Tourists at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.Image AP Italy was the first European country to be hit by the corona virus in early 2020. It quickly became the largest corona fire in Europe. The country was hermetically locked and tourism, an important source of income for many Italians, was hit hard. Now that the epidemic…
Lawyer Alexander Admiraal van Kamil E. will arrive at the Amsterdam court on Monday.Image ANP Only Kamil E. (36) was present Monday morning, via a video link. Delano G. (22) waived his right to attend the hearing in the high-security court in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. G. is suspected of being the shooter. The Polish Kamil E….
Chef Emile van der Staak at work in De Nieuwe Winkel in Nijmegen, 2021.Statue Aurélie Geurts The Michelin Guide Netherlands announced this on Monday during the award ceremony in the De La Mar Theater in Amsterdam. Eight cuisines lose their star, as a result of which the Netherlands will gain net with five star restaurants….
Rodolfo Hernández, the surprise of the first round of the presidential election in Colombia.Image AP A rich man of 77 years is the big surprise of the first round of the Colombian presidential elections. ‘I define myself as Rodolfo Hernández, an engineer who wants to drive the crooks out of the government. That’s all.’ In…
Dancing young people in a club.Statue Marcel van den Bergh / de Volkskrant What is needle spiking? It is a variant of a well-known phenomenon: perpetrator drugs victim in nightlife by putting something in a drink, with the intention of making someone defenseless against sexual abuse or robbery. In the case of needle spiking, the…
An injured woman waits for assistance at a humanitarian aid center in Severodonetsk. Due to the heavy fighting, the city is virtually cut off from the rest of the Donbas region.Image SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Severodonetsk is the largest city of the Donbas that is still in Ukrainian hands. Russia must conquer her in order…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen on a screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing.Image Reuters Bachelet publicly criticized the Chinese government for its ill-treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but she was so cautious that human rights groups blamed her for being submissive to Beijing….
Amsterdam Lelylaan station is considered to be the most unsafe station in the capital.Image Joris van Gennip / ANP How common is sexual violence on the train? Sexual violence is a society-wide problem, but there are a number of factors that make it extra vulnerable, such as half-empty compartments in the evenings or excessive alcohol…
The ambrosius plant, the culprit in hay fever, is on the rise.Statue Harry Cock / de Volkskrant Warmer winters allow plants to flower earlier and species such as ambrosius do better, so that species continue to flower in September and secrete the pollen that causes allergic reactions. Drought also means that pollen hangs longer in…
Als presidentskandidaat maakte Joe Biden een hoofdthema van migratie om zich af te kunnen zetten tegen zijn rivaal. Biden zou afrekenen met ‘Trumps schadelijke asielregels’ en beloofde een ‘eerlijk, geordend en humaan’ systeem. Wat is er van die beloften terechtgekomen? Thomas Rueb28 mei 2022, 11:00 De geur is onmiskenbaar. Aan de oever van de Rio…