Week in review: September 28-October4

The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features: the ongoing effort of Greenpeace to get their crew released, the developments around Oad, and NS still trying to best the Fyra nightmare

Greenpeace: Dutch also hear sentence piracy: The two Dutch Greenpeace activists, detained in Russia, are charged with piracy. Fourteen of the activists were charged today, all of them with piracy. Read the full story

Also read:

• Letter from activist in Russian cell
• Two months for Greenpeace Dutch activists

NS: Battery biggest problem Fyra: The biggest flaw in the Fyra V250 was the battery. It had major difficulties with charging, overheating, the isolation and grounding, to name a few things. Read the full story

Also read:

• Lansingerland angry about Fyra plans

Business:

• KPN sells E-plus
• Bus activities Oad continue

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• Internet node NL to USA

Crime:

• Three years against Jihad traveler
• Raids antibiotics poultry sector

Entertainment:

• Theater for play Anne Frank
• 7th Televizier nomination De Mol
• Wim Helsen wins cabaret performer prize

Health:

• Pompe and Fabry remain reimbursed
• Number of smokers decreases
• Chemo-therapy not necessary in 20 percent cases
• Plea for general periodic inspection pets
• Early ultrasound, less late-term abortion
• 2/3 hospitals not senior proof

Netherlands:

• Bijlmer disaster 21 years ago
• One in six school classes overcrowded
• De Grittenborgh prison now empty
• The AIVD should be allowed more digitally
• Dutch universities in world top
• Solution pupils Ibn Ghaldoun
• Officials create electricity on toilet
• American cemetery Margraten also closed
• Netherlands 4th best country for elderly
• 100,000 new burgernetters
• Coronation mantle not original
• Maxima Queen regent

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• More commercials public broadcast
• NVWA: consumer at risk
• Protest against shooting stray cats

Politics:

• Henk Krol leaves house for evading pension premiums
• Van Aartsen one more time mayor in The Hague
• CDA quits negotiations
• D66 speaks alone with government
• Dijsselbloem in discussion with opposition
• Samsom responds on tweet Wilders
• CDA wins in poll
• Dutch farmers very angry

Check out NL Times for the rest of the news and stories this week.