Dutch Leader Claims Victory Over ‘Wrong Kind of Populism’ in Election
Source: Time BY Mike Corder and Raf Casert / AP Updated: Mar 16, 2017 9:47 PM ET | Originally published: Mar 15, 2017 (THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark […]
View from Turkey: Trying to out-smart Wilders did not work
HAKKI ÖCAL@hakkiocal Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (L) gestures while debating with the Netherlands’ far-right politician Geert Wilders in Rotterdam on March 13, prior to the Dutch parliamentary elections held on March 15. One racist fascist was more than enough in Dutch politics. Rutte lost plain and simple The liberal-turned […]
EU warns Erdogan as Turkey-Netherlands crisis deepens
By AFP – Mar 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Children ride bicycles past election posters in Volendam on Monday, prior to March 15 Dutch parliamentary elections (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — The European Union on Monday warned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to avoid inflammatory rhetoric, as a diplomatic crisis between […]
Dutch election: Voters go to the polls in key test for populists
Source: BBC Voters are going to the polls in the Netherlands in the first of three crucial eurozone elections this year. The race is dominated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s […]
The Netherlands Warily Takes Center Stage as a Pivotal Election Nears
Source: Time By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson / Kerkrade, The Netherlands Mar 13, 2017 They were hardly the headlines the Dutch ruling party would have wanted days before they contest general elections. First, […]
Splintering of Dutch politics augurs instability after election
Reuters International MAR 6, 2017 – Dutch Campaign posters are seen in front of a windmill in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 1 2017. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (reuters_tickers) By Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands faces political disarray after the March 15 election as mainstream parties, diminished by losses […]
Dutch paradox – Voters head for far right amidst rising prosperity
Reuters International MAR 3, 2017 – 11:49 A Dutch flag floats in the port of Volendam near Amsterdam, Netherlands February 11, 2017. Picture taken February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (reuters_tickers) By Toby Sterling VOLENDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) – The Dutch fishing village of Volendam hardly seems like a hotbed of discontent: […]
Wilders at Dutch campaign launch vows to crack down on ‘Moroccan scum’
Reuters International FEB 18, 2017 – Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Thomas Escritt SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU party leader Geert Wilders promised to […]
Act normal or get out. The Netherlands’ election is this year’s first test for Europe’s populists
Geert Wilders is dragging all of Dutch politics in a nationalist direction Feb 11th 2017 | AMSTERDAM “THERE’S something wrong with our country,” began an open letter to the Dutch people published last month. It went on to moan about those who “abuse our country’s freedom to cause havoc, when they […]
Anti-Islam Wilders frontrunner as Dutch election campaign begins
Reuters International FEB 14, 2017 – FILE PHOTO:Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Campaigning for the Dutch election kicks off on Wednesday […]
First commercial models of flying cars go on sale
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Photo courtesy: PAL-V International B.V. The Dutch company PAL-V International B.V. has officially launched sales for its two commercial models of flying cars this week, promising deliveries of the road and air certificated models by the end of 2018. “After years of hard work, beating the technical […]
Dutch far-rightist Wilders says others will soon forget pledge not to work with him
Reuters International FEB 12, 2017 – FILE PHOTO:France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen and Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders take a Selfie during a European far-right leaders meeting to discuss about the European Union, in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By […]
‘If you don’t like it here, then leave’
Source: BBC Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country’s values should leave. “Act normal, or go away,” he says, in a message seen as taking on the anti-immigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls. […]
Dutch PM rules out coalition with anti-Islam Wilders
Source: Daily Sabah Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte ruled out the possibility of a coalition with Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom, who is known for his […]
Netherlands insurer defends coverage for circumcisions
Source: Times of Israel. The right-leaning news blog GeenStijl, which boasts 2 million views per month, wrote that Zilveren Kruis is moving into the niche that until recently was occupied only by specialized insurance companies catering specifically to Muslims. Zilveren Kruis began including non-medical circumcision of boys in some of […]
Netherlands trial: Geert Wilders guilty of incitement
Source: BBC Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, […]
Burka ban backed by Dutch MPs for public places
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionBurkas and niqab veils will be banned in certain public places if the law is passed Dutch MPs have backed a ban on the Islamic full veil in some public places such as schools and hospitals, and on public transport. The niqab face veil and the […]
Dutch populist Geert Wilders to boycott hate speech trial
Source: Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Firebrand Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says he will not attend court next week to face hate speech charges, calling the case against him “a political trial.” Prosecutors have charged Wilders, leader of the populist Dutch Freedom Party, with insulting a group […]
Dutch photographer Oerlemans killed in Libya – employer
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans has been shot dead by a sniper in Sirte, Libya, according to a report on Sunday on the website of the Belgian newspaper he had been working for. Knack said it had been informed of Oerlemans’ […]
‘I want fewer Moroccans’: Dutch far-right MP Wilders asks hate speech case to be dropped
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP SCHIPHOL/ Netherlands Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders sits in a courtroom of the courthouse in Schiphol, the Netherlands March 18, 2016. (REUTERS Photo) Lawyers for Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders on Friday urged judges to drop an upcoming hate speech case […]
