Poland May Take the Netherlands to the European Court of Justice

Polish Minister of Employment, Jolanta Fedak told the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza that it may take the Netherlands to the European Court of Justice if it expels unemployed Poles. Fedak said that it cannot be that a country first collects taxes from foreigners if they work there and then expels them when they become unemployed. She added that equal treatment of employees from old and new member states of the European Union is a priority for her.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/05/14/polen-stapt-naar-rechter-bij-uitzetting-werkloze-polen-uit-nederland

Employees of Philips Accused of Bribing Polish Hospitals

Employees of Philips, one of the largest Dutch firms, are accused by the Polish Justice Department of having bribed directors of hospitals in Poland. The directors bought equipment from Philips in turn. An intermediary has said that the bribery fund for this purpose was 12.5 million Euro. The intermediary has gone to the Polish Justice Department. Twenty-three people are being prosecuted.
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/05/17/philips-kocht-ziekenhuizen-om/

Police have Backlog of Thousands of Child Porno Files

The Dutch Police department has a backlog of almost 1,000 child porno files which are not being handled. At the end of December 2010, the number was 770. Much of the increase in the delay is due to the fact that 75 special detectives are involved in researching the case of Robert M., who is suspected of abusing tens of children in Amsterdam. His case also brought many additional complaints from worried parents about possible abuse of their children in various child centers, sport clubs and scout organizations.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/9790377/__Bijna_1000_zedenzaken_stil__.html?sn=binnenland

Amsterdam has High Use of Cocaine

Inhabitants of Amsterdam are major users of cocaine. They use twice as much cocaine per head as towns such as Utrecht and Den Bosch. This results from research by the environment and Health Institute (RIVM) and the Water Research Institute (KWR). The researchers calculated the cocaine use from the concentration of the drug in waste water and the known quantity of waste water per person. According to the researchers, this is a better method of analysis than questioning people because many give a socially acceptable answer.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/9761162/__In_A_dam_veel_cokesnuivers__.html?sn=binnenland

Soccer Fans Destroy Buses

After the soccer cup final between Ajax and Twente in Rotterdam, 400 Ajax fans could not return to Amsterdam because the bus company had removed 12 buses due to vandalism by the Ajax fans on the incoming buses. During the game, 32 fans were arrested because of vandalism and insults shouted. The police stated that the atmosphere during the game was good, however.
www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/2075254/2011/05/08/Ajax-supporters-vernielen-bussen.dhtml

Chief Rabbi: More and More Dutch Jews are Afraid

Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said on National Liberation Day that more and more Jews are afraid. He added “Many Jews think back to the prelude of the Second World War. There is fear.” He said that during the war, his father’s windows were stoned and nowadays his windows are stoned. Jacobs added: “If I walk on Saturday afternoon to the synagogue, people yell out insults to me. Not only near the mosque, but near the hockey field by the autochthonous Dutch. A Jewish man who studies on Saturday afternoon with me doesn’t dare walk alone in the street. The board of our organization has prohibited me to travel alone on the train or to be near a station.” Furthermore, the Rabbi mentioned the debate on the prohibition of ritual slaughter. He said: “Hitler also started with a prohibition of kosher slaughter.”
www.refdag.nl/nieuws/binnenland/rabbijnen_steeds_meer_joden_zijn_angstig_1_556338

Doctors Becoming Difficult to Reach

More than 30% of Dutch patients consider that general practitioners are difficult to reach. In 2008, the Minister of Health stated that general practitioners have to pick up the phone within 2 minutes and an emergency line within 30 seconds. Research by the inspectorate for health and the Dutch patient consumer federation in that year showed that there was a problem in reaching doctors by phone.
www.medicalfacts.nl/2011/05/09/huisartsen-nog-steeds-lastig-telefonisch-te-bereiken/