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Europe Needs to Move Fast to Look for Other Energy Supplies: UK’s Johnson
March 7, 2022
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European countries should move together quickly to look beyond Russia for its oil and gas supplies, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said over the weekend that Washington is in “very active discussions” with European allies over energy sanctions on Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s…
Protest Erupts in Dutch City on First Night of New Lockdown
UTRECHT, Netherlands—Protests broke out in a northern Dutch city Saturday night as a new COVID-19 lockdown forced bars and restaurants to close at 8 p.m. Dutch broadcaster NOS reported that hundreds of young people gathered in a central square in Leeuwarden, 140 kilometers (85 miles) north of Amsterdam. Video showed them setting off fireworks and…
The Netherlands Unveils Its First National Holocaust Monument
AMSTERDAM—A monument listing 102,163 Dutch victims of the Holocaust was unveiled by King Willem-Alexander in Amsterdam on Sunday, the first national memorial to be built in the Netherlands. The monument, designed by Daniel Libeskind, 75, who lost relatives in the Holocaust, lies in the center of the Dutch capital and is a labyrinth of brick…
UK in Race to Evacuate Britons and Afghans as Biden Sets Rescue Deadline
The UK is in a race against time to help British nationals and supportive Afghans leave Afghanistan as the U.S. president suggested rescue missions must be completed within 10 days. President Joe Biden, at a press conference on Friday, signalled U.S. efforts to rescue American citizens could wrap up at the end of the month,…
Dutch PM Rutte Fights for Political Life After Blunder
AMSTERDAM—Dutch opposition parties presented a no-confidence motion in caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte on April 1 and accused him of lying in public about what he had privately discussed during talks to form a Cabinet, presenting the biggest challenge to his leadership in a decade. Rutte was the clear winner of the March 17 parliamentary…
Dutch Propose Curfew to Rein in Virus; Will Ban More Flights
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The Dutch government wants to impose a curfew as part of beefed-up restrictions to rein in the spread of a new more contagious virus variant that already accounts for at least one in 10 Dutch infections. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Wednesday that his government also will ban flights from the UK, South Africa,…
Dutch Government Resigns Over Childcare Subsidies Scandal
THE HAGUE—Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the resignation of his government on Friday, accepting responsibility for years of mismanagement of childcare subsidies, which wrongfully drove thousands of families to financial ruin. Rutte said he had handed his resignation to King Willem-Alexander. The cabinet would remain in place in a caretaker capacity to manage the coronavirus…
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