Section: NL Times (The Netherlands)
Ukraine referendum campaign funding questioned
Many questions surround subsidies paid out for campaigns to encourage a public debate on the referendum on the association agreement with the Ukraine, scheduled for 6 April. Some of the subsidy receivers can’t show what they did with the money, if they can be reached at all. And two political parties managed to get their hands on more than...
Voting “no” on Ukraine a “disgrace for the Netherlands” says Van Rompuy
A “no” vote in the referendum on the association agreement between the European Union and the Ukraine in April, would be a “disgrace” for the Dutch government, according to former Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy in an interview with Dutch newspaper Trouw The post Voting “no” on Ukraine a “disgrace for the...
Ukraine referendum a mystery to over a fourth of Dutch people
A massive 27.4 percent of Dutch voters have no idea that there will be a referendum on the association agreement between the European Union and the Ukraine in April, according to a study done by research firm Ipsos, Kieskompas and newspaper Trouw. The post Ukraine referendum a mystery to over a fourth of Dutch people appeared first on NL Times....
80 investigators assigned to bring MH17 perpetrators to justice
A team of 80 police officers are assigned to the criminal investigation into the MH17 disaster. They are working from both the Netherlands and Ukraine, according to Wilbert Paulissen, head of the national detectives The post 80 investigators assigned to bring MH17 perpetrators to justice appeared first on NL Times. …read more Source: NL...
UKIP leader Nigel Farage to deliver Anti-EU speech in Netherlands
Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independent Party, will be giving a speech in Amsterdam on April 4th, two days before the referendum about the association agreement with the Ukraine. The post UKIP leader Nigel Farage to deliver Anti-EU speech in Netherlands appeared first on NL Times. …read more Source: NL...
Report: Russia leaders sent missile that struck MH17 to Ukraine
The head of the Russian army and President Vladimir Putin made the decision to send the BUK missile system that shot down flight MH17 to the front in Ukraine. They are therefore responsible for the MH17 disaster, according to international research collective Bellingcat in a report they published on Wednesday The post Report: Russia leaders sent...
Dutch strategy to influence Ukraine “yes” vote leaks out
The Dutch government recruited dozens of Dutch celebrities and opinion leaders to convince the public to vote “yes” in the so-called Ukraine referendum, according to a comprehensive communication strategy around the referendum The post Dutch strategy to influence Ukraine “yes” vote leaks out appeared first on NL Times. …read...
Some 700 polling places shuttered on Ukraine referendum day
About 10 percent of voting stations in the Netherlands will not be open for voting in the Ukraine referendum on April 6th, according to a survey done by NOS among the Dutch municipalities. The post Some 700 polling places shuttered on Ukraine referendum day appeared first on NL Times. …read more Source: NL...
Report: Ukraine “doing nothing” to recover stolen Dutch art
The Ukraine is not taking the investigation into Dutch art seriously stolen from the Westfries museum in 2015 seriously. The art, which was discovered to be in the Ukraine last year, is still being offered for sale, according to EenVandaag. Stolen art hunters Arthur Brand and Alex Omhoff are on the track of an Ukrainian in the Netherlands who...
Netherlands won’t protest Ukraine over missing MH17 radar pics
The Dutch government will not be filing an international protest for the missing radar images of the flight MH17 disaster, despite parties in the lower house of parliament insisting on it. The government believes that there is enough information for the criminal investigation into the crash, was revealed during a parliamentary debate on the...
