In the media
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Cargo from MSC Zoe revealed after pressure from legal expert Esther Kentin 08 July 2024After hundreds of containers fell into the Wadden Sea in 2019, government authorities refused to reveal the contents of that cargo. Five years on, aft...
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Government publishes legal document on MSC Zoe disaster at LAPP's insistence 16 April 2024
The cargo lost at sea as a result of the MSC Zoe disaster should be considered environmental pollution and information about it should be made public....
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Francien Dechesne presents at NWO ICT.Open 2024 09 April 2024On April 10 -11, the annual national event NWO ICT.Open 2024 takes place in the Beatrix Theater in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. The event brings scientis...
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Force judges to listen to parents before placing children in care 11 March 2024Parents are not always heard before their children’s placement in care is extended. They can only have their say if they ask the judge for a hearing t...
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Military service: a thing of the past or completely relevant today? 28 February 2024Two years ago, Russian tanks crossed the border into Ukraine. The war seems to be getting closer and closer. Is it time to dust off and reintroduce mi...
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Tinder match? Use facial recognition first 22 February 2024Recent developments in AI mean nobody is anonymous nowadays. The search engine PimEyes can find any photo of anyone that’s ever been placed online. No...
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Extensive media attention for research into income inequality 25 January 2024On behalf of trade union FNV, Egbert Jongen and Heike Vethaak from Leiden University conducted a study on income distribution over the past 40 years. ...
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Government unaware of Dutch involvement in Iran nuclear weapons programme sabotage 11 January 2024In 2007, a spy from the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) planted a destructive computer virus at an Iranian nuclear site, haltin...
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Investigations conducted by child protection bodies have been 'substandard for some time' 07 December 2023Investigations conducted by several Dutch child protection bodies within family situations are inadequate. Due to lack of knowledge, time and money, t...
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Opinion: Global Safety Summit on AI avoids real issue 08 November 2023The first global safety summit on Artificial Intelligence is a fact. Prime Minister Sunak organised the conference because he believes that the issues...
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First fine for space debris: A warning for space companies 04 October 2023The first fine for space debris has been issued. An American company that had failed to clean up its space junk has been fined $150.000.
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A lunar land grab? 28 August 2023Missions to the moon have become popular again. In just one week, a lunar mission from Russia failed while India landed a spacecraft in a historic fir...
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The Netherlands remains a key player in the world of tax evasion 27 July 2023By making use of artificial tax arrangements via the Netherlands and other countries, corporations and wealthy individuals worldwide together manage t...
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International media: 'Collapse of Dutch Government Highlights Europe’s New Migration Politics’ 11 July 2023The numbers of asylum seekers and the direct family members hoping to join them were not the problem, says Mark Klaassen. The stumbling block was the ...
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Plan for which VVD is prepared to let Dutch government collapse, caused overburdening of judicial system and violation of children's rights in Germany 07 July 2023The Dutch conservative VVD party plans to make the right to family reunification more difficult for people with temporary residence permits. In German...