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Literally ALL the steps... I bought individually wrapped CANNED TUNA a few days ago. I wanted to cry. All produce is also individually wrapped, for what?!
What other steps should Dutch supermarkets take to reduce plastic?
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GREAT POLITICAL SCANDALS:
US: Soldiers illegally sell arms to Iran and channel funds to Nicaraguan rebels
UK: Defence secretary lies about affair with the lover of a Soviet spy
Netherlands: PM maybe discussed giving a job to an MP then said he hadn't done that but maybe he had
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.@rotterdam continues its incredible metamorphosis from the Netherlands' 'car capital' to its 'green capital':
The municipality wants to invest €233 million in seven iconic projects; corridors and intersections that will trade car space for green space.
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Always a good sign when the government has to keep changing the scale on their corona dashboard because the number of new infections is so high it won't fit on the usual spectrum 😬
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Dutch resistance members celebrate at the moment they heard of Adolf Hitler’s death over the radio, May 1945. (Colorized) explorerrowan.tumblr.com/pos…
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"Is the Netherlands sleepwalking into a catastrophe?"
I wrote something about the Dutch coronavirus response, why people hate face masks and the risk of a second wave
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The Dutch Urban Search and Rescue (@USARNL) team will be flying to #Beirut tonight with 60 doctors, policemen, firefighters, and soldiers. They will also bring 16,000 kg of equipment. #BeirutExplosion
Het Urban Search and Rescue (@USARNL)-team gaat vanavond vanaf @VlbEindhoven naar #Beiroet. Zo’n 16.000kg materieel en honden reizen apart per C17-transportvliegtuig. Het meer dan 60 koppige team bestaat uit brandweerlieden, politie, artsen en militairen. defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2…
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Dutch #innovation at work: A floating #solar island that rotates with the sun recently opened in Rotterdam. The floating solar island, the largest of its kind in Europe, can yield up to 30% more energy than solar panels on land. ☀️ #InvestinHolland bit.ly/3k6maPr
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Did you know there are some really beautiful #wall #murals around #Tilburg?
#exploreyourcity #weekendwanderlust
Not that much into windmills and tulips but really on board with street art and urban sports? 🛹 We've got just the city for you #013 @TickettoTilburg
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Pretty sure they have worse names for him than that
Mark Rutte has been dubbed in the Italian press as the "super strict doctor" for refusing to easily give out financial aid to hard-hit countries by the coronavirus.
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3 June 1941 | Dutch Jewish girl Henriëtte Jacobsen (left) was born in Rotterdam.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her elder sister Sara Channah. They were murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
