During the protests of the ‘yellow vests’ in Brussels, two police vans were set on fire. The police tried to expel the demonstrators from the vicinity of the official residence of Prime Minister Charles Michel and the government buildings in and around the Wetstraat with tear gas and a water cannon. A spontaneous protest of the yellow vests caused a …
The Italian government is in talks with Spain and Malta over a Spanish fishing vessel with 12 migrants on board. Last Thursday the 13 crew members of the boat, named Nuestra Madre Loreto, rescued migrants from Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Senegal and Egypt from a rubber dinghy off the coast of Libya. Madrid initially asked Libya to take charge of the …
The changing relations in the World make it necessary to strive for a European army. That was said by Deputy Prime Minister Ollongren at a meeting in Copenhagen organized by Radikale Venstre, the Danish sister party of Ollongrens D66. “I think we should imagine a clear sky with a European army on the horizon,” She added that she just wants …
Amac, the largest Apple Premium Reseller in the Netherlands, recorded 154 million euros in revenue last year, 64 percent more than a year ago. iPhones and iPads accounted for the lion’s share of sales. The profit of parent company Think Different during the broken financial year, which ran from April 2017 up to and including March 2018, rose 78 percent …
On the Italian island of Sicily, more than two hundred migrants arrived Saturday night which according to the Italian government should have been rescued – and kept for their own provision – by the Maltese Coast Guard. Among the 236 passengers there were 5 babies, 7 children and nearly 50 women, says the Italian Ministry of the Interior. Most of …
Maritime service provider Boskalis has won a contract worth more than 250 million euros. The company will install export cables for the Ostwind 2 offshore network connection. It is the largest cable installation contract that Boskalis has ever acquired. Topman Peter Berdowski is’ ‘extremely proud’ that the company is selected, according to the Papendrecht dredging company. It involves the design …
Brexit soap opera got new dramatic turn as PM Theresa May called the nation to support her vision of the people’s will implementation. This vision is, in general, a formal Brexit without regaining true sovereignty. And massive payouts to the European Union. The British Prime Minister Theresa May has called in an open letter to the British to join her …
It is not only a personal drama, also businesslike the exit of Ghosn brings with it all kinds of problems. As we warned at his arrest: Ghosn was the cement in the alliance between Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi. Without him it can be pretty difficult and Nissan has decided to dump him. Internally, the atmosphere is already well rotten. There …
The Champs Elysées in Paris is the battleground since Saturday morning. Counter stand between demonstrators in yellow vests and the police grew to the the full-scale riots. “The movement of the gilets of Jaunes – a peaceful protest against the high fuel prices and taxes – was hijacked by a group of violent rioters”, the pro-government press says. It was …
Parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo were hit by gas bombs on Saturday night. According to Syrian state media, dozens of people were injured by the released gas. Respiratory problems are widely reported. A number of wounded have been taken to the hospital. Terrorist groups are held responsible for the attack. Aleppo was for a long time the scene …
