Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know

The Netherlands will relax most of the remaining coronavirus rules from Wednesday, January 26 at 5am. Here’s what you need to know.

The mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, apologies for the city’s role in slavery and colonialism

The mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb has made a formal apology for the role of city officials in slavery in colonial times.

Queen Beatrix tests positive for Coronavirus

Princess Beatrix, the 83-year-old former Dutch queen, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the royal house announced Saturday in The Netherlands.

The concealment of contaminated eggs by the Belgium government

German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt expressed concern about news that Belgian authorities first learned about the possible contamination of eggs with an insecticide in June, a month before the issue became public. Schmidt planned to call his Belgian counterpart on Monday to discuss the current situation and “particularly the new information,” a ministry spokesman said.

The Corona pandemic in detail

The agents of the disease Covid-19 (Sars-CoV-2, and the so-called Iranian, Italian, British, South African, Brazilian, Indian mutants, variants,