by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2022 A Bill Gates-funded grocery in the Netherlands which sells synthetic meats was destroyed in a fire on July 10. Officials in the Netherlands are investigating the cause of the blaze which gutted the online-delivery grocery store Picnic in the town of Almelo. The chain, which received millions of dollars […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2022 There is Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, and then there are actual insurrections. In Sri Lanka, protesters stormed the residences of the country’s prime minister and president as the nation’s economy collapsed. Both officials resigned. In the Netherlands, farmers are rebelling against what they say is a […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2022 Isn’t it a bummer when you can’t sail your $485 million yacht out to sea because a bridge is in the way? It’s a floating city so airlifting it over the bridge is probably not possible. What to do. What to do. You pay the municipality where the […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2022 Scenes out of the Netherlands and Canada over the past few days show freedom is under siege worldwide, all under the guise of stopping the spread of the Omicron variant. In Amsterdam, riot police fired water cannons to disperse protesters. Police deployed dogs against those who got too […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Responding to the Berlin Blockade, the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, and the looming threat from the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Western European states formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On 4 April 1949, the foreign Ministers of twelve countries including the USA, Britain, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2018 Police said they arrested seven individuals who were plotting a terrorist attack on a major event in the Netherlands. Dutch authorities said the seven suspects allegedly tried to obtain AK-47s, hand grenades and materials to make bombs, UPI reported on Sept. 27. “The plan may have involved jackets packed […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2017 In a heated debate with Prime Minister Mark Rutte on March 13, Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders said “we need to choose for our own people … and not for the asylum seekers.” “You are not the prime minister of the Netherlands, but of the foreigners,” Wilders said of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2017 The rising tide of euroskepticism has crossed the North Sea and made it to the shores of the Netherlands. Following elections in March, the Dutch parliament will debate whether to end its relationship with the euro in what has been dubbed “Nexit”. The Party of Freedom, led by Geert […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2016 Text of statement by Dutch parliament member and Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders after his Dec. 9 conviction on charges of public insult and incitement to discrimination. Wilders and his PVV party have risen strongly in the polls since the verdict was announced. “Dear friends, I still […]
