Section: The Netherlands
Russian Prosecutor General Accuses ‘Right Sector’ of Using Social Media to Overthrow the Kremlin
One of the currently available VKontakte pages for the Ukrainian nationalist organization “Right Sector.” Image by Tetyana Lokot. In a new report, Russian Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, has publicly accused Ukrainian nationalist group “Right Sector” of attempts to use the Internet to stage mass unrest in Russia, in a bid to overthrow the...
How Ukraine Is Dealing With the European Refugee Crisis
The refugee center in Yahotyn, a town not far from the Ukrainian capital, was built to house asylum seekers from all over the world. Image from YouTube. From “health hazards” to “an opportunity to boost the national economy”—this is the broad range of speculations Ukrainian politicians are using to explain what can happen when Ukraine opens its...
Brussels attacks, referendum: little impact on Dutch voting plans
The attacks in Brussels and the Ukraine referendum have had little impact on potential voting patterns in the Netherlands, according… …read more Source:...
Dutch government wins time to renegotiate Ukraine treaty in narrow vote
MPs have narrowly voted in favour of giving the cabinet more time to find a solution for the Dutch ‘no’… …read more Source:...
Wilders threatens lawsuit over Ukraine Referendum inaction
PVV leader Geert Wilders wants to take Prime Minister Mark Rutte to court. According to Wilders, the Prime Minister is breaking the law by not immediately responding to the “no”-vote in the referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. The post Wilders threatens lawsuit over Ukraine Referendum inaction appeared...
Paintings stolen decade ago from Hoorn museum recovered in Ukraine
Four of 24 paintings stolen from the Westfries Museum in Hoorn in 2005 were recovered in the Ukraine, the Ukrainian secret service SBU announced in a press conference in Kiev. And those four are “really the most prestigious and missed pieces”, Ad Geerdink, director of the museum, said to newspaper Trouw. The post Paintings stolen...
Senate to force Netherlands out of Ukraine deal
The Dutch government may be forced by the Senate to remove its signature from the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine. The governing coalition of VVD and PvdA do not have a majority in the Senate, and all other parties seem set to vote for withdrawal from the deal. Prime Minister Mark Rutte stated that the cabinet will make a...
Dutch to respond to Ukraine referendum ‘no’ by September
The cabinet will finalise its official response to last week’s referendum on the EU’s treaty with Ukraine by September at… …read more Source:...
Hilversum building MH17 memorial to residents killed in plane crash
Hilversum is building a monument in Dudokpark to commemorate the 15 residents of the city who were killed in the MH17 disaster. The monument will be unveiled on July 17th, exactly two years after the Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine The post Hilversum building MH17 memorial to residents killed in plane crash appeared...
Referendum pressures Netherlands to craft new Ukraine policy
The Dutch government will come with an reaction to the Netherlands “no”-vote in the Ukraine referendum last week, and plans on how to proceed, by September at the latest, Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs wrote in a letter to Parliament on Tuesday. The post Referendum pressures Netherlands to craft new Ukraine policy appeared...
