn’t about EU membership, but rather, an
Dutch voters will decide on Wednesday whether to support a European treaty deepening ties with Ukraine in a referendum that will test sentiment towards Brussels ahead of Britain’s June Brexit vote and could also bring a boost for Russia. The
An anti-Russian, pro-Ukrainian poster created by the youth wing of the Netherlands’ Labour movement has been banned from Dutch railway stations because it is considered excessively offensive. Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the Dutch national railways company, said in a statement the
In Amsterdam a severed head was found laying in the open street. It is just the latest gruesome murder in what is being called the “MOCRO War” involving North African migrants from Morocco. Amsterdam resident Stan Koeman made the discovery.
The Netherlands’ best-selling newspaper has presented damning testimony that the criminal trial against anti-Islamification campaigner Geert Wilders is flawed, with many complainant declarations “fake”. Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders’ trial for supposed hate speech started this morning,
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Geert Wilders, the right-wing politician who was acquitted five years ago of making anti-Islam remarks, goes on trial again Friday for allegedly inciting hatred against the Dutch Moroccan minority. The case comes as Wilders and other populist
The leader of the Dutch branch of the anti-Islamisation PEGIDA movement was arrested on Saturday for refusing to take off a child’s hat shaped like a pig. Edwin Wagensveld was leading a demonstration in the town of Ede against plans
A local leader of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) has resigned his position after sending out a tweet saying that he wished populist firebrand Geert Wilders would die of a heart attack. The offending tweet was one of several sent late Thursday morning by Willem den
Everyone is familiar with calls to donate blood, stem cells, bone marrow and organs, but the opening of a new ‘poo bank’ in the Netherlands means it is now possible to donate your faeces. The ‘poo bank’, more formally referred
The Chairman of the Dutch Labour Party has claimed Geert Wilders poses a threat to democracy and the rule of law after recent calls from the populist leader for supporters to “resist” the building of migrant centres and threats they
The Jerusalem Post reports: Knesset Finance Committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni is up in arms after learning of a recent decision by the Dutch government to cease paying benefits to Holocaust survivors who have immigrated to Israel. Speaking in the
Dutch riot police yesterday intervened to break up an anti-migrant protest in the Brabant village of Heesch which spiralled out of control after stones, fireworks and eggs were thrown at the town hall. Three of the 1,000 or so people attending the anti-migrant protest were
A veteran of the Dutch Army has been arrested on suspicion of murder, as it is thought that he killed Islamic State (IS) terrorists when fighting alongside Kurdish YPG forces in Syria. Jitse Akse, 47, was arrested on Wednesday. He
The mayor of Eindhoven in the Netherlands has banned seven foreign imams from addressing an Islamic conference in the city this week, a decision which the organisers attempted to appeal. Mayor Rob van Gijzel took the decision to ban the seven foreign imams
Dutch member of parliament and anti radical-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders has reacted angrily to calls for him to distance himself from anti-migrant action, telling his critics to ‘drop dead’. The Party for Freedom leader has come under steady fire from
Dutch police on Wednesday fired warning shots in an effort to disperse a crowd, as a protest against plans to house asylum-seekers in a small town turned into a riot. Police in Geldermalsen, near Utrecht, said via their official Twitter
Despite a government minister’s opposition, five gay migrants in Amsterdam have been moved to a new location after they were threatened, spat on and attacked by other residents housed in their refugee centre. The threats and attacks against gay migrants are so
Europe must work to keep the dream of the passport-free Schengen zone alive, Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (pictured above) said Wednesday, adding it would be a priority for his country as it takes over the EU presidency. The Netherlands holds
Rotterdam police have arrested three men after finding a suspicious car with a Belgian licence plate, but ruled out a link to the hunt for a fugitive in the Paris attacks, Dutch media said Friday. The men were held after
Contents: Hong Kong ‘boos’ China with paper signs at soccer match; Netherlands – Germany football match cancelled after ‘concrete threat’; Brussels, Belgium, has become the center for European terror
A soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled less than two hours before it was scheduled to begin, and the stadium in Hannover evacuated, due to unspecified “security concerns.” According to Conflict News, there are now reports that German police “discovered a truck bomb disguised as a rescue vehicle” near the stadium.
Police seized “offensive” Mohammed cartoons during a demonstration by the Dutch branch of the Patriotic European Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) movement in the city of Utrecht this weekend. The rally, which attracted around 150 supporters, criticised the
The Dutch Safety Board has published a report on the destruction of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, concluding that the plane was brought down last July by a missile launched from eastern Ukraine.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday they have raided Uber‘s European headquarters in Amsterdam as part of a criminal investigation into whether the company is offering illegal taxi services. A spokeswoman for the Netherlands’ national financial crimes
A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutch European policy. GeenStijl,
Migrants at the Ter Apel camp in the Netherlands have complained about feeling “bored”, having to eat bad food and not having fast enough internet. A video posted on Live Leak shows the migrants, who many believe to be desperately
When European elites speak of their fears surrounding the migrant crisis, it isn’t demographic change or rising crime they mention – but the political right wing which offers an alternative. Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, European Commission vice president Frans
Contents: Hungary slams closed the door to thousands of new migrants; European Union’s Schengen agreement for borderless travel unravels; Egypt mistakenly kills Mexican tourists, Mexico demands explanation
As Europe’s migrant crisis reaches a head, Austria, Slovakia and the Netherlands announced their intentions Monday to join Germany and the Czech Republic in reintroducing border controls to stem the tide of migrants crossing into Europe, especially now that Germany
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders called the wave of refugees pushing into Europe an “Islamic invasion”, during a parliamentary debate on Thursday that exposed deep divisions over how the Netherlands should respond to the crisis. European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker
Contents: Russian women increasingly marrying Chinese men; Germany ends its Patriot missile deployment in Turkey
