Geert Vanden Wijngaert /AP Photo Tractors Descend on City After Government Bans Farmers' Protests As the farmers gathered in the park in the south of the city, Mayor Jan van Zanen gave police permission to use a water cannon. By The Associated Press March 11, 2023
Ben Martin / Getty ImagesCommentary French, Dutch Publishers Draw a Line in the Sand - No More Woke Rewrites "His humor is second to none ... Fortunately, we have the freedom to see what that means for our translations." By C. Douglas Golden February 24, 2023
Jacob W. Frank / AP No Paintballs: Court Shoots Down Bizarre Plan to Control Growing Wolf Population A Dutch court shot down a novel idea from local officials who wanted to use paintball guns to drive away wolves. By The Associated Press November 30, 2022
@Kolpen / Twitter screen shots Climate Activists Try Their Stunt in Front of Crowd Viewing 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' and It Doesn't End Well Another famous piece of art has been vandalized by climate protesters. This time it was Vermeer's masterpiece 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.' By Abby Liebing October 28, 2022
ANP / Getty ImagesCommentary Soccer Pro Refuses to Wear Armband After Noticing What's on It: 'I Don't Feel Comfortable' Fans don't come to soccer competitions to find out where the player's stand on social issues. They come to be entertained. By Elizabeth Stauffer October 26, 2022
Getty Images for CNN / Getty Images Longtime CNN Anchor Disappears from the Air Amid Reports of an Internal Investigation A major CNN anchor was told to take 'personal leave' to take care of a 'personal situation,' which has many questioning CNN. By Abby Liebing October 6, 2022
@HAKgroenten / Twitter European Agriculture Takes Devastating Blow - Popular Vegetable Brand Forced Into 6-Week Production Halt The energy crisis in Europe is threatening food production, and this Dutch vegetable brand is having to stop production. By Abby Liebing October 4, 2022
Sem van der Wal - ANP / AFP / Getty Images Dutch Farmers' Long Battle Against Dystopian Legislation Takes a Major Turn as Key Official Abruptly Quits The Dutch minister at the forefront of the effort to impose emissions limits on farmers has given up the task and resigned his position. By Jack Davis September 8, 2022
Paul Ellis - Pool / Getty Images Bezos Slinks Away After Fed-Up Locals Announce Creative Revenge for Plan to Clear the River for His Mega-Yacht Residents were outraged after it was announced that a beloved local bridge would be dismantled to make way for Bezos' 417-foot yacht. By Michael Austin August 4, 2022
@RadioGenova / Twitter screen shot Watch: Fed-Up Dutch Farmers Flood Highways with Huge Swaths of Manure, Burning Hay in Protest of Gov "The police are investigating who is responsible for this," several police agencies said after the farmers' disruptions caused a road accident. By Andrew Jose July 27, 2022