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Manchester City 3-3 Feyenoord: Late rally earns unlikely point
Nov 26, 2024 · Feyenoord pulled off a stunning comeback to earn a precious point in the Champions League as Manchester City self-destructed in the last 15 minutes. The English champions appeared to have taken total control of the match when Erling Haaland slammed in his second goal of the night and his 44th in the competition after eight minutes of the second half. Even when Anis Hadj-Moussa pounced on a ...
Oranje draw Spain in Nations League quarter finals
Nov 22, 2024 · The Netherlands has drawn Spain in the quarter finals of the Nation’s League competition and will meet the current champions at home on March 20. The return leg will be played in Spain three days later. As number 2 in its group, the Netherlands was guaranteed to be drawn against one of the four group winners, with Portugal and France as the other options. Croatia will meet France, Denmark ...
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The Dutch dominate speed skating: what you need to know
Nov 8, 2024 · The Dutch dominate international competition in long track speed skating and it’s no surprise to find the Dutch taking all three medal positions in some events. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happening this weekend? The speed skating season starts with Dutch qualification competition for the World Cup tournament at the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen. The races Riders race on a 400 ...
Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained
Feb 26, 2024 · Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained February 26, 2024 Molly Quell Ridouan Taghi in court. Illustration: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / Aloys Oosterwijk. On Tuesday, February 27, judges in the Marengo trial – a mega process involving 17 defendants, six murders, and the alleged leaders of one of the most violent criminal gangs in Dutch history – will issue their verdict.
Psychiatrists rebuked for criticising euthanasia of 17-year-old
Oct 1, 2024 · The federation of doctors KNMG has called the behaviour of 14 prominent psychiatrists who urged the public prosecution office to take action in the case of the euthanasia of a 17-year-old girl “indecent and unacceptable”. The KNMG, which also arbitrates in matters of ethics, said the psychiatrists were wrong to send a letter in which they called for a criminal investigation into the ...
AkzoNobel to cut 2,000 jobs, impact in the Netherlands unclear
Sep 24, 2024 · Dutch paint maker AkzoNobel said on Tuesday it is to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide as part of a programme to “reduce cost and to enhance the efficiency of its functions” The move is aimed at streamlining the management structure and offset rising labour costs, chief executive Greg Poux-Guillaume said in a short statement. AkzoNobel is the owner of brands such as Dulux and Sikkens. The job ...
Dutch author makes Booker Prize shortlist with The Safekeep
Sep 17, 2024 · Yael van der Wouden has become the first Dutch author to be included in the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist for her post World War II novel The Safekeep. The book is “a remarkable debut about obsession and loss, set in an isolated Netherlands house,” the judging panel said of the book. “The author draws us into a world as carefully calibrated as a Dutch still-life.” Van der Wouden ...
Dutch to slash English university courses, curb foreign students
Oct 16, 2024 · Some 20% of bachelor students come from abroad and this is leading to “ shortages of student accommodation, overcrowded lecture theatres and pressure on students, ” Bruins said.. At the same time, the minister said the major shortages on the Dutch labour market make it necessary to attract talented international students. More also needs to be done to encourage them to stay in the ...