From Tuesday, Germany will require all travelers from the Netherlands without a vaccination or recovery certificate to go into quarantine for ten days. The Netherlands is now a high-risk area for Germany, the infection figures in the Netherlands are about twenty times higher than those in Germany when converted to population. How do the German…
Volunteer Roelinda Riemersma (striped shirt) works during the holiday week for people with dementia and partners. A man has bought a present for his wife’s birthday.Statue Marcel van den Bergh / de Volkskrant The Groningen Roelinda (‘write that I’m somewhere in my fifties’) spreads a slice of bread, tops it with a slice of cheese,…
A 45-year-old truck driver from Melissant who may have deliberately killed a motorcycle cop on July 7, will be detained for three months longer, the Public Prosecution Service reported. The Rotterdam colleagues of the agent are deeply touched and say that their mate has been ‘broken down’. Mark MiserusJuly 22, 2021, 18:47 Driving in formation,…
Due to corona pressure, hospitals have to catch up on many tens of thousands of operations. But will it work, even now that healthcare staff is struggling with dropout again and more corona patients are entering the hospital? Hessel von PiekartzJuly 22, 2021, 20:48 These days, Peter Sertons (65) hardly dares to look at his…
The suicide powder drug X, which is recommended by Coöperatie Last Will.Statue Marcel van den Bergh / de Volkskrant According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the man also appears to be a member of the Cooperative Last Will (CLW), the organization that is committed to a humane way to end life independently. The man…
British Home Secretary Priti Patel.Image EPA British Home Secretary Priti Patel has come under fire for a planned amendment to the law that would curb press freedom. The minister is used to some criticism. Progressive Brits, in particular, find it difficult to accept that a woman with a migration background holds very conservative views. The…
Jeff Bezos receives unofficial astronaut wings from former Space Shuttle commander and Blue Origin employee Jeff Ashby after the successful flight with the New Shepard rocket.Image Getty Images The flight, Tuesday, with rocket New Shepard from Bezos’s space company Blue Origin, no one takes them anymore. But the hoped-for sequel, the official recognition as an…
Journalists are handing in daily saliva tests in the run-up to the start of the Tokyo Olympics.Image AFP Have you recovered from your period in self-isolation? ‘I was only in isolation for three days, which was not too bad. Athletes who become infected have to go to a quarantine hotel for ten days. Then they…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visiting Afghanistan in early 2019.Image Getty Images Although China is talking about the future that the Afghan people will decide for themselves, Beijing is not happy with the departure of Western troops from Afghanistan. For China, only one thing matters and that is stability. In that regard, the tiny 76-kilometre…
Tourists at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.Image Getty Images The German government will announce the exact rules on Friday. Various German media state on the authority of government sources that the Netherlands and Spain will become ‘high-risk areas’ from tomorrow. This classification means that holidaymakers without a vaccine or recovery certificate must first be quarantined, including…