At a number of places in Belgium, a minute's silence was observed Wednesday at 1:00 pm out of respect for the two police officers and the student who were shot dead in Liège on Tuesday. Political forces, politicians, administrators and citizens in cities such as Antwerp, Brussels and of course Liege also commemorated the victims.
The Ministry of Finance says to keep a close eye on developments at AirFrance / KLM.
Russia plans to bring Syrians to the Netherlands that were seen on images of the alleged poison gas attack in the Syrian Douma. Russian ambassador Alexander Sjoelgin said in an interview with ITV News that his country's 'unforgivable lies' \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; about the incident.
Roy B., who was arrested on Sunday for involvement in the death of Orlando Boldewijn, has been released.
Prosecutors have demanded a life imprisonment against Radovan Karadzic on appeal. Prosecutor Katrina Gustafson told the UN Tribunal MICT in The Hague that the former leader of the Serbs in Bosnia 'abused his enormous power to shed the blood of countless victims. Justice demands that he gets the highest possible sentence: lifelong. '
The trial against the former leader of the Serbs in Bosnia, Karadzic, has been unfair. He must be acquitted or the process must be over. This was his counsel Peter Robinson argued at the start of the appeal in The Hague on Monday. The prosecutors have also lodged an appeal because they want him to receive a life sentence.
The UN war tribunal MICT in The Hague will consider the appeal in the Karadzic case on Monday and Tuesday. In 2016, the Yugoslavia Tribunal condemned Radovan Karadzic to 40 years in prison for crimes against humanity and genocide, including the genocide in Srebrenica in 1995. Both Karadzic and the prosecutor decided to challenge this ruling.
An international team of experts who want to investigate the possible poison gas attack in the Syrian Douma can start work on Wednesday. That expectation was expressed by the Russian ambassador at the organization against chemical weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.
The attack by the US, the United Kingdom and the French on targets in Syria was a huge logistical operation. The costs run into hundreds of millions, says defense specialist Peter Wijninga. There may even have been a bomber in America to fire rockets on Syria.
Spanish prosecutors have tried to convince their German counterparts at Eurojust in The Hague that the Catalan ex-prime minister Carles Puigdemont can be extradited for rebellion or mutiny. Images of violence in Catalonia have been shown for this. The defendant could then have thirty years in prison due to rebellion.
German and Spanish prosecutors meet in the Netherlands about Carles Puigdemont, the former prime minister of Catalonia. According to sources of the Spanish newspaper El País, the meeting would take place at Eurojust, the European Union (EU) legal organization based in The Hague.
German and Spanish prosecutors meet in the Netherlands about Carles Puigdemont, the former prime minister of Catalonia. According to sources of the Spanish newspaper El País, the meeting would take place at Eurojust, the European Union (EU) legal organization based in The Hague.
The OPCW has rejected a Russian proposal to 'cooperate' in the investigation into the poison gas used in the attack on Skripal double spy. The rejection by Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague is a support in the back of the British, but the Russians are furious.
Great Britain mentions a Russian proposal to jointly investigate the attack on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal 'perverse.' The British delegation that participated in the Wednesday consultation with the organization against chemical weapons (OPCW) in The Hague twittered that.
Disgusting food remains from the bulging trash cans and an allegedly illegal deal with the embassy of Albania. Opposite of the turret of Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague, the nuisance of an Italian restaurant was spit.
The expulsion of two Russian diplomats through the Netherlands 'will not be without consequences,' says the Russian ambassador in The Hague, Alexander Shulgin, in an interview with EenVandaag. 'We will have to respond in one way or another,' he warns. 'It will be a form of retribution.'
France and the Netherlands should work together to involve East European countries more in the climate issue. 'We always end up in a fixed groove in debates about migration and climate,' said Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Brussels about the contradictions in the EU.
The leaked sex video of Samantha de Jong was indeed made at the rehab clinic where she spent some time at the beginning of this year after she attempted suicide. In her own words she made the video because she had nothing to do.
The 23 Russian diplomats who have been deported by Great Britain leave that country on Tuesday. British media reported that diplomats and their families have been picked up in vans at the embassy in London and are on their way to the airport.
Against the 24-year-old Martijn N., who tried to travel to Syria twice, a three-year prison sentence was demanded on appeal. The Hague man intended to join a jihadist group as a fighter.
The American, British, German and French leaders have expressed their horror at the assassination of the former Russian double-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
The NATO countries are right behind London after the poisoning of a former double spy and his daughter in Salisbury. They are very concerned about the first nerve attack on NATO territory since the alliance began in 1949, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday in parliament. NATO member states call on Moscow to answer questions from the British government about the Russian chemical weapons program.
The Philippines step out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The country reacts to the investigation that the court announced to extrajudicial killings.
The Russian exile Nikolai Garshkov, who was friends with the late oligarch Boris Berezovski, was found dead in his home in London. That's what his lawyer said, reports The Guardian.
In Bulgaria, a shop was closed that bore the striking name Occasion Den Haag. In the shop telephones were brought to the man that had been stolen in the Dutch city of The Hague.
Dutch metal companies such as Tata Steel lobby the cabinet and the American ambassador to limit the damage of the announced steel and aluminum tax by President Trump. 'At the same time, Americans can not do without our high-quality steel,' says Theo Henrar, CEO of Tata Steel Netherlands.
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has called on police officers and soldiers not to cooperate in international investigations into extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.
Four UN soldiers were killed in an explosion in Mali. A landmine or roadside bomb probably exploded near their vehicle. Another four passengers were seriously injured, reports the UN mission in the West African country.
At the end of this week, European leaders started the first discussions on the new multi-annual budget of the EU. At the same time, there is already informal consultation about the future of Europe, with Germany and France taking the lead. These countries want more European cooperation, at the expense of the current powers that EU countries still have. This mainly concerns more Brussels in the financial-economic field and more money for the EU.
The London police have apologized for an undercover action twenty years ago. In addition, a secret agent helped with the permission of her supervisor in an action of the Animal Liberation Front in which about 6000 minks were released.
