First health care premium for next year announced – DSW is the first health insurer to announce its premium for next year. Insured persons will pay 137.50 euros per month for the basic package. That is 9.75 euros more than this year. According to DSW, the increase is necessary because the pay for care staff […]
Bailiff – The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has difficulty recovering unduly paid corona support. About two thousand entrepreneurs do not respond to e-mails, letters or phone calls. The RVO transfers the claims, so that the Central Judicial Collection Agency (CJIB) can still collect the outstanding amounts. During the corona crisis, the RVO was responsible for […]
Strukton CEO Sanderink Gerard, together with former board members of the construction company, is suspected of bribery in Saudi Arabia. That confirms the lawyer of the businessman and the group after reporting from Het Financieele Dagblad. The investigation by the Public Prosecution Service (OM) is still in the management phase. This means that the Public […]
Strikes at British railways – The British rail unions Unite and TSSA will strike in the United Kingdom at the beginning of October, the unions report Friday. The staff is dissatisfied with the salary and working conditions. The UK rail sector employs hundreds of thousands of people. “It is a disgrace to be faced with […]
Samantha Steenwijk wife’s affair – Samantha Steenwijk and her wife Daisy did indeed go through a relationship crisis a few years ago. That confirms the singer Wednesday after messages from gossip vlogger Yvonne Coldeweijer, who claimed that Daisy would have had an affair. Steenwijk finds it annoying that details from her private life have come […]
Police arrest three men in Groningen – Police have arrested three people on suspicion of bank help desk fraud. With this they would have stolen at least half a million euros, the police reported on Wednesday. The suspects tried to persuade victims to install the Anydesk program via a telephone chat trick. They probably tried to scam dozens […]
Queen Elizabeth’s death – King Charles has the first day of rest since his mother’s death. The monarch is having a “private day for reflection” at his Highgrove House estate in Gloucestershire, according to British media. The detailed planning for the period after the Queen’s death, Operation London Bridge, already included that Charles would have a […]
Euros via cryptocurrency – The police arrested a man from Veenendaal last week on suspicion of laundering criminal money via cryptocurrency. It concerns an amount of tens of millions of euros, reports the police Tuesday. The suspect was arrested in the night of Monday 5 to Tuesday 6 September. He would have converted stolen bitcoins into digital […]
YouTuber Dee van der Zeeuw – Dee van der Zeeuw and her partner Lars Gebrands had a daughter on Sunday. They have named the girl Elin Júne, reports the 25-year-old influencer and YouTuber Tuesday on Instagram. “Oh boy, how in love we are,” van der Zeeuw writes with a photo of Elin Júne lying on her […]
Jane Fonda – The 84-year-old Jane Fonda will soon be treated for lymph node cancer and is confident of a good outcome. “I am deeply moved by all the love and support I have received,” writes the actress Wednesday in a blog post on her website. She was recently diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma). “I want […]
Russia build its own space station – Russia will withdraw from the ISS space station after 2024. The country will be working with the United States and astronauts from other countries on board the station in the coming years, but what happens next? Russia wants to stop its involvement with the ISS after 2024, top […]
US kills Al Qaeda leader – The leader of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda was killed last weekend by a US drone strike in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden of the United States confirmed this during a speech at the White House. It concerns Ayman Al Zawahiri, who, together with Osama Bin Laden, was responsible for […]
Rare pink diamond found in Angola – In Angola, miners have found a rare pink diamond. According to the operator of the mine, it is the largest find worldwide in three hundred years. The diamond has been given the name The Lulo Rose and is therefore named after the mine where it was found. According […]
VPN providers – India is giving VPN companies three months more time to comply with new rules on storing customer data, TechCrunch reported Tuesday. A VPN (virtual private network) allows users to connect to the Internet anonymously. This is often done via a server in another country. At the end of June, new rules would take effect […]
ARTIS hit by cyber attack – ARTIS was hit by an attack with hostage software on Tuesday. Criminals want 1 million euros in cryptocurrency to release computer systems, reports the Amsterdam zoo. It is not known who is behind the attack and which systems have been affected. It is also unknown whether data has been stolen and […]
menstrual apps – Many American women are deleting their menstrual apps. Now that the national right to abortion has been abolished, they are afraid that private data from the apps could serve as criminal evidence. Menstrual apps are apps that allow women to track their cycle. This gives them a better insight into when they […]
Bill Cosby appeals conviction in 1975 abuse case – Bill was accused of sexually abusing a then sixteen-year-old girl in 1975. The jury of the court in California found the former actor from the US guilty of that offense and this week obliged him to pay a 500,000 dollar (more than 473,000 euros) in damages […]
Right to abortion – The Supreme Court of the United States has abolished the nationwide right to abortion. From now on, American women are dependent on which state they live in whether they can have an abortion or not. Because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling, each state can now decide for itself whether it allows […]
Instagram has a problem – Instagram is struggling with a problem that causes users to see the same stories over and over again. They have to watch everything over and over again before they can see new stories. The problems started in the course of Tuesday. Exactly how big the problem is is unclear. On social media, […]
European digital identity – Brussels has plans to introduce a European digital identity (eID). According to experts, there are quite a few snags to the idea. “Over-identification is lurking,” they tell NU.nl. The European Commission announced the plans in June 2021. Brussels wants to introduce an app – the European Union itself speaks of a wallet – […]
