Turkey’s red meat association has ordered Dutch cattle to be sent back to the Netherlands, saying that the diplomatic crisis between the countries has led to a decision to no longer farm the cows. The head of the Turkish Association of Red Meat Producers, Bulent Tunc, said that a symbolic consignment of 40 Holstein Friesian cattle … Read more
Millions of Dutch voters are going to the polls today in key elections overshadowed by a blazing diplomatic row with Turkey and all eyes on the anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders. Following last year’s Brexit vote, and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential polls, the Dutch general elections are being viewed as a test of … Read more
Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country’s values should leave. “Act normal, or go away,” he says, in a message seen as taking on the anti-immigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls. The Dutch felt increasingly uncomfortable with people … Read more
Dutch anti-Islam opposition leader Geert Wilders goes on trial on Monday for inciting hatred and discrimination, 18 months after he led a chant for fewer Moroccans in the country and called them scum during campaigning for local elections. A verdict is due in December, just months before a March 15 parliamentary election in which Wilders’ … Read more