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The nitrogen letter from the Cabinet and no longer need a permit for everything. This is what farmers' organisations that have united in the Agriculture Alliance and want to talk to Minister Van Essen want. This afternoon, they presented their plans in the Nieuwspoort press centre in The Hague. The chance that the minister will take over the plans seems minimal.
Minister Van Weel of Justice talks to Mayor Halsema of Amsterdam about Sunday's pro-Palestinian demonstration in the capital. There, flags were shown from Hamas and support was expressed for that Palestinian terrorist organization. "This went far beyond my borders," Van Weel said this afternoon in the House of Representatives. The BBB had brought him to Question Time to explain.
The Netherlands refuses visa to Russian gymnasts The Russian reigning world champion all-around athlete Angelina Melnikova - like two other top Russian gymnasts - will not receive a visa from the Netherlands for the World Championships in Rotterdam that starts on Saturday. The Russian gymnastics federation is furious and speaks of "direct discrimination against Russian athletes and a gross violation of the principle of equal conditions for Olympic selection". The Russian gymnasts compete in Rotterdam not yet under their national flag, but under the name World Gymnastics 2. What's going on?
Tomorrow is the first strike day in regional transport, as part of a series of strikes that will continue until Christmas. In large parts of the country, there are no trains and buses from regional carriers Arriva, EBS, Qbuzz, Transdev and Keolis. The trains of NS do run normally. Last Friday, the trade unions FNV and CNV announced that they would strike one day every week because of failed collective bargaining negotiations.
Albert Heijn is struggling with a hacking attack or a serious attempt at one. Officially, the supermarket chain does not want to say what exactly its "cybersecurity incident" entails, but sources in the security world report that Albert Heijn has identified suspicious attack traffic on its systems. It appears that Albert Heijn IT security staff saw suspicious traffic coming in and decided to disable the IT systems. In this way they managed to prevent the hackers from penetrating deeper into the systems.
The police are investigating a possible shooting on Coopmansstraat in Leeuwarden. The police received a report of a shooting incident on Monday evening and are now investigating whether shots were actually fired and who was involved. After the report, a house in the street was cordoned off with tape. It is not clear whether anyone was injured.
There will be no additional university places for dentistry students, despite the growing shortage of dentists. Education Minister Rianne Letschert informed Parliament that expanding study capacity is too expensive. Adding extra places would cost an estimated 30.1 million euros annually.
No trains will run on parts of the route between Arnhem and Utrecht from Tuesday, October 20 to Saturday, October 31 due to track work. ProRail is carrying out maintenance and constructing a new railway underpass at Wolfheze station. The work is split into two phases, also affecting train services to Rhenen during the first few days.
Fake agents active in De Fryske Marren and Súdwest-Fryslân There are currently fake agents active in municipalities De Fryske Marren and Súdwest-Fryslân, the police report via a message on social media. The perpetrators ask people to give their money, jewellery and bank cards' in custody '. The police warn not to give anything to these fake cops and to call 911 immediately.
State Secretary Erkens van Landbouw still has to assess whether three pig farmers comply with the rules on docking the tails of their animals. That was the ruling of the Board of Appeal for Business in a case that had been brought by Pigs in Need. Pig farmers say that cutting or shortening the curly tails is necessary to prevent the pigs from biting each other's tails. According to Pigs in Need, better prevent tail biting by improving the living conditions of pigs.
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