Tag Archives: Netherlands

Are these really the world’s happiest countries?

world’s happiest countries

Who are the happiest people in the world? According to the World Happiness Report, it’s the residents of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Israel and the Netherlands. Meanwhile, Palestinians, who have lived for decades under Israeli military occupation, rank 99th.

The world’s cycling nation: How the Netherlands redesigned itself as a country fit for bikes

country fit for bikes

The Netherlands has become the world’s leading example of a cycling nation, and for good reason. The country has more bikes than citizens, and even the country’s prime minister often cycles to work.

Omicron variant spreads with cases detected in Netherlands, Denmark, Australia

Omicron variant

The Omicron coronavirus variant kept spreading around the world on Sunday, with 13 cases found in the Netherlands and two each in Denmark and Australia even as more countries imposed travel restrictions to try to seal themselves off.

Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak

bird flu outbreak

Namibia suspended imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from Germany and the Netherlands on Monday after outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in the European countries.

Belgium, Austria, Italy, Netherlands halt UK flights, fearing new coronavirus variant

new coronavirus variant

The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria on Sunday banned flights from the U.K. and Germany considered limiting such flights to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England does not establish a strong foothold on the continent. The Netherlands banned flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year […]

Netherlands legalizes child euthanasia despite opposition from Christian parties

legalizes child euthanasia

The Dutch government will allow doctors to euthanize terminally ill children as young as one year old, making the Netherlands the second country in the world to permit the practice. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced the change in a letter to Parliament on Tuesday, calling the decision necessary to help “a small group of terminally […]