Donors of Oxfam Resign After Sex Scandal in Haiti

So far more than 700 donors of the Dutch Oxfam Novib have resigned as the result of a report by the Times that employees of the British organization have engaged in sex orgies with prostitutes during a mission after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and 2011.  The prostitutes were possibly minors. The orgies took place in an apartment rented by the NGO.  In the meantime, Oxfam was accused of hiring prostitutes for a mission in Tsjaad in 2006.

https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/oxfam-novib-overspoeld-met-opzeggingen-na-seksschandaal~a9274f60/

After Threats, Prosecutor Goes Into Hiding

Minister of Justice and Security, Grapperhaus, says that it is a huge scandal that a prosecutor has been threatened so severely that she and her family have gone into hiding. Grapperhaus said that this is yet another indication that this government has to start fighting against organized crime.  The minister was unable to say whether the threat came from the motorcycle gangs which the prosecutor was investigating.

https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1649432/bedreiging-aanklager-grof-schandaal

Major Dutch Poet was a Nazi Supporter and Antisemite

Recently the literature expert Wim Hazeu has discovered that one of the most famous post-war Dutch poets Lucebert was a volunteer worker in the German weapons industry. He also wrote letters with an antisemitic content, such as: “Only when all Germanic tribes are united, the Jew will no longer have the opportunity to insight blood against similar blood.” He signed letters with “Sieg Heil” and “Heil Hitler”. He has always denied his Nazi past and received major Dutch literary awards.

https://www.ad.nl/show/dichter-lucebert-ondertekende-zijn-brieven-met-sieg-heil~aa417cc9/

Netherlands will Directly Rule Corrupt Caribbean Island

Raymond Knops, Deputy Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, will take over the authority of the Caribbean Island of Sint-Eustasius. A commission has investigated the current leadership and come to the conclusion that there is ongoing lawlessness, financial mismanagement, discrimination, intimidation, threats, insults and abuse of power.  The commission says that the Dutch government  has also been guilty of neglect as the relationship between the Netherlands and Eustasius has deteriorated.  This has led to delay in the repair of roads, the water supply, housing, underground lines, and treatment of waste.

https://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2018/02/nederland-neemt-bestuur-sint-eustatius-over-582356/

Parliamentarian takes Minister to Court The parliamentarian Thierry Baudet, the leader of the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party has taken Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Kajsa Ollongren to court. Ollongren of the center left D66 party has called Baudet and his party a bigger danger for Dutch core values than PVV leader Geert Wilders. Theo Hiddema, the other parliamentarian of the FvD and Baudet’s lawyer said that Ollongren’s accusation of racism could inspire ‘Volkertjes’ to action. He referred to the left winger Volkert van der Graaf who murdered politician Pim Foruyn in 2002. www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2018/02/hiddema-verdedigt-aangifte-ollongren-geeft-volkertjes-vrijbrief-582749/

Netherlands Withdraws Ambassador from Turkey

The Dutch Foreign Office has announced that there is currently no view concerning normalization of relations with Turkey.  Since March 2017 Dutch Ambassador, Kees van Rij, has not been allowed into Turkey.  Therefore, the Netherlands has officially withdrawn its ambassador and it will also not allow a new ambassador from Turkey to be received.  The reason for the conflict is that Turkey wants apologies from the Netherlands for sending a Turkish minister back to Germany. The Turkish minister wanted to campaign in favor of the Turkish presidential referendum in the Netherlands.  The Netherlands does not intend to apologize.

https://www.ad.nl/politiek/nederland-trekt-ambassadeur-officieel-terug-uit-turkije~a5ca37c3/

No Kosher Meat in the Netherlands

The new method of determining whether a cow is unconscious has led to a situation where kosher meat is not available in the Netherlands.  This was announced by H. Loonstein, the lawyer representing the only kosher butcher shop in the Netherlands.  According to the experts of Wageningen University, Loonstein says, the method used by the Dutch authorities concerning the eye reflexes in cows is unsuitable in 85% of the cases as an indicator of unconsciousness.  Loonstein says that the Dutch Food and Commodities Authority is using an erroneous method.

https://www.msn.com/nl-be/lifestyle/lifestylefood/geen-koosjer-vlees-door-nieuwe-regels-slacht/ar-AAv0rBW?li=BBDNPrw