Prime Minster Mark Rutte incompletely informed parliament about talks that senior Dutch officials had with Russia. Rutte said that these conversations were only a "free exchange of views", but the talks included controversial topics and agreements were made, Follow the Money and The Investigative Desk reported.
The Netherlands officially severed ties with Russia after flight MH17 was shot down in 2014, but communications were picked up again three years later. Senior officials from the Ministries of Economic Affairs and Foreign Affairs resumed talks with their Russian colleagues. The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, only found out about this after the two research platforms reported about it earlier in the year.
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July 28, 2021
Nederland: Dit land heeft honderd dagen na de verkiezingen een echt kabinet nodig, Nederland moet weer geregeerd worden - door Henk van der Laan
Na ruim honderd dagen na de verkiezingen is er nog altijd geen zicht op een nieuw kabinet. En dat terwijl er genoeg problemen in Nederland zijn die schreeuwen om beleid door een volwaardig kabinet.
Note Almere Digest: The Netherlands still has no real functioning decission making government , 100 days after the general election. Maybe it is time for demissionnary PM Rutte to read the writing on the wall?
Read Morte at: Dit land heeft honderd dagen na de verkiezingen een echt kabinet nodig, Nederland moet weer geregeerd worden | Commentaar - Friesch Dagblad
Note Almere Digest: The Netherlands still has no real functioning decission making government , 100 days after the general election. Maybe it is time for demissionnary PM Rutte to read the writing on the wall?
Read Morte at: Dit land heeft honderd dagen na de verkiezingen een echt kabinet nodig, Nederland moet weer geregeerd worden | Commentaar - Friesch Dagblad
Healthcare in the Netherlands: Is it really that good?
Amazingly, the Dutch rate their health care very highly. They must have low expectations. The Netherlands was number one on the Euro Health Consumer Index in 2015 for its health care system. It has also been listed in the top 3 European countries since 2005. It may be the best system in terms of economics. However, I’m not so certain it works well for everyday patients.
Dutch huisartsen (general practitioners) are notorious for sending you home from an office visit with advice to rest and take a paracetamol. Come back in 2 weeks if you’re not feeling better. This goes for everything from a sore throat to an amputated limb (ok, that may be a slight exaggeration). You have to have one foot in the grave for your huisarts to either prescribe an antibiotic or to send you to see a specialist. Now, I am not someone who believes in prescribing antibiotics for every minor illness, but for bacterial infections they are sometimes necessary. The same goes for pain meds and anesthetics. The Dutch seem to believe one needs to suffer for a while before doing anything proactive.
Read more at: Healthcare in the Netherlands: Is it really that good? – DutchReview
Dutch huisartsen (general practitioners) are notorious for sending you home from an office visit with advice to rest and take a paracetamol. Come back in 2 weeks if you’re not feeling better. This goes for everything from a sore throat to an amputated limb (ok, that may be a slight exaggeration). You have to have one foot in the grave for your huisarts to either prescribe an antibiotic or to send you to see a specialist. Now, I am not someone who believes in prescribing antibiotics for every minor illness, but for bacterial infections they are sometimes necessary. The same goes for pain meds and anesthetics. The Dutch seem to believe one needs to suffer for a while before doing anything proactive.
Read more at: Healthcare in the Netherlands: Is it really that good? – DutchReview
July 26, 2021
EU webshop sales over 63 percent up in the Netherlands
n Q1 2021, Dutch consumers spent 63 percent more in foreign EU webshops compared to the same quarter last year. Spending stood at nearly 800 million euros, versus around half a billion euros one year previously. Never before has quarterly spending increased so much year-on-year since the implementation of the present measuring method in 2014. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this on the basis of an ongoing survey.
Since 2014, spending by Dutch consumers in foreign EU webshops has been higher in each quarter compared to the same period one year previously. In Q1 2014, Dutch consumers still spent around 150 million euros. This increased fivefold to 778 million euros in Q1 2021, slightly higher than the amount spent in the final quarter of 2020. In recent years prior to this, spending in the first quarter was always lower than in the previous quarter. Especially since the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis in March 2020, spending in EU webshops has risen sharply, probably as a result of the COVID-19 measures. For example, as of 15 December many non-food shops closed their doors and shops were only allowed to have orders collected.
Read more at: EU webshop sales over 63 percent up in the Netherlands
Since 2014, spending by Dutch consumers in foreign EU webshops has been higher in each quarter compared to the same period one year previously. In Q1 2014, Dutch consumers still spent around 150 million euros. This increased fivefold to 778 million euros in Q1 2021, slightly higher than the amount spent in the final quarter of 2020. In recent years prior to this, spending in the first quarter was always lower than in the previous quarter. Especially since the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis in March 2020, spending in EU webshops has risen sharply, probably as a result of the COVID-19 measures. For example, as of 15 December many non-food shops closed their doors and shops were only allowed to have orders collected.
Read more at: EU webshop sales over 63 percent up in the Netherlands
July 25, 2021
The Netherlands: Dutch coronavirus average hits two-week low, but Covid hospital total still rising
New data from the RIVM showed that another 4,665 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection, a figure which has not below five thousand since July 7. That pushed the seven-day moving average down 11 percent in a day to 6,492.
Read more at: Dutch coronavirus average hits two-week low, but Covid hospital total still rising | NL Times
Read more at: Dutch coronavirus average hits two-week low, but Covid hospital total still rising | NL Times
July 24, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride away, received its first delivery July 15 after months of promises - 500,000 doses for a population over 11 million. Canada has procured more than 10 doses for every resident; Sierra Leone's vaccination rate just cracked 1% on June 20.
It's like a famine in which “the richest guys grab the baker,” said Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union's envoy for vaccine acquisition.
In fact, European and American officials deeply involved in bankrolling and distributing the vaccines against coronavirus have told The Associated Press there was no thought of how to handle the situation globally. Instead, they jostled for their own domestic use.
For the complete detailed report go to: COVID-19 vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses | CP24.com
Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride away, received its first delivery July 15 after months of promises - 500,000 doses for a population over 11 million. Canada has procured more than 10 doses for every resident; Sierra Leone's vaccination rate just cracked 1% on June 20.
It's like a famine in which “the richest guys grab the baker,” said Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union's envoy for vaccine acquisition.
In fact, European and American officials deeply involved in bankrolling and distributing the vaccines against coronavirus have told The Associated Press there was no thought of how to handle the situation globally. Instead, they jostled for their own domestic use.
For the complete detailed report go to: COVID-19 vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses | CP24.com
July 23, 2021
Covid-19 not over yet: Surgeon General on Unvaccinated: 'I Am Worried About What Is to Come'
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that he is "worried about what is come" and the COVID-19 "pandemic is not over" amid a surge in cases, particularly among individuals who have yet to get the vaccine.
"I am worried about what is to come because we are seeing increasing cases among the unvaccinated in particular," Murthy said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, the Hill reported. "And while if you are vaccinated you are very well protected against hospitalization and death, unfortunately, that is not true if you are not vaccinated."
Read more at: https://www.businessinsider.com/surgeon-general-on-unvaccinated-i-am-worried-about-what-come-2021-7?international=true&r=US&IR=T
"I am worried about what is to come because we are seeing increasing cases among the unvaccinated in particular," Murthy said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, the Hill reported. "And while if you are vaccinated you are very well protected against hospitalization and death, unfortunately, that is not true if you are not vaccinated."
Read more at: https://www.businessinsider.com/surgeon-general-on-unvaccinated-i-am-worried-about-what-come-2021-7?international=true&r=US&IR=T
July 21, 2021
Covid-19 vaccines: Combatting the crooked global pharmaceutical industry: Fighting Covid-19 requires fewer patents and more state – Piergiuseppe Fortunato
On March 17th 2020, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer officially partnered with Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech), a spinoff of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz. The partnership was to accelerate a potential first-in-class Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162), using not attenuated or deactivated virus but a strand of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to produce, and engender immunity against, the virus’ spike protein.
On March 17th 2020, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer officially partnered with Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech), a spinoff of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz. The partnership was to accelerate a potential first-in-class Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162), using not attenuated or deactivated virus but a strand of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to produce, and engender immunity against, the virus’ spike protein.
The vaccine was expected to enter clinical testing by the end of the following month. At that point, it had already been almost entirely developed by the small German immunotherapy company. What Pfizer brought to the alliance was essentially funds for the clinical trials and commercial capabilities.
Pfizer, along with the rest of the industry, has been lobbying to stop a temporary waiver of IPR, endorsed by the current US administration under Joe Biden, to allow generic Covid-19 vaccines to be distributed at low cost in the global south. Instead, the industry is asserting monopoly rights in all those developing economies that ratified the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which came into force back in 1995—even at the cost of delaying Covid-19 immunisation worldwide.
Patenting vaccines (and drugs) is particularly problematic, since public research irrigation is preponderant and large companies typically come into play only in the phase of clinical trials, right before patenting, usually when the resources to be invested exceed the financial capacities of small inventors. The pricing of the patented products, however, does not internalise the contribution by other actors, including public institutions, or public-health objectives (such as global immunisation in the case of Covid-19), since the IPR system has not been designed to do so. On the contrary, being subject to intense lobbying and regulatory capture by large companies, the system is often abused and high prices persist, granting to the privileged holders profits not justifiable by their contribution.
This is as socially inequitable as it is economically inefficient—its inadequacy dramatically exposed by the pandemic. Vaccines developed with substantial public contributions are generating hundreds of billions of dollars in sales for the pharmaceutical companies, while the coronavirus is still ravaging poorer nations which cannot afford immunisation.
The vaccine was expected to enter clinical testing by the end of the following month. At that point, it had already been almost entirely developed by the small German immunotherapy company. What Pfizer brought to the alliance was essentially funds for the clinical trials and commercial capabilities.
This is as socially inequitable as it is economically inefficient—its inadequacy dramatically exposed by the pandemic. Vaccines developed with substantial public contributions are generating hundreds of billions of dollars in sales for the pharmaceutical companies, while the coronavirus is still ravaging poorer nations which cannot afford immunisation.
Read the complete report at Fighting Covid-19 requires fewer patents and more state – Piergiuseppe Fortunato
On March 17th 2020, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer officially partnered with Biopharmaceutical New Technologies (BioNTech), a spinoff of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz. The partnership was to accelerate a potential first-in-class Covid-19 vaccine (BNT162), using not attenuated or deactivated virus but a strand of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to produce, and engender immunity against, the virus’ spike protein.
The vaccine was expected to enter clinical testing by the end of the following month. At that point, it had already been almost entirely developed by the small German immunotherapy company. What Pfizer brought to the alliance was essentially funds for the clinical trials and commercial capabilities.
Pfizer, along with the rest of the industry, has been lobbying to stop a temporary waiver of IPR, endorsed by the current US administration under Joe Biden, to allow generic Covid-19 vaccines to be distributed at low cost in the global south. Instead, the industry is asserting monopoly rights in all those developing economies that ratified the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which came into force back in 1995—even at the cost of delaying Covid-19 immunisation worldwide.
Patenting vaccines (and drugs) is particularly problematic, since public research irrigation is preponderant and large companies typically come into play only in the phase of clinical trials, right before patenting, usually when the resources to be invested exceed the financial capacities of small inventors. The pricing of the patented products, however, does not internalise the contribution by other actors, including public institutions, or public-health objectives (such as global immunisation in the case of Covid-19), since the IPR system has not been designed to do so. On the contrary, being subject to intense lobbying and regulatory capture by large companies, the system is often abused and high prices persist, granting to the privileged holders profits not justifiable by their contribution.
This is as socially inequitable as it is economically inefficient—its inadequacy dramatically exposed by the pandemic. Vaccines developed with substantial public contributions are generating hundreds of billions of dollars in sales for the pharmaceutical companies, while the coronavirus is still ravaging poorer nations which cannot afford immunisation.
The vaccine was expected to enter clinical testing by the end of the following month. At that point, it had already been almost entirely developed by the small German immunotherapy company. What Pfizer brought to the alliance was essentially funds for the clinical trials and commercial capabilities.
This is as socially inequitable as it is economically inefficient—its inadequacy dramatically exposed by the pandemic. Vaccines developed with substantial public contributions are generating hundreds of billions of dollars in sales for the pharmaceutical companies, while the coronavirus is still ravaging poorer nations which cannot afford immunisation.
Read the complete report at Fighting Covid-19 requires fewer patents and more state – Piergiuseppe Fortunato
July 19, 2021
The Netherlands : PM Rutte Asks Citizens to Work From Home, Lifting Lockdown an 'Error Of Judgement' - Zoe Strozewski
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte asked citizens to return to working at home as the Netherlands has seen a surge in COVID-19 infection rates, the Associated Press reported. Case numbers rose quickly in the country after the Dutch government loosened lockdown restrictions in June, even permitting nightclubs to reopen.
Read more at: The Netherlands Asks Citizens to Work From Home, Lifting Lockdown an 'Error Of Judgement'
Read more at: The Netherlands Asks Citizens to Work From Home, Lifting Lockdown an 'Error Of Judgement'
July 18, 2021
China - Netherlands relations: China Wants a Chip Machine From the Dutch. The U.S. Said No._ "Is this US Interference in a foreing country's trade policies ?"
Beijing has been pressuring the Dutch government to allow its companies to buy ASML Holding ASML -2.35% NV’s marquee product: a machine called an extreme ultraviolet lithography system that is essential to making advanced microprocessors.
The one-of-a-kind, 180-ton machines are used by companies including Intel Corp. INTC -1.51% , South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. and leading Apple Inc. supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to make the chips in everything from cutting-edge smartphones and 5G cellular equipment to computers used for artificial intelligence.
China wants the $150-million machines for domestic chip makers, so smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co. and other Chinese tech companies can be less reliant on foreign suppliers. But ASML hasn’t sent a single one because the Netherlands—under pressure from the U.S.—is withholding an export license to China.
The Biden administration has asked the government to restrict sales because of national-security concerns, according to U.S. officials. The stance is a holdover from the Trump White House, which first identified the strategic value of the machine and reached out to Dutch officials.
Washington has taken direct aim at Chinese companies like Huawei and has also tried to convince foreign allies to restrict the use of Huawei gear, over spying concerns that Huawei says are unfounded. The pressure aimed at ASML and the Netherlands is different, representing a form of collateral damage in a broader U.S.-China tech Cold War.
Read more at: China Wants a Chip Machine From the Dutch. The U.S. Said No. - WSJ
The one-of-a-kind, 180-ton machines are used by companies including Intel Corp. INTC -1.51% , South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. and leading Apple Inc. supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to make the chips in everything from cutting-edge smartphones and 5G cellular equipment to computers used for artificial intelligence.
China wants the $150-million machines for domestic chip makers, so smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co. and other Chinese tech companies can be less reliant on foreign suppliers. But ASML hasn’t sent a single one because the Netherlands—under pressure from the U.S.—is withholding an export license to China.
The Biden administration has asked the government to restrict sales because of national-security concerns, according to U.S. officials. The stance is a holdover from the Trump White House, which first identified the strategic value of the machine and reached out to Dutch officials.
Washington has taken direct aim at Chinese companies like Huawei and has also tried to convince foreign allies to restrict the use of Huawei gear, over spying concerns that Huawei says are unfounded. The pressure aimed at ASML and the Netherlands is different, representing a form of collateral damage in a broader U.S.-China tech Cold War.
Read more at: China Wants a Chip Machine From the Dutch. The U.S. Said No. - WSJ
July 16, 2021
EU:,Europe floods: Death toll over 110 as rescues continue
At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for
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July 14, 2021
The Netherlands:Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands surge more than 800% in one week
The Netherlands reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, an eightfold increase when compared to last week after most restrictions were lifted despite the rise of the fast-spreading Delta variant.
The National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said 10,345 new cases were reported on Saturday, the biggest one-day increase since December 25. This compares to 1,146 new cases on the same day last week.
Read more at: Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands surge more than 800% in one week - BNO News
The National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said 10,345 new cases were reported on Saturday, the biggest one-day increase since December 25. This compares to 1,146 new cases on the same day last week.
Read more at: Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands surge more than 800% in one week - BNO News
July 13, 2021
The Netherlands: Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez Celebrate Honeymoon in the Netherlands
Almost exactly two months after tying the knot in an intimate ceremony, Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now celebrating married life with the obvious next step: their honeymoon.
The pair might have married quietly at home but, this time, they’ve decided to cross the pond. On July 11, the Positions singer took to Twitter to share a photo dump from what appears to be the newlyweds’ honeymoon trip to the Netherlands. (In case there were any doubts about the location of the pictures, Ari captioned her post with a snail and a waffle emoji.)
Read more at: Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez Celebrate Honeymoon in the Netherlands – See Photos
The pair might have married quietly at home but, this time, they’ve decided to cross the pond. On July 11, the Positions singer took to Twitter to share a photo dump from what appears to be the newlyweds’ honeymoon trip to the Netherlands. (In case there were any doubts about the location of the pictures, Ari captioned her post with a snail and a waffle emoji.)
Read more at: Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez Celebrate Honeymoon in the Netherlands – See Photos
July 11, 2021
The Netherlands: 60 Minutes+ explores how Netherlands is driving a "food revolution"
In the future, what will our food look and taste like, and how will it be farmed? CBS News 60 Minutes+ correspondent Seth Doane joins Anne-Marie Green on "CBSN AM" to preview his story about one country devoted to figuring out how to feed the world's growing population, without destroying the planet in the process.
Read more at: 60 Minutes+ explores how Netherlands is driving a "food revolution" - CBS News
Read more at: 60 Minutes+ explores how Netherlands is driving a "food revolution" - CBS News
July 10, 2021
EU: Netherlands reimposes COVID-19 measures over rise in cases
Rutte said the government will now only allow one-day public events in venues filled to two-thirds capacity, and spectators must prove their vaccination and infection status.
All restaurants and bars in the Netherlands will also need to close their doors from midnight until 6am each day, while live music is to be banned.
A ticketing system allowing people to be exempt from the social distancing rule will also be paused until next month, when the government will review the situation.
De Jonge said the recent surge in infections mostly affected young people, but warned it was “inevitable” that the elderly would also become infected unless the government took action. ■
Read more at: Netherlands reimposes COVID-19 measures over rise in cases | Health | POST Online Media
All restaurants and bars in the Netherlands will also need to close their doors from midnight until 6am each day, while live music is to be banned.
A ticketing system allowing people to be exempt from the social distancing rule will also be paused until next month, when the government will review the situation.
De Jonge said the recent surge in infections mostly affected young people, but warned it was “inevitable” that the elderly would also become infected unless the government took action. ■
Read more at: Netherlands reimposes COVID-19 measures over rise in cases | Health | POST Online Media
July 9, 2021
EU -The travel restrictions in place in every country in Europe
The EU has added the US among others to a list which recommends countries that may be able to travel to the continent.
Germany has lifted travel restrictions for visitors from UK and Portugal.
All land borders are now open.Also negative PCR test taken less than 72 hours before arrival is required for all foreign nationals.
Read more at: The travel restrictions in place in every country in Europe | Euronews
Germany has lifted travel restrictions for visitors from UK and Portugal.
All land borders are now open.Also negative PCR test taken less than 72 hours before arrival is required for all foreign nationals.
Read more at: The travel restrictions in place in every country in Europe | Euronews
July 8, 2021
The Netherlands: Dutch Doctors Defend Rampant Euthanasia
Dutch euthanasia enthusiasts always pretend that doctors there commit homicide by lethal injection “only as a last resort” when nothing else can be done to eliminate “unbearable suffering.” What a pile of manure!
As I have been documenting over the past 28 years (!), euthanasia in the Netherlands has metastasized from killing the terminally ill, to the chronically ill, to people with disabilities, to the elderly, to people with dementia, to the mentally ill, to children of any age, and babies born with serious disablities. Yes, under the bureaucratic “Groningen Protocol,” Dutch doctors commit infanticide.
Read more at: Dutch Doctors Defend Rampant Euthanasia | National Review
As I have been documenting over the past 28 years (!), euthanasia in the Netherlands has metastasized from killing the terminally ill, to the chronically ill, to people with disabilities, to the elderly, to people with dementia, to the mentally ill, to children of any age, and babies born with serious disablities. Yes, under the bureaucratic “Groningen Protocol,” Dutch doctors commit infanticide.
Read more at: Dutch Doctors Defend Rampant Euthanasia | National Review
July 7, 2021
The Netherlands - criminals out of control and it must be open "hunting season" against them: As Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam shooting
A prominent Dutch crime journalist has been seriously wounded after being shot on a street in Amsterdam.
Police said Peter R de Vries was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being gunned down in the city centre on Tuesday evening.
National broadcaster NOS said he was attacked minutes after appearing on a TV chat show.
Read more at: Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam shooting - BBC News
Police said Peter R de Vries was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being gunned down in the city centre on Tuesday evening.
National broadcaster NOS said he was attacked minutes after appearing on a TV chat show.
Read more at: Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime journalist wounded in Amsterdam shooting - BBC News
July 5, 2021
The Netherlands -Soccwe EURO 2020Bounced out of Euro 2020, the Netherlands looks to future
After a seven-year wait for a spot in a major tournament, the Netherlands got three workmanlike wins against outmatched opponents and a humbling loss to the Czech Republic.
What looked like a Super Sunday for Dutch sports fans following Max Verstappen’s win at the Styrian Grand Prix and Mathieu van der Poel’s Tour de France stage win, turned sour when the Netherlands lost 2-0 in Budapest and tumbled out of the European Championship.
Read more at: Bounced out of Euro 2020, the Netherlands looks to future
What looked like a Super Sunday for Dutch sports fans following Max Verstappen’s win at the Styrian Grand Prix and Mathieu van der Poel’s Tour de France stage win, turned sour when the Netherlands lost 2-0 in Budapest and tumbled out of the European Championship.
Read more at: Bounced out of Euro 2020, the Netherlands looks to future
July 4, 2021
Dutch court rejects Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the Netherlands dismissed
A court in Amsterdam ruled that privacy litigation against Facebook in the Netherlands can proceed, rejecting the social network’s bid to have the lawsuit from two non-profit groups thrown out.
Read more at: Dutch court rejects Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the Netherlands dismissed
Read more at: Dutch court rejects Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the Netherlands dismissed
July 3, 2021
Afghanistan: What now to avoid disaster? - by Mohammad Ismail
Lets face it: NATO (US and its Atlantic Alliance partners) have lost their 20 year war against the Taliban, just like the Russians did before them. Apart from the tragic loss of lives during this time span, of not only US soldiers, but also many from the NATO European partner Nations, this disastrous war also wasted billions of Euros and US dollars of taxpayers money. Hopefully this military catastrophe will not be shovelled under the mat, and result in thorough investigations by the political establishments of the US and all NATO country member nations. Indeed the Afghanistan NATO mission has turned into another NATO disaster.
Read more at: Afghanistan: What now to avoid disaster? - Atlantic Council
Read more at: Afghanistan: What now to avoid disaster? - Atlantic Council
July 1, 2021
Netherlands to Launch EU Digital COVID Passport on July 1
The Dutch Government has announced that the country will introduce the Digital COVID Passport in order to facilitate travel within the European Union amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more at: Netherlands to Launch EU Digital COVID Passport on July 1 - SchengenVisaInfo.com
Read more at: Netherlands to Launch EU Digital COVID Passport on July 1 - SchengenVisaInfo.com
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