by Reza Bakhtali Thirty years ago in the Netherlands we still mainly drank black tea. If you were lucky you could choose from some fruit flavors and / or cinnamon. You only drank green tea with the Chinese. In the meantime, you can stand at least half an hour in front of the tea shelf…
Month: February 2020
Unilever is selling more sauce, ice cream and detergents, despite the corona crisis
Unilever seems to be getting through the corona crisis well. The producer of Knorr, Magnum, Dove and Omo, among others, has seen sales increase in the third quarter. The impact of corona on catering and tourist destinations has been offset by more sales in the supermarket. Ice creams and sauce in particular are now consumed…
Brussels and London enter the very last Brexit round – only three weeks before a possible agreement
EU negotiator Michel Barnier (R) and Europe adviser to British Prime Minister David Frost.Image AP On Wednesday evening, EU negotiator Barnier and his British counterpart Frost announced that they would resume negotiations. That happened after five days of arguing between London and Brussels. British Prime Minister Johnson said last Friday that Barnier was no longer…
Paul Kalkbrenner, Nina Kraviz, Paul van Dyk and more to Exit Festival 2021 | News at Festivalinfo
A second set of names has been revealed for this Exit Festival 2021. David Guetta, DJ Snake, Tyga, Eric Prydz and Sepultura, among others, were announced earlier. Now the program has been expanded with more famous and emerging artists. Paul Kalkbrenner, Nina Kraviz, Sheck Wes, Honey Dijon, Paul van Dyk, Solomun, 999999999, François X, Juliana…
Kelderman overjoyed with pink jersey after toughest stage of his life | NOW
Wilco Kelderman had a tough time on Thursday in the spectacular eighteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, but the Dutchman is delighted that he has conquered the pink jersey with three days to go. “It was a bizarre day, the hardest ride of my life,” said 29-year-old Kelderman after the stage with almost 6,000 vertical…
Dutchman hacks President Trump’s Twitter account again
A Dutch ethical hacker had access to the Twitter account of US President Trump on Friday. Research by Vrij Nederland shows that the hacker in question, Victor Gevers (44), guessed the correct password after seven attempts: maga2020 !, referring to the campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” of the president. The so-called two-step verification turned…
Million euros for more research into poo transplantation against diabetes | NOW
The Diabetes Research Foundation and the Diabetes Fund are donating 1 million euros to the Amsterdam UMC to continue research into the role of intestinal bacteria in type 1 diabetes, both organizations report in a press release on Thursday morning. Previous research shows that a poo transplant may play an important role in the fight…
Oral cancer in young men: what about it?
Almost all tumors of the mouth or pharynx originate in the mucous membrane. Oral cancer is more common in men than women and usually over the age of 45. Recently, research has been done showing that mouth and throat cancer is increasingly occurring at a young age worldwide. Trend In the Netherlands, oral cancer is…
Obligation to house poultry due to new bird flu
There will be a housing requirement for all poultry farms that keep 250 or more animals. Minister Schouten is taking this measure in response to the recent find of six dead mute swans in Kockengen, near Utrecht. Avian influenza of the variant H5N8 was found in two of the animals. A dead wigeon from the…
German tuner makes the nose of new BMWs beautiful again
Tuning companies are normally accused of making existing car models bigger and uglier by adding spoilers, wider screens and other sometimes controversial changes. This time, however, it seems that a German tuner is actually going to make an existing model more beautiful. In a YouTube video, Andreas Belzek, Prior’s boss, expressed his displeasure with the…