At the initiative of the Netherlands, eleven countries agreed at the Glasgow Climate Summit that from 2040 all new trucks and buses should be zero-emissions. In addition to the Netherlands, Turkey, Uruguay, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom participate. Part of the plan is that by 2030, 30 percent […]
MEB: 36 side effects discovered since corona vaccines were licensed | the interior
When the first vaccines were introduced to the Dutch market this year, 31 side effects were known. According to MEB, the addition of 36 to the package leaflet since then is mainly due to the wide scope in which vaccination is currently being carried out worldwide. More than 24 million injections have been taken in […]
Bidding on housing should be more fair and transparent
The government wants to make bidding on owner-occupied homes fairer and more transparent. Buyers must be able to understand when and how much to bid by others. Retention of finance and construction report is likely to be mandatory in every purchase contract. In a letter to the House of Representatives, outgoing Minister Kajsa Olungren wrote […]
VDL Groep ‘almost fully’ up and running again a month after cyber attack – Computer – News
VDL Groep’s production activities have resumed after a cyber attack at the beginning of October. The Eindhoven consortium reported that its 105 work sites are operating “almost fully” again. The company was able to restore the backups of its systems. By using “clean data” from secured backups, the company wipes In their own words To […]
Traumatized radiologist working at Jeroen-Busch Hospital
A radiologist infected with coronavirus works at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in Den Bosch. In response to reports from NS The hospital confirms that this was decided under exceptional circumstances. “In this case, we performed a risk assessment for continuity of care,” the company spokesperson replies. This deviates from RIVM guidelines, but if this radiologist […]
An empty office is often transformed into a home
Despite the high demand for homes and the growing popularity of working from home, the rate of office-to-home conversion is slowing. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 10,200 homes were added last year due to the conversion of buildings. In the years before that, that number was 12,500 homes. By way of comparison: New […]
Dutch tourists stuck in Sardinia after the outbreak of Corona: a ‘nightmare’
Dutch authorities, who are traveling with Poldermann Risen, have been placed in quarantine in a hotel. nightmare “What should have been a beautiful trip turned into a real nightmare. We went through it,” said Rene van der Pluijm, a participant in the holiday trip that started on October 18 and was only supposed to last […]
Another increase in the number of corona patients in hospitals: 1490 | interior
Figures from the National Coordination Center for Patient Proliferation (LCPS) show that 305 people infected with Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, were in intensive care units in the Netherlands on Sunday. That’s 17 more than on Saturday. In total, there were 26 new registrations of corona patients on integrated circuits. There are now […]
Blam for Brits during the Climate Summit: diesel trains again due to expensive energy | the cars
Because electricity is so expensive, British railways are forced to take electric locomotives off the track and replace them with polluting diesel engines. Also during the climate summit. Diesel locomotives are noisier, slower and more polluting than electric locomotives, but they are cheaper to operate. At least: in Great Britain, because a sharp rise in […]
Ministry forced to refuse millions of Sywert van Lienden indoor face masks
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health (VWS) confirmed this to de Volkskrant. The spokesperson says 32.8 million mouth covers, which have been omitted from official stock numbers since this week, have yet to be destroyed. Mouth caps were purchased last year. Then the House of Representatives urged the widespread purchase of so-called personal protective […]