Netherlands Parliament prohibits slaughter without stunningThe lower house of the Netherlands Parliament voted overwhelmingly last night to ban the slaughter of livestock without stunning it first, removing an exemption that has allowed Jews and Muslims to butcher animals, writes Richard Farmer.
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Guy Rundle: Rundle does Amsterdam: right winger Wilders, the canary in the coalmine of European politics
Geert Wilders, the peroxide blond leader of the PVV, the Freedom Party, has become the bete noire of Dutch politics, and a hero to crazed right-wingers everywhere around the world.
Skeleton government in Netherlands after marathon meeting
So the Netherlands is about to enter another Afghanistan-centred election campaign, unless Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende’s skeleton government can stop the downhill slide and find new coalition partners — lots of them, writes Ian Rogers.
Europe’s secret nukes
Europe’s “dirty secret” is that four non-nuclear states — Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands — have nuclear bombs and air forces capable of dropping them, reports TIME. Is it time for this Cold War anachronism to end?
Dutch Government to pay young journos’ salary
The Dutch government is planning to spend €4m to pay the salaries of 60 young journalists across the Netherlands while the industry struggles in the financial crisis.
Troops mutiny in an Afghanistan campaign first
24 Dutch troops in Afghanistan have been suspended following a refusal to follow orders in what has been described as the first “mutiny” of the conflict, writes Bernard Keane.
