Wednesday, March 13, 2019

URK: Dutch Youngsters Attack Muslim Family


In the town of Urk, tens of Dutch youth penetrated the house of a  Moroccan family and shouted insults.  It is not clear what their motivation was. Possibly because the Moroccan youngster had insulted a Dutch girl.

https://www.dagelijksestandaard.nl/2019/03/urkse-jongeren-doen-eerwraak-belegeren-marokkaans-gezin-en-schreeuwen-geertje-wilders/

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Intelligence Agencies: Islamic School Influenced by Salafists


The Intelligence Services AIVD and NCTV warn in a letter to Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema that children at the Islamic Middle School Cornelius Haga Lyceum are influenced by people who have been associated with the terror organization Kaukasus Emiraat. A number of collaborators try to devote a large part of the teaching curriculum to Salafistic beliefs.  Halsema says that there is no acute danger for the public order.  The head of the board of The Foundation of Islamic Education says that there are no facts and it is all nonsense. 


Sunday, March 10, 2019

Monument for 102,000 Murdered Jews Undesirable in Amsterdam Neighborhood



For many years the Dutch Auschwitz committee has tried to establish a monument for the 102,000 Dutch Jews who were murdered in Poland in German camps.  No place can be found in central Amsterdam because in the various locations there is opposition by residents.

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Netherlands Will Not Meet European Surface Water Standards in 2027


The nature and environment organization, Natuur & Milieu, says that it is almost sure that the Netherlands will not meet the EU standards of water quality as required by the year 2027.  This would mean that the Netherlands may be subject to major fines.  Currently 99% of the big rivers, lakes and other small waters do not meet the standards. 
https://www.trouw.nl/groen/nederlands-water-scoort-een-dikke-onvoldoende~a5c63d67/

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Russian Money Launderers Shifted Almost A Billion Euro Via The Netherlands


The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting project said that a money laundering operation which moved billions of Euros out of Russia, shifted part of the cash through the Netherlands. In total, almost 1 billion Euros ended up in the Netherlands. The Dutch Central Bank said that banks often have no idea who is hiding behind anonymous companies.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/03/russian-money-laundering-machine-shifted-millions-through-the-netherlands/

Monday, March 4, 2019

Municipal Councillor: Enemies of Islam have to be destroyed


Arnoud van Doorn is a municpal councillor of a Muslim party in the Hague. In a tweet he has stated that enemies of Islam have to be destroyed.  


Sunday, March 3, 2019

Shell Oil Company Prosecuted for Bribery in Nigeria


A criminal case is being prepared against the partly Dutch oil company, Shell.  Shell together with Italian energy group ENI, paid 1.3 billion Euros for the exportation rights of an oil field off the coast of Nigeria. An Italian court has already ruled that both companies knew the money was being channeled to a controversial former Nigerian oil minister’s company

https://nltimes.nl/2019/03/01/shell-prosecuted-bribery-nigeria