The Netherlands: 'COVID-Proof’ Vegan Vending Machines Are Launching In the Netherlands

Amsterdam-based food delivery service Vegan Masters is set to launch COVID-proof, contactless vegan vending machines in the Netherlands.

The company’s founder, Danny Galiart, announced the new product launch on LinkedIn. He wrote, “Soon we will launch our smart vending cooler. Contact-free, plant-based, daily fresh, to-go food!”

The vegan vending machine will work like a traditional machine. “You open the door by using your bank card or telephone which is in use as a bank card. Then you select your products, as soon as you close the door, the transaction is confirmed and the payment is done,” Nikki Kramers of Vegan Masters told LIVEKINDLY.

Although the new concept was already in production, Kramers says she expects the current pandemic will increase the demand for similar “COVID-proof” products.

“There was already a growing demand for smart solutions for to-go concepts before COVID-19. But now we expect a massive demand for fresh vending solutions. We expect that non-contact food concepts will be the future,” she said.

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Dutch start easing coronavirus restrictions, face masks a must on public transport

Dutch start easing coronavirus restrictions, face masks a must on public transport

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https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/05/dutch-start-easing-coronavirus-restrictions-face-masks-a-must-on-public-transport/

The Netherlands: Amid COVID-Related Cyber Threats, the Netherlands Leads UN Efforts

In light of growing concern about malicious cyber disruption during the COVID-19 outbreak, the United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group should play a leading role in further developing a global framework to ensure responsible behavior in cyberspace.

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https://www.cfr.org/blog/amid-covid-related-cyber-threats-netherlands-leads-un-efforts

Netherlands lands in crossfire in US-China trade war

A Dutch semiconductor company has become the focus of international attention after the United States put pressure on The Hague to halt exports of machines to China. Like many European countries, the…

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http://www.rfi.fr/en/science-and-technology/20200504-the-netherlands-lands-in-crossfire-in-us-china-trade-war-coronavirus-asml-superconductor

France and Netherlands call for tougher EU trade conditions

Bloc urged to enforce environmental and labour standards through tariffs

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https://www.ft.com/content/e14f082c-42e1-4bd8-ad68-54714b995dff

USA: Trump's Nazification of the GOP is why there's serious discussion of killing off the 'unfit'

Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party is racing toward a  transformation that mimics the greatest evil of the 20th century. Long  before the Nazis fully engaged with genocidal murder against the Jews, there were persecutions of people deemed "unfit."

These were people whom Adolf Hitler’s extremists arbitrarily deemed  insufficiently able to contribute to the greater German society. They included the infirm, people with learning disabilities, the mentally  ill, those suffering from epilepsy, the physically disabled, and those sruggling with alcohol issues.

According to the Nazis' white supremacist ideology, those  people were not only impediments to their quest in perfecting their  master race, but were also economic burdens to society. The Nazis  started a campaign of propaganda to mock them. They were called  "unworthy of life” and labeled as "useless eaters." The propaganda even  expanded to math textbooks, which were revised to include arithmetic problems on how much it costs to care for these undesirables. This was the first stage.

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EU condemns attacks on press freedom during COVID-19 crisis

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, Germany's foreign minister says independent journalism is being weakened during the coronavirus pandemic. The EU has also warned that media freedom is under threat in several countries.

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https://www.dw.com/en/eu-condemns-attacks-on-press-freedom-during-covid-19-crisis/a-53311679