Saturday, 26 October 2013 - 02:39
week in review: October 19-25
The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features: the commotion around Zwarte Piet, Greenpeace still trying to free their crew, Netherlands and Russia trying resolve their recent issues with one another, and of course the American NSA.
Zwarte Piet: Protest for Zwarte Piet and against UN. There will be a demonstration on the Malieveld Saturday against the United Nations, and for the preservation of Zwarte Piet. The 16-year-old Mandy Rose from The Hague received permission for the demonstration Wednesday afternoon from the city council. Read the full story
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source: Tropenmuseum Also read:
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source: Tropenmuseum Also read:
- No rainbow Pieten after threat
- So who is this Zwarte Piet?
- OHCHR studies Piet and more
- Half a million Facebookers sign Pietitie
- UN investigator pleads for abolishing Sinterklaas
- United Nations investigate ‘Zwarte Piet’
- Sinterklaas clubs discuss Piet
- Hague repeat offender behind burglary
- Russian ambassador satisfied
- Rutte calls Putin
- Duma member denounces Dutch disease
- US agency tapped 1.8 million Dutch telephones
- Rutte probably not monitored
- Kroes pleased with information Snowden
- Construction group Ballast Nedam to cut 250 Jobs
- Fokker to perform airbus ACJ319 VIP completion
- Rabobank to pay $1B in Libor fine
- Research finds more people to switch health insurer
- More women in sub top management
- Heijmans to build Kanaleneiland center's third part
- Investigation at parent companies Slotervaart Hospital
- IGZ will release file general practitioner
- Hacker worked in finance
- Commission for victims of violence Catholic Church
- Dutch hackers arrested for looting accounts
- Case Badr Hari continues in January
- More money vanished from PvdA Amersfoort
- Romanians confess stealing paintings in Netherlands
- More than 400 tips about Maddie
- Arnhem Jihad-goers apprehended
- Up to 32 months in prison in large phishing case
- Air traffic controllers threaten to leave jobs
- Netherlands, Nigeria step up cooperation against human trafficking
- Online buying groceries doubles
- 30% more suicides
- Fourth cyberspace conference to be held in Netherlands
- Dutch energy companies can separate operations
- More people struggling to pay mortgage
- Many criminal courts critical of alcohol lock
- Shame over division church
- Dutch admission requirements harmful to St. Maarten
- House prices down 4% in September
- No room in schools for difficult students
- Rutte to visit China next month
- Commotion flights nuclear weapons Volkel
- Netherlands favors German NATO plan
- Political climate Netherlands racist
- Unrest within Dutch swimming team
- Netherlands faces Israel in Rugby game
- Netherlands cricket coach leaves
- Another gold for Kromowidjojo
- Netherlands may host 2015 Tour de France
- Kromowidjojo again fastest