Chloe-Kusya Queen (24, left) fled from St. Petersburg to the Netherlands at the beginning of March with partner Chloe-Kusya Queen (21, right).Statue Harry Cock / de Volkskrant Katya (43) and her husband Alex (42) fled Russia in early March with their son Damian (12), their daughter (17) and their disabled foster son (12). Because they…
Bas Godska and his Ukrainian wife Kseniya happened to be in the Netherlands on business when Russia invaded Ukraine. The Dutch IT businessman has lived in the country where his family comes from since 2013. “We immediately started bringing friends and family to safety from here,” Godska says. A foundation soon arose from this. “We…
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Many people will not recognize this object at all. It is a handkerchief holder, owned by Wil Sloothaak-Metzger and made by auntie Aaltje Tromp from the Frisian town of Sloten. “She and Uncle Jentje took my brother and me in during the hunger winter in the war,” says Wil Sloothaak. “After our flight from Amsterdam,…
A colony on Mars, combating climate change with electric cars, repairing brain damage by implanting a chip: too many ambitions for one human life, you might say. But that’s not the case with Elon Musk. This week, a new challenge was added: changing Twitter. The board of the online platform has approved Musk’s $44 billion…
No pressure in Hungary’s Druzhba oil pipeline.Image REUTERS In any case, Hungary seems to be giving in – not coincidentally, the country that, despite the Russian barbarism in Ukraine, still rubs against Moscow. Hungary’s foreign minister told CNN on Thursday that his country would give in to Putin’s demand to pay for Russian gas through…
The misleading ‘from-for-discounts’ in stores are being curbed. Entrepreneurs are no longer allowed to temporarily increase the price of a product and then present it with a so-called large discount. The government has determined this in an elaboration of an agreement that applies to the entire EU. In concrete terms, this means that the ‘from-price’…
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You may have used rice to resuscitate your phone after it fell into water (worst case scenario: the toilet). Rice absorbs water, but also odor. It is therefore ideal for making your own DIY air freshener. you need this All you need is one or two cups of rice, a nice glass jar and your…
People demonstrate in the center of Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, against the military coup of a week earlier, February 8, 2021.Image AFP “The people of Myanmar stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, which are facing brutal Russian aggression, and we support the strong international response. At the same time, the situation in…
KLM will cancel 47 flights on Saturday and Sunday due to the crowds at Schiphol. 28 flights have already been canceled today. More cancellations cannot be ruled out, the airline says. A KLM spokesperson said earlier that the flights will be removed from the schedule as a preventive measure to relieve the workload. Yesterday Schiphol…
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It is still a bit of a search for what they attract the most attention: as a Zero Emission Boatshow or as a Zeeland Electric Boatshow. And so both names are used for the ZEBS. That abbreviation covers both charges. It is not yet an electric Hiswa in the water, but an initiative of The…