Week in review: October 21 - November 1
The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features: the violent autumn storm that passed over The Netherlands, two dead by fire in wind turbine, top Dutch baseball players, violence against gay people in Vondelpark, and the death of Bonfire.
The 95 million euro autumn storm: Storms leave two dead, scores of damage: A severe storm moved from the southwest across The Netherlands on Monday. The KNMI issued a code red, the highest weather alert, for extreme weather in the west, center and north of the country. Read the full story.
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A tree crashed over the Herengracht in Amsterdam (Sijbolt Noorda, Twitter)
- Third death by autumn storm
- 95 million euros in storm damage
- NS: delays until well into Tuesday
- The storm has passed
- Train traffic severely disrupted
- Emergency service don't call 112 too fast
- Worst storm since 1990
- Ferry can not enter port IJmuiden
- Fallen trees kill 1, injure others in Amsterdam
- Extreme weather: 140km/h winds expected today
- KLM cancels flights due to storm
Greenpeace:
Jailed Greenpeace activist seeks King's help: Faiza Oulahsen, a Dutch Greenpeace activist imprisoned in Russia, has asked King Willem-Alexander for help. Read the full story.
Business:
- Sanoma to cut 500 jobs in Netherlands
- Rabobank to Pay €774M in Libor Interest Rate Fraud
- Netherlands improves environment for Entrepeneurs
- Philips cancels home entertainment business sale
- No advantage day and night rate electricity
Crime:
Again gay violence in Vondelpark: Another serious assault occurred in the Vondelpark on Sunday October 20. The
incident happened at the meeting place for men in the rose garden, reported the police. Read the full story
- Eldest son breaks in for dying mother
- Virus shows child pornography on PC
- Police launches website listing break-ins nationwide
- Three burglars arrested after spectacular chase
- Child pornography risk-free crime
- Foundling Roermond has sister
Entertainment:
Health:
- Vion not involved in better life-meat fraud
- No increased risk of PIP breast implants
- Foodwatch raises concern over school breakfast program
- Philips Evaluates 3D Holographic Visualization, Interaction Technology
- Girl (17), with measles, deceased
- Netherlands sees drop in mortality rate for children with HIV
- Manufacturer recalls insulin
- Refugees ill from mushrooms
Netherlands:
Dead in fire wind turbine Ooltgensplaat: A wind turbine caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Ooltgensplaat on
Goeree-Overflakkee, costing the lives of two mechanics. Read the full story
Bonfire dies: Champion horse Bonfire has died on Monday morning at the age of 30. The most well-known horse in the Netherlands, besides the horse of Sinterklaas of course, won with his rider Anky van Grunsven a gold medal at the Olympics in Sidney in 2000. Read the full story
- New wind farm to produce electricity for 245,000 houses
- Schools Need €7M For Buildings Maintenance
- Fired whistleblower mosque boarding goes to court
- Groningen gets extra shelters for Syrians
- Churches get more requests for help
- Officer Fired Over Leaking Mosque-Boarding School Data
- Dutch museums find 139 artworks looted in Nazi era
- Netherlands to host international Maritime exhibition
- Cyclists' favorite place
- Au pair agencies required to pass IND screenings
- Dutch companies to produce protein from food waste using fly larvae
- No apology rector Imam school
Politics:
- Timmermans debates in house on Russia
- Plasterk says NSA admits illegal monitoring
- Wilders kicks Bontes out of group
- Willem-Alexander and Màxima visit Putin
- US secret agency must get permission
Sports:
Top Dutch baseball players: Bleacher Report released a list of the top best players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands in major league baseball. Andrelton Simmons, born in Mundo Nobo, Curaçao, smacked 17 homers and notched 59 RBI this season. Kenley Jansen, born in Willemstad, Curaçao, in 2004 joined Los Angeles Dodgers as a catcher. But he then became a pitcher. Noteworthy is that 9 out of 10 of these players originate from Curaçao or Aruba. Read the full story
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Technology:
Holland MT introduces solar-powerpack
TMG closing Hyves social network
Dutch, German expanding cyber security
Check out NL Times for the rest of the news and stories this week.
