Only 10 percent of employees want to go back to work full-time in the office after corona. In contrast, 20 percent never want to go to the physical workplace at all. The rest, 70 percent, want to work ‘hybrid’ (partly at home, partly at the office). This is apparent from a poll by trade union…
Month: June 2021
Day recipe: This is how you make potato gratin with chicken and Gruyère
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and rub an oven dish with some butter. Slice the potatoes nice and thin (about 3 mm), arrange them on the bottom of the baking dish and season generously with salt and pepper. Cut the chicken breast into thin strips and place them over the potato slices, season again…
“Everyone in France is now pointing to the national coach”
A disappointed French fan in Lyon after the elimination against Switzerland.Image AFP How big is the hangover in the French after the loss of Les Bleus? ‘From the Netherlands, I’m used to everyone becoming very quiet in the pub after a loss, packing their things and leaving as quickly as possible. But here in Paris,…
Due to lockdowns, almost a third fewer travel kilometers in 2020
The lockdowns left a heavy mark on the travel behavior of Dutch people last year. The number of kilometers traveled in 2020 decreased by a third compared to the previous year. Statistics Netherlands reports that the Dutch traveled 147 billion kilometers on foot, by bicycle, car, train or other means of transport last year. That…
Reader responses: ‘Travel with a PCR test is doable’
Going on vacation just like that is out of the question for the time being. If you want to go abroad, you must prepare well. A negative result of a PCR test or antigen (rapid) test is required for many destinations. It’s all a matter of figuring out and planning well, but for most who…
Inspection: mistakes in hacking by police last year too
For the second year in a row, the police have incompletely recorded exactly what was done when hacking suspects’ devices. That is what the Justice and Security Inspectorate says. Also last year, as in 2019, commercial software was used to search devices while that software is managed by a commercial party. The inspectorate has investigated…
Extreme heat west coast US and Canada disrupts public life: 47.5 degrees
A special cooling area in the state of Oregon.Image AFP Record temperatures were measured in the three cities on Monday. In Salem, the capital of the state of Oregon, it became 47.2 degrees. This has never happened since around 1890, when temperature tracking in the city was started. In Portland, 46.1 degrees was measured at…
Home Owners Association: the sale process of a home is not always fair
A lot goes wrong with viewings and bidding on owner-occupied houses. That is what Vereniging Eigen Huis says on the basis of about 600 experiences that were shared via the Unfair Bidding Practices hotline. The association opened that hotline at the end of March. The organization advocates stricter codes of conduct for brokers. Stories were…
The Dutch like to eat out on holiday, preferably more than twice a week
One in three even wants to eat out every day, according to a survey by The Fork among 2,500 users. Spain popular The online restaurant reservation platform sees an increase in the number of reservations made by Dutch people in restaurants abroad. In the second quarter of 2021, half of all reservations made by the…
North Korean broadcaster talks about ’emaciated’ leader Kim
Photos released by the North Korean government. Kim Jong-un on the left on February 8, on the right on June 15.Image AP Because the health of North Korea’s leaders has been a deeply kept secret for decades, Pyongyang’s sudden openness about Kim’s weight is attracting worldwide attention. The US and South Korea are following the…