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The climate is predicted to change across the world. A study published by the scientific journal PLoS One and conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology calculates that climates across the world will change...
It was a dead heat between 2016 and 2020 being the hottest year. Nasa announced on Thursday that the average global land and ocean temperature in 2020 was the highest ever measured, edging out the previous record set in...
PM Mark Rutte is one of Europe’s longest-serving political leaders. The Dutch government has been under pressure to resign, and today that has happened. The calls for the government to resign after 20,000 families...
We’re so excited about the snow! As the country deals with this long lockdown we have all waited anxiously for the snow. This winter, however, we haven’t seen it blanket Amsterdam. It seems that everywhere b...
People in the Netherlands could see a curfew of 8pm. UPDATE: The government is no longer expected to announce a curfew in tonight’s press conference. The government is considering a curfew in all of the Netherland...
Non-residents could be banned from coffee shops altogether. In the past authorities have spoken about banning non-residents, and even non-citizens from Amsterdam’s coffee shops. However, this time the city’s...
It appears as though the Pfizer vaccine will fight both COVID-19 mutations effectively. In the past few weeks, two new mutations of COVID-19 have been identified. One is said to have originated in the UK and the other i...
All 27 member nations now have the go-ahead for vaccine rollout. It’s the day we’ve been waiting for – the EU Agency has just approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in its 27 member states. The v...
There will be a short break for people to meet at Christmas. PM Mark Rutte announced yesterday that the country would head into a 5-week lockdown, starting today. ‘The Netherlands is closing down’, said Rutte, as protes...
It’s welcome news for chocoholics everywhere! A new study has found that drinking hot chocolate could temporarily boost a person’s intelligence. Researchers at The University of Birmingham in the UK have con...