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Twitter account for Wilders' cats causes media commotion

Mar 27 '17 10:55

On Saturday PVV leader Geert Wilders created a Twitter account for his cats. Whether or not this was a news worthy event caused quite a stir in Dutch Media and on social media.

Newspaper AD, like a few other newspapers, decided to write something about it and post it on the newspaper's site. Prominent VVD member and former parliament president Frans Weisglas directed a a tweet to AD editor Hans Nijenhuis, asking whether he could explain the relevance of the story. "Dear Hans Nijenhuis, can you explain the relevance of this story in your serious newspaper?" he tweeted.

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Second Dutch cat cafe opens in Groningen

Feb 12 '16 15:22

Business

The Netherlands' second cat cafe opened its doors in Groningen on Thursday. Cat cafe 'Op z'n Kop' is located on Oude Ebbingestraat in Groningen city center and boasts six cat residents

Amsterdam cat cafe opens today

Apr 22 '15 12:29

Business Food

Amsterdam's first cat cafe opens today. Kopjes is located on Marco Polostraat in Amsterdam. The cafe has already received a lot of interest - more than 600 cat lovers have already made a reservation.

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First Dutch cat cafe opens in Amsterdam this month

Apr 7 '15 15:56

Food

The Netherlands' first cat cafe, Kopjes, will open its doors on April 22nd. The cafe is located on Marco Polostraat in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam cafe forced to remove 20-yr-old cat

Sep 17 '14 15:39

Business Food

An Amsterdammer would not startle when finding a cat roaming around their legs in a cafe. For many years, cats have been an integral part of the local colour, ridding premisses of pesky vermin and providing comfort to the regulars. However well known Nieuwmarkt spot Cafe ‘t Loosje has received word from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) that their beloved cat Smokey can no longer remain on the premises. Outraged by the order, employee Marie Boudri started an online petition which is receiving considerable community support.

Police find hole full of dead animals, Rosmalen

Apr 15 '14 16:00

Weird

A 72-year old man from Rosmalen has admitted to digging the hole, in which multiple dead animals were discovered, that police found on monday.

Animal food bank under strain

Mar 31 '14 10:32

There is too much demand at the animal food banks in The Netherlands. The foundation Collection Bank Animals Netherlands told Metro that the number of people paying weekly visits to the animal food bank has doubled in the last three months.