Tag: #Netherlands
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Dutch extend Covid curbs, shorten curfew hours: PM
The Hague, (24th March, 2021, 01:26 am) (AFP/APP):The Netherlands is extending its coronavirus restrictions until April 20 as cases are rising, but will shorten its controversial nighttime curfew by one hour, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday. “The number of infections has climbed again and more people are in hospital again. That is the worrying…
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Dutch Vote in ‘COVID Election’ as Rutte Aims for Fourth Term
The Dutch are voting in the ‘COVID election’ as Rutte aims for a fourth term.
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Dutch vote in Covid-dominated election
The Hague, March 15 (AFP/APP):The Netherlands began three days of socially-distanced voting Monday in one of the first major tests of a European government’s coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte expected to win another term in office. Bike-through voting centres and polling booths in railway stations and even a miniature theme park opened to…
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Coronavirus set to dominate Dutch elections
The Hague, March 9 (AFP/APP):Dutch voters head to the polls next week in the first major test of a European government’s coronavirus policies in 2021, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte on course to win a fourth term in office. Despite the Netherlands recently suffering the worst riots for decades over its Covid curfew, Rutte leads…
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Dutch Covid curfew extended, exceptions for vote: PM
The Hague, March 8 (AFP/APP):The Netherlands will extend its controversial coronavirus curfew until March 31 with exceptions for a general election next week, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday. Four days of riots broke out when the overnight curfew, the first in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation during World War II, was introduced on…
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EU Calls for Regular Virus Tests on Mink Farms
EU has called for regular virus tests on Mink farms.
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Turkey probes tweet by Dutch far-right chief Wilders
Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders over a tweet depicting Recip Tayip Erdogan as a “terrorist”
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Dutch snow keeps some Covid sites, schools closed
The Netherlands remained gripped by snow and freezing temperatures causing schools and even some vaccination centres to shut down
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Dutch Hit by First Snowstorm in Decade as Europe Shivers
The Dutch have been hit by the first snowstorm in a decade as Europe shivers.
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Dutch hit by first snowstorm in a decade as Europe shivers
The Hague, Feb 7 (AFP/APP):The Netherlands and parts of Germany were blanketed on Sunday by a snowstorm that disrupted planes and trains and put some coronavirus testing on hold. Britain was also bracing for heavy snow from what Dutch meteorologists have called Storm Darcy, which is packing winds of up to 90 kilometres (55 miles)…