King orders report into House of Orange colonial history
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King Willem-Alexander will soon receive the results of a commission he ordered into his own family’s colonial past. The study covers the actions and omissions of the House of Orange-Nassau throughout colonial history; the King has suggested it is time to confront the impact of that history.
While the monarchy looks backward, the municipality of Katwijk is looking at the scales. Local officials approved plans for a multi-billion dollar American factory to produce obesity drugs, despite what the council described as pressure from other government bodies. Elsewhere, inflation rose again in September as energy and fuel prices climbed, and the Rhine has reached a record low after a summer that was dry even by modern standards.
A healthcare worker who contracted Ebola in the Congo has arrived at a hospital in Leiden for treatment, and five provinces are under a fog warning. On the Afsluitdijk, engineers have unveiled a pumping station with 90-ton pumps to help keep the country dry. It is a domestic focus at a time when the former head of the intelligence service, Rob Bertholee, warns that the conflict with Russia is no longer a future prospect, but one that has already begun.