‘Spot’, during a press presentation in Hamburg on April 1 this year.Image AP New York police stop deploying robot dog ‘Digidog’. Critics criticize the robot because it is used as a surveillance device without the thing showing what it can and cannot do. In addition, the robot beast is said to symbolize the further militarization…
Month: April 2021
Funeral company Yarden once again in financial trouble
Funeral insurance company Yarden is still in need of money. Due to setbacks in the financial market, the company has too little capital to meet all its obligations in the longer term. This is stated in a financial report from the insurer. The disappointing buffers, which have fallen below the legal minimum, are related to,…
In this hotel in Deventer you just keep looking outside!
The stately building of the Pillows Luxury Boutique Hotel Aan de IJssel in Deventer (quite a mouthful!) Is not new: the 19th-century monumental accommodation previously housed hotel Sandton IJselhotel. Since 1 March, it has been part of the Pillows chain, which now has seven hotels, including Deventer and Amsterdam and Zwolle. The doors opened fully…
Concerns about the cruel fate of interpreters who assist Dutch in Afghanistan, now that Westen is leaving there
Barigul, an Afghan interpreter who was recently in hiding in territory recaptured by the Taliban.Sculpture Marcel van den Bergh ‘We are really concerned,’ says Hiske van den Bergh of Refugee Work Netherlands. There are no precise figures on interpreters, because the IND does not register them separately. ‘As far as we know, no more than…
Brussels accuses Apple of abuse of power via App Store
If found guilty, Apple could be fined and forced to make changes. The latter in particular can be detrimental to the company; it will be able to pay a fine without any problems. When asked, Vestager said that the Commission is not concerned with the height of the commission that Apple is asking, but with…
Would you like to enjoy a star lunch on the terrace? It’s possible at this restaurant in Amstelveen!
Most of his colleagues keep their terraces closed until the restaurants are allowed to open inside. They think the risk of bad weather in May is too great and there is no alternative option to go inside. Moreover, in bad weather, many fresh products will have to be thrown away and restaurants cannot afford that…
Less KPN turnover in the first quarter, but slightly more profit
In line with the downward trend in recent years, telecom company KPN generated less turnover in the first three months of this year. Compared to the first quarter of last year, at the end of which the corona pandemic reached the Netherlands, turnover decreased by 2.9 percent and amounted to just under 1.3 billion euros,…
This is the ultimate lamb wine of 2021
Luxury lodges between the vines have now been built at the Fons Aaldering winery in Devon Valley. They are run by daughter Jacqueline and her husband Gert-Jan. Reinhard Odendaal is responsible for the vineyard. Now the third ‘winemaker’ since it was founded. After graduating from the wine university of Stellenbosch, Odendaal learned the trade mainly…
New festival in Tilburg: Spoorpark LIVE with Krezip, Kensington and Danny Vera | News at Festivalinfo
Through sjoertb on April 29, 2021 – 11:00 AM A new two-day pop festival is coming to Tilburg. On Saturday, August 14 and Sunday, August 15, ‘Spoorpark LIVE‘place in Spoorpark Tilburg. Within a ten minute walk of the central station. The first part of the program has already been announced. Play on the main stage…
Ecuador follows progressive trend in Latin America with broadening of abortion law
Demonstration for abortion rights in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, September 2020.Image AP With the judgment of the Constitutional Court, Ecuador joined a group of Latin American countries on Wednesday that are broadening abortion laws. There are more and more pro-abortion protests on the continent. In January, abortion was fully legalized in Argentina. Rape resulting…