DutchNews podcast – The Arkmageddon Alpacalypse Edition – Week 1
The DutchNews podcast returns after an extended Christmas break with a feast of news from the old year and the new. We catch up on the Dutch winter storm that was too fierce for Noah’s Ark, the former minister who crashed his bus while texting behind the wheel and the whirlwind of fake news that engulfed the new US ambassador. Plus what happened when Rotterdam police unveiled plans to undress suspects in the street and an alpaca went walkabout in Haarlem.
Top story
First storm of the year causes €10 million of damage
Noah’s Ark breaks free and goes on rampage in Bible Belt fishing village
News
Regional bus and train drivers go on strike in dispute over pay and toilet breaks
Rotterdam police under fire for plan to confiscate designer clothes on the spot
National archive releases wartime documents on ‘enemy’ German nationals
Mystery alpaca found wandering streets of Haarlem
Sport
Netherlands to send ‘compact team’ of mainly speed skaters to Winter Olympics
Discussion: best of the news from the end of 2017
King calls for ‘greater we’ instead of ‘big I’ in Christmas TV address
New Year celebrations caused €12 million of damage
D66 leader Pechtold insists gift of Scheveningen apartment is ‘private matter’
Henk Krol angers Iran by throwing Christmas nuts in the bin (Telegraaf, Dutch)
Wilders sacks local election candidate in Rotterdam for being too racist
Thierry Baudet voted politician of the year
Rutte taken for a ride for former minister turned bus driver Teeven (RTL, Dutch)
Where your extra pennies will go: a round-up of new laws and price rises for 2018
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