Twenty family members of those killed
in the shot down Malaysian plane over Eastern Ukraine accuse the Netherlands of
having totally mismanaged the factual and criminal investigation of the disaster.
They have written so in a letter to Dutch Prime Minister Rutte. They want the United
Nations to take over the investigation. The signatories of the letter come from
Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands and the United States. Their lawyer Bob van
der Goen says there is no leadership and no coordination by The Netherlands.Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Family Members of Plane Victims Accuse Netherlands
Twenty family members of those killed
in the shot down Malaysian plane over Eastern Ukraine accuse the Netherlands of
having totally mismanaged the factual and criminal investigation of the disaster.
They have written so in a letter to Dutch Prime Minister Rutte. They want the United
Nations to take over the investigation. The signatories of the letter come from
Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands and the United States. Their lawyer Bob van
der Goen says there is no leadership and no coordination by The Netherlands.
Monday, December 8, 2014
New Record of Suicides in the Netherlands
In each of the past six years the number
of suicides in the Netherlands has increased. In 2013 1854 people committed suicide
according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The CBS supposes that this
development is linked to the economic crisis. Also at the beginning of the
1980s when the economic situation was difficult there was an increase in suicides
in the Netherlands. It are nowadays mainly people between 40 and 65 who commit suicide.
Seven out of ten people who commit suicide are male.
www.telegraaf.nl/gezondheid/23423187/__Record_aantal_zelfmoorden__.html
Sunday, December 7, 2014
State Taken to Court about Preservation of Data
The massive data
collection regarding the internet, email and telephone behavior of all Dutch
citizens has to be stopped immediately.
That is the demand of a court case brought by the Dutch Association of
Criminal Lawyers, The Journalists’ Trade Union (NVJ) and the Privacy First
Foundation. Earlier this year, the
European Court of Justice decided that the recording of phone and internet data
was a heavy attack on privacy. It
remains unclear to what extent this collection of data was necessary for the
fight against terrorism and criminality. Since 2009, all telecom companies are
required to maintain, during one year, data on who called whom and when, and
from what location. Internet providers
have to be able to tell, during half a year, who emailed whom and when, and when
somebody logged in or out of the internet.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Brussels Admonishes the Netherlands Regarding Healthcare
The European
Commission says that the Dutch law does not fully meet the European rules about
the right of a patient to obtain healthcare in other European countries. The Commission wants to hear within two
months which measures the Netherlands has taken to rectify this, otherwise the
Commission may take the Netherlands to the European court. The Netherlands has to agree that patients
have the right to receive care in other countries while declaring the costs in
the Netherlands.Thursday, December 4, 2014
Psychological Problems Cost Society 20 Billion Euro Annually
A study conducted
by the OESO, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, found
that psychological problems cost Dutch society 20 billion Euro annually. This
includes the costs of caretaking, sick leave, loss of production, and the
incapacity to work. The study also showed
that two-thirds of the Dutchmen with psychological illness or complaints do go
to work. Compared to other countries,
the overall situation in the Netherlands is bad.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Minister of Transport Lied About High Speed Train Line
A new book
by Marcel van Silfhout and Andries van den Berg, titled Die Ontsporing, claims
that the then-Minister of Transport, Tineke Netelenbos, lied when she said that
the high speed line had to be put out to a public contract according to
European rules. When the bid proposal
was put out, the Dutch railways (NS) were afraid to lose the contract and put
in a far too high bid of 178 million Euro per year. The result was that they then
had to buy cheap trains from AnsaldoBreda.
The Fyra trains that were supplied had too many problems and ultimately
were returned to the manufacturers.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Majority of Dutchmen Think That Integration Has Failed
A poll done
by Maurice de Hond among 2,500 interviewees shows that 56% believe that the
integration of immigrants, which have come to the Netherlands after the war,
has failed. Only 14% consider that the
integration has been a success. These
are mainly voters of the Liberal Democrats of D66 or of the Labor party. Among those who believe that integration has
failed, 82% hold the Labor party responsible, and 46% consider that the
Liberals are also responsible.
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