The Dutch Army has recently completed a live-fire counter-drone trial using a cutting-edge device, called the Smart Shooter‘s SMASH Fire Control System. Soldiers from all branches of the army, including the Air Force, Special Forces, and Marines, attended the trial, which was done in close co-operation with Smart Shooter Dutch Partner, TBM bv. The trial took place at the site of the knowledge center for weapons and ammunition in ‘t Harde. Most of the soldiers were introduced to the system for the first time the morning of the trial, and used it on a Colt 5,56 assault rifle to shoot down different […]
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Up until 2014, no meth lab had ever been found in the Netherlands. Today, they are sprawling across the Dutch countryside. This year alone, 19 labs were found and dismantled as the Dutch police brace themselves for a veritable crystal meth tidal wave. “Mexico is traditionally specialized in the production of meth and we, as the Netherlands, have the dubious honor of being one of the main producers of MDMA and amphetamine. Those two worlds are now finding one another,” Andy Kraag, head of the Dutch Criminal Investigations Division, told The Daily Beast. The profit margins for crystal meth are crazy: […]
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Amsterdam claims the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) was unable to participate in the US’ NATO-inclusive Operation Allied Sky because its US-made F-35 Lightning II aircraft had vulnerable fuel tanks due to pipe damage of unexplained origins, making them unsafe to fly in thunderstorms. “Damaged pipes have been found on F-35A fighters. These are pipes from the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) in a fuel tank,” read a Friday release issued by the Dutch Ministry of Defense. “All countries with F-35As were advised to avoid flights near storm cells and to protect the aircraft on the ground by a shelter […]
Peggy Bouva (center) and Maartje Duin (right) with Bouva’s cousin Jessica Bouva (left) at the Museum van Loon in Amsterdam. Duin and Bouva spent two years researching their shared family history, which delved into the Dutch slave trade. They teamed up to produce a popular podcast exploring the colonial legacy of racism in the Netherlands. Lowrare Overman hide caption toggle caption Lowrare Overman Peggy Bouva was at home in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam a couple of years ago when she got a call that fascinated her. The woman on the phone, Maartje Duin, calling from Amsterdam, said she wanted […]
A Dutch appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that found right-wing politician Geert Wilders guilty of inciting discrimination against 400,000 Moroccans in the Netherlands, but found him guilty of insulting them. The judge in the town of Schiphol near Amsterdam also rejected the prosecution’s application for Wilders to be fined €5,000. He said that the man has “already paid a high price for years for expressing his opinion.” Wilders has been living under constant police protection for over a decade now, due to death threats provoked mainly by his criticism of Islam. However, the court upheld the politician’s prior […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed its outrage after tracking equipment was found in a Russian military attache car in The Hague, the home of the Dutch government and the International Court of Justice. Dominique Kuhling-Bakker, the Dutch Charge d’Affaires in Moscow, was summoned to the ministry in Russia’s capital. “The Russian Foreign Ministry lodged a strong protest to the Ambassador of the Netherlands, in connection with the discovery of tracking equipment in the car of the Russian military attache in The Hague,” the Russian diplomatic agency said. “The Dutch diplomat was informed that it is immediately necessary to take […]
Dutch-based vehicle manufacturer Defenture signed the contract for the supply of 249 military diesel quads with the Dutch Ministry of Defense, according to a company news release. Defenture, together with its partner W-tec from Neede, will develop this special military quad between 2020 and 2024, test prototypes and build them in series for the Dutch Special Forces. The contract has the possibility for the Dutch Defense to have another 120 quads built at Defenture. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – This quad will be developed especially for the Ministry of Defence on the basis of a prototype previously commissioned by […]
A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Black Pete Is Racism” during a 2013 demonstration in Amsterdam. Zwarte Piet or Black Pete is traditionally depicted by white people wearing blackface, Afro wigs and red lipstick. Bas Czerwinski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bas Czerwinski/AFP via Getty Images A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Black Pete Is Racism” during a 2013 demonstration in Amsterdam. Zwarte Piet or Black Pete is traditionally depicted by white people wearing blackface, Afro wigs and red lipstick. Bas Czerwinski/AFP via Getty Images The Dutch Sinterklaas differs from Santa Claus in a few key respects. His physique […]
An NH90 maritime combat helicopter crashed into the sea, 12km off Aruba, killing a pilot and a tactical coordinator. They are 34-year-old pilot Christine Martens and 33-year-old tactical coordinator Erwin Warnies, both in the rank of lieutenant. According to the Dutch Ministry of Defense, a crash involving an NH90 maritime combat helicopter has claimed the lives of 2 of the 4 crew members on board. Chief of Defence Admiral Rob Bauer made the announcement at a press conference in The Hague. The families of the victims had already been informed by the Ministry of Defence. The other 2 crew members escaped […]
A man wearing military fatigues stands next to the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MH17 carrying 298 passengers and crew, that crashed in eastern Ukraine six years ago. Dominique Faget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dominique Faget/AFP via Getty Images A man wearing military fatigues stands next to the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines MH17 carrying 298 passengers and crew, that crashed in eastern Ukraine six years ago. Dominique Faget/AFP via Getty Images The Netherlands said Friday that it will sue Russia at the European Court of Human Rights for Moscow’s alleged role in the shooting down of an airliner over […]
The police raid targeted the men after cracking encrypted text messages in EncroChat and discovering they had been formulating a detailed plan to take their fellow criminals hostage. At least six men suspected of kidnapping and assault have been arrested in the Netherlands after police had found torture chambers and cells inside seven sea containers, according to the authorities. The operation was conducted and filmed at Wouwse Plantage on the Dutch-Belgian border on 22 June. Images, shared online, show a dentist’s chair, various tools, including pliers, scalpels, and handcuffs attached to the ceiling and floor implying the criminals were going to fix someone. Police […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105714/50/1057145055_0:99:1920:1179_1200x675_80_0_0_0a7cee1eb142e5ec8aaebf9a279495d6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007051079802679-dutch-government-to-eliminate-gender-field-from-ids-/ Gender remains a requirement on passports due to existing EU regulations. At the same time, the Netherlands is not the first European state to manipulate gender options in domestic documents. The Netherlands Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven, has notified the country’s parliament that the government is planning to remove the ‘gender’ field from all forms of IDs beginning 2024 or 2025. The change will affect all newly issued IDs. In her words, the measure, the implementation of which is rooted in an agreement of a government coalition, is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107972/80/1079728054_0:0:3068:1726_1200x675_80_0_0_5631bf7670bd658a6c9394a72d1353e3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006261079728099-dutch-prosecutors-agree-to-postpone-malaysian-mh17-crash-hearings-until-early-2021/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Netherlands Public Prosecution Service has agreed to postpone hearings in substance of the Boeing MH17 crash case from this fall to February-March of next year as requested by attorneys and representatives of victims, prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse said on Friday. “If the legal team and representatives of relatives [of victims] need more time, the prosecution service will take it into account… Taking into account yesterday’s letter from the council of relatives, we propose to approve a preliminary schedule of further substantive hearings and hold them in February-March of 2021 instead of this […]
Europe 09:24 GMT 08.06.2020(updated 09:34 GMT 08.06.2020) Get short URL US authorities have informed the Netherlands of being unable to provide additional information about a missile fired at the Malaysian Airlines Boeing, МН17, apart from a document sent in 2014, presiding judge Hendrik Steenhuis has stated at the resumed hearings in the MH17 case. “The court asked whether classified satellite images of the missile launch, presented to Dutch special services, could be attached to the case … The prosecution said that the request had been sent to the US back in 2014, and in response a memorandum was sent. The Dutch […]
Dozens of firefighters have been deployed to tackle a blaze at a disused nuclear facility in Dodewaard in the Netherlands. Police have asked the public to stay away and lock all doors and windows to avoid exposure to the fumes. The fire broke out shortly before noon local time on Thursday in Dodewaard, which is roughly 100 km from Amsterdam. Eyewitness video from the scene shows fire crews battling the blaze on the roof. The cause of the fire is as yet unknown, but it may have started after work was carried out on the roof recently, according to a spokesperson […]
Dutch authorities have decided that sex is a necessity, even in times of lockdown. Ever the pragmatists, they suggest that quarantined singletons “make arrangements” with a willing partner. With more than 43,000 people infected with the coronavirus and a death toll of 5,600, the Netherlands has been on lockdown since late March. Citizens are allowed to have up to three visitors in their homes, provided they keep a distance of 1.5 meters from each other. Naturally, this precludes most sexual activity. However, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has admitted that two sex-free months is a […]