The Netherlands:A rise in Covid-19 infections triggers stricter rules in the Netherlands

The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands remainshigh, despite the measures being tightened up earlier this month. Forthis reason, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister Hugo de Jonge announced new restrictions at a press conference held on 18 August 2020.

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EU Economy: As eurozone records 3.8% slump ECB chief warns of worse to come

Former ECB president Mario Draghi claimed last year that the majority in favour of further loosening was so large that it was unnecessary even to count the votes. Never mind that the countries opposing the decision hold 56% of the ECB’s paid-in equity capital and account for 60% of eurozone output. Counting their compatriots on the ECB governing council, however, they have only seven out of 25 potential votes (subject to a rotating limitation). Draghi did have a majority, then, but it represented a very clear minority of the ECB’s liable capital. This raises considerable concerns about the governing council’s decision-making process.

Todays head of the ECB Christine Lagarde has warned that the eurozone could be on course for a 15% collapse in output in the second quarter as evidence of the economic toll caused by Covid-19 pandemic started to emerge, with France and Italy falling into recession.

After news that the 19-nation monetary union area had contracted a record 3.8% in the first three months of 2020, Christine Lagarde said much worse was possible in the April to June period, when the impact of lockdown restrictions would be most severe.

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The Netherlands: Groningen's Winsum is voted the Netherlands' prettiest village - DutchNews.nl

The village of Winsum
in the north of Groningen province has been named prettiest village in
the Netherlands by motoring organisation ANWB.

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The village of Winsum
in the north of Groningen province has been named prettiest village in
the Netherlands by motoring organisation ANWB.

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The village of Winsum
in the north of Groningen province has been named prettiest village in
the Netherlands by motoring organisation ANWB.

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Winsum was voted the Netherlands prettiest village of the year by the Dutch tourism organisation ANWB

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The Netherlands: As coronavirus cases rise, Paris, Madrid and Ibiza are added to Dutch 'no go list'

The Netherlands has placed Paris, Ibiza, Madrid and Brussels on its code orange list of places where all but essential travel is advised against, because of the increase in coronavirus cases.

The French, Spanish and Belgian capitals have been added to the orange list, as have the Balearic islands (include Majorca and Ibiza), and the Spanish provinces of Burgos, Salamanca, Almeria and Navarra.

The French Bouches-du-Rhone region, close to Aix en Provence and Marseille, is also out of bounds.

The ministry says all but essential travel to these places should be avoided and anyone returning to the Netherlands from one of them should go in to quarantine for 14 days. Britain has also been added to the code orange list, but travellers will not have to quarantine on their return to the Netherlands.

Travel advice to the UK has been tightened up as a warning, because the British have introduced quarantine requirements for people from the Netherlands, the foreign ministry said.

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The Netherlands: Self-quarantine on arrival in the Netherlands

Travellers arriving in the Netherlands from certain countries andregions are strongly advised to self-quarantine for 14 days. Even if youdo not have any symptoms or if you have tested negative for COVID-19. Once in the Netherlands, you can self-quarantine at home or in het temporary or holiday accommodation. Read the questions and answers about self-quarantine.

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Self-quarantine on arrival in the Netherlands | Coronavirus COVID-19 | Government.nl

Trump won't leave office peacefully, his former lawyer Cohen claims in upcoming book

Michael Cohen's memoir about U.S. President Donald Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news Thursday to The Associated Press.

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The Netherlands: How can cities build a better bike culture? The Netherlands offers useful lessons - by Karlijn van Houwelingen

It might seem like cycling is in the DNA of the Netherlands, a country  where even the prime minister takes his bicycle to work. But the Dutch  haven’t always lived as one with their bikes. In the Amsterdam of the  early 1970s, cars were considered the wave of the future. They can be  seen filling up squares and streets in historical photographs, and  killed an average of over two Amsterdammers per week, including many children. 

 It is nothing more than an “accident of history” that the Netherlands  embraced cycling, says Marco te Brömmelstoet, the director of the Urban  Cycling Institute in Amsterdam and a man better known as the city’s  cycling professor. Today’s bike rider’s paradise was created after  parents and activists took to the streets to protest “child murder” by  car. A Saudi oil embargo, rising gas prices, concerns about pollution  and anger about the destruction of entire neighbourhoods to build
motorways did the rest

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How can cities build a better bike culture? The Netherlands offers useful lessons | CityMetric