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☆ Dutch trade minister: won't summarily agree to U.S. rules on China exports
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMSTERDAM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The top Dutch trade official said the Netherlands will not summarily accept new U.S. restrictions on exporting chip-making technology to China, and is consulting with European and Asian allies. Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher spoke on Sunday on the television show Buitenhof ahead of a visit to the U.S. by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday, when he is expected to discuss export policy with President Joe Biden. The Netherlands' largest company is ASML Holding, a key supplier to semiconductor equipment makers. ASML has said that the U.S. rules could impact roughly 5% of its group sales. She said the Netherlands is also talking with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany and France.

☆ Dutch PM Rutte denies U.S. pressure over chip export policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoAMSTERDAM, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is not feeling pressured by Washington to adopt new U.S. rules further restricting semiconductor technology exports to China, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. Rutte is travelling to Washington next week to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss security and trade issues, including chip-making tool exports. I don't experience it like that at all," Rutte said at his weekly press conference. "We are talking about how you prevent - without naming any specific third country - modern chips being used for weapons systems. Or that you make yourself dependent" on other countries for technology, Rutte said at his weekly press briefing.

☆ U.S. talks with Japanese, Dutch to yield no immediate China chip export curbs -source
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alexandra Alper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Employees work at a production line manufacturing chips inside a factory of an electronics company in Chizhou, Anhui province, China March 21, 2018. Upcoming meetings between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House on Friday and next Tuesday, respectively, will provide forums to discuss the issue, said a person briefed on U.S. officials' thinking. But, "these visits will not result in immediate announcements and (are) part of our ongoing consultations on these issues," the person cautioned. A key commerce department official said in October that such agreements were coming "in the near term." Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Leslie Adler and Lincoln Feast.

Tokyo Electron (8035.T), Japan's leading chip manufacturing equipment maker, relies on China for about a quarter of its revenue. The other top producers of chip-making gear are the United States and the Netherlands, home to ASML (ASML.AS), another of the world's biggest makers of chip-making tools. SEEKING A DEALU.S. officials are quick to play down the differences between the United States, Japan and other allies. But unless Japan and the Netherlands impose their own export controls, China will soon perfect other ways of getting the equipment it needs, even as American companies stand to lose market share. "For better or worse, Japan's semiconductor strategy is moving in accordance with what the United States wants."

☆ Dutch leader apologizes for Netherlands’ role in the slave trade, establishes fund to grapple with slavery's legacy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the slave trade, in a speech welcomed by activists as historic but lacking in concrete plans for repair and reparations. Ahead of the speech, Waldo Koendjbiharie, a retiree who was born in Suriname but lived for years in the Netherlands, said an apology was not enough. And on how this history still plays a negative role in the lives of many today,” the government says. The Dutch first became involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the late 1500s and became a major trader in the mid-1600s. Eventually, the Dutch West India Company became the largest trans-Atlantic slave trader, said Karwan Fatah-Black, an expert in Dutch colonial history and an assistant professor at Leiden University.

☆ Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Tosterling Ank Kuipers | Ank Kuipers | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/8] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences in The Hague, Netherlands December 19, 2022. "Today I apologise," Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives. "For centuries the Dutch state and its representatives have enabled and stimulated slavery and have profited from it," he added. "It is true that nobody alive today bears any personal guilt for slavery...(however) the Dutch state bears responsibility for the immense suffering that has been done to those that were enslaved and their descendants." The panel said that Dutch participation in slavery had amounted to crimes against humanity and in 2021 recommended an apology and reparations.

☆ A globally critical chip firm is driving a wedge between the U.S. and Netherlands over China tech policy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The U.S. has been putting pressure on the Netherlands to block exports to China of high-tech semiconductor equipment. The Netherlands is home to ASML, one of the most important companies in the global semiconductor supply chain. Instead, it makes and sells $200 million extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines to semiconductor manufacturers like Taiwan's TSMC. ASML has not been able to ship an EUV machine to China since 2019 due to various Dutch export restrictions, according to a company spokesperson. According to a Reuters report from 2020, the Dutch government withdrew ASML's license to export its EUV machines to China after extensive lobbying from the U.S. government.

☆ Netherlands in talks with U.S. on China chip policy - Dutch trade minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMSTERDAM, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher said on Friday the Netherlands is in talks with the U.S. government about new export restrictions for semiconductor equipment to China. New U.S. export restrictions on chip equipment announced in October reach beyond currently agreed international definitions of what constitutes dual-use equipment. "Well we are having talks with the U.S., obviously they have announced their unilateral measures," Schreinemacher told reporters in Brussels. "We do share the concerns that they (the U.S. government) have when it comes to China, when it comes to security," Schreinemacher said. At the G20 conference in Bali, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to resist "the politicisation of economic and trade issues."

☆ China’s Xi attempts to claim diplomatic victory in battle for global influence after summit whirlwind
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday. Since taking office, Biden has shored up relations with allies and partners to counter China’s growing influence. In a rare, candid moment caught on camera, Xi chided Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accusing him of leaking details of a brief conversation between them. He also attended the Group of 20 dinner, where he shook hands and chatted with leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Apart from the Dutch Prime Minister, Xi also invited US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s newly elected Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to visit Beijing early next year.

It was a rare, candid glimpse of the Chinese leader and a reminder of Beijing's testy relations with the West. Besides Biden, Trudeau and Australia's Anthony Albanese, Xi also met the leaders of South Korea, Italy, Argentina, Holland and France for bilateral talks in Bali. Xi was ferried around Bali in his own Hongqi (Red Flag) limousine - Mao Zedong used an earlier model - China's version of the U.S. presidential "Beast" limo. Returning to in-person diplomacy also gives Xi a platform to push Chinese initiatives that further cement its stature as leader of the emerging world. "I think in the coming years you'll see China indeed making a serious effort to implement its major power diplomacy," he said.

☆ Biden says it's 'unlikely' the missile that hit Poland was fired from Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden said it is unlikely that the missile that hit Poland and killed two people was fired from Russia, but the United States and allies unanimously agreed to support the country's investigation. "There is preliminary information that contests that," Biden said when asked if the missile was fired from Russia. Biden didn't address whether the missile could have been fired by Russia from Ukraine or elsewhere. Participants included G-7 members and allies: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Spainish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and European Council President Charles Michel. "The moment when the world came together at the G-20 to urge de-escalation, Russia continues to escalate in Ukraine," Biden said.

☆ Reactions to UK PM Liz Truss's resignation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Following are reactions from senior figures around the world to the resignation of Liz Truss, who said on Thursday that she was resigning as Britain's prime minister just six weeks after she was appointed. I thank Prime Minister Liz Truss for her partnership on a range of issues including holding Russia accountable for its war against Ukraine. RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA"Britain has never known such a .... prime minister. LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN, SPEAKING IN BUENOS AIRES"This morning I heard the news that my political opponent, the Conservative Prime Minister of the UK, has resigned. Had I known that organising the summit could lead to the resignation of the UK PM I'd have organised it sooner."

POSITIONS FAR APART1/6 European Council President Charles Michel attends the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman Read MoreThe most contentious issue facing the leaders is whether and how to cap gas prices. The leaders will also discuss emergency spending to cushion their economies and 450 million citizens from the energy crunch. Given EU countries' diverse energy mix and interests, the meeting risks falling short on short-term action to tackle high energy prices ahead of winter. EU energy ministers meet again next week and aim to agree on joint crisis measures in November.

☆ Dutch crown princess Amalia under heightened security
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMSTERDAM, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Dutch Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia is under heightened security due to concern that she could be targeted by criminals, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Thursday, citing her parents. "She can hardly leave the house," ANP quoted Queen Maxima as saying during a state visit to Sweden with her husband King Willem-Alexander. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterLast month, several Dutch media outlets reported that the princess, whose formal title is Princess of Orange, was under heightened security due to fears that criminal gangs may target her for kidnapping or an attack. Dutch police and the country's secret service have declined to discuss security arrangements around the Royal House. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday evening said he could not specify the details of the threats.

☆ Italy's election result is cause for concern, Dutch PM says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte addresses the 77th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin OchsAMSTERDAM, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The election victory of the right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni is cause for concern over developments in Italy, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday. "Italy of course is a cause for concern. This relates to Russia, and to financial and economic issues," Rutte said in an interview on Dutch TV. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Bart Meijer Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Three EU leaders urge calm over Putin's nuclear rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Gabriela Baczynska | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

His rhetoric on nuclear weapons is something we have heard many times before, and it leaves us cold," said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHis Belgian peer, Alexander de Croo, also urged a calm response between not provoking Russia, and supporting Ukraine. We must be clear in our position and continue to support Ukraine." The EU leaders' chairman, European Council President Charles Michel, said the bloc would not be scared away from supporting Ukraine. 'RECKLESS'While there have been no immediate comments from the leaders of Germany or France, the EU's executive European Commission said Putin's "reckless" nuclear gamble had to stop.

☆ Russia's mobilisation is a sign of the Kremlin's panic, Dutch PM says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte attends a joint news briefing with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not seen), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File PhotoAMSTERDAM, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday said Russia's mobilisation order is a sign of panic at the Kremlin, that should not be taken as a direct threat of full-out war with the West. "The mobilisation, calling for referenda in the Donetsk, it is all a sign of panic. His rhetoric on nuclear weapons is something we have heard many times before, and it leaves us cold," Rutte told Dutch broadcaster NOS. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Andrew CawthorneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens on Wednesday, a move that threatens to escalate his faltering invasion of Ukraine following a string of defeats that caused recriminations in Moscow. US President Joe Biden condemned the mobilization and the Kremlin’s planned votes, during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. “Putin claims he had to act because Russia was threatened, but no one threatened Russia – and no one other than Russia sought conflict,” Biden added. A billboard promoting contract army service, with the slogan "Serving Russia is a real job," in St. Petersburg. On Tuesday, Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, amended the law on military service, toughening the punishment for violation of military service duties – such as desertion and evasion from service – according to state news agency TASS.

☆ A Dutch town is suing Twitter in a bid to get tweets about a Satanic conspiracy theory taken down, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Dutch town is suing Twitter to get all tweets about a conspiracy theory involving it taken down. The tweets falsely claimed that Satan-worshipping pedophiles were active in the town in the 1980s. They falsely claimed that a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles was active in the town in the 1980s, according to Reuters. The town's lawyer, Cees van de Zanden, told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant: "If conspiracy theorists don't remove their messages, then the platforms involved need to act." In July, van de Zanden said Bodegraven asked Twitter to find and remove all messages relating to the pedophile claims but was still waiting for a response.

☆ Dutch town takes Twitter to court to remove conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A promoted tweet on Twitter app is displayed on a mobile phone near a Twitter logo, in this illustration picture taken Sept. 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/IllustrationTHE HAGUE, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A small Dutch town took Twitter (TWTR.N) to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of satan-worshipping paedophiles that were alleged to have been active in the town in the 1980s. Twitter's lawyer Jens van den Brink declined to comment before the hearing at The Hague District Court on Friday. But despite their conviction, stories about Bodegraven still circulate on social media as others have continued to echo their story, leading the town to take the matter up with Twitter itself. "If conspiracy theorists don't remove their messages, then the platforms involved need to act," the town of Bodegraven's lawyer Cees van de Zanden was quoted as saying by Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant on Friday.

☆ Olanda reintroduce restricţii, după creșterea majoră a cazurilor de COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: repubblica.itOlanda reintroduce restricţii, după creșterea majoră a cazurilor de COVID-19Olanda reintroduce restricţii asupra funcţionării cluburilor de noapte, restaurantelor şi festivalurilor de muzică, la numai două săptămâni după ce aceste măsuri fuseseră ridicate, în urma creşterii accelerae a cazurilor de COVID-19, mai ales în rândul tinerilor. Premierul Mark Rutte a precizat că restricţiile se aplică de sâmbătă şi vor rămâne în vigoare până pe 14 august. Preocupante sunt în special focarele pornite din discoteci şi creşterea infectărilor cu varianta Delta a coronavirusului, factori care au contribuit la creşterea infectărilor. Ţară cu circa 17 milioane de locuitori, Olanda a înregistrat în ultimele 24 de ore circa 5.500 de noi cazuri de COVID-19, după ce cu o săptămână în urmă se înregistrau 700-800 de cazuri pe zi, scrie Digi24.roNumai într-o discotecă din localitatea Enschede cel puţin 200 de persoane s-au infectat într-o singură noapte, iar la primul festival organizat după lockdown-ul din pandemie, pe 2 şi 3 iulie, cel puţin 12 participanţi au intrat deja infectaţi şi nu se ştie câte ale persoane au infectat la rândul lor dintre cele circa 10.000 care au trecut pe acolo în fiecare zi.

Persons: Premierul Mark Rutte Organizations: Preocupante Locations: Olanda, Enschede

☆ Un cunoscut jurnalistul olandez de investigaţii a fost împuşcat în plină stradă
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Peter R.de Vries a primit mai multe ameninţări cu moartea de-a lungul carierei sale. "El luptă pentru a rămâne în viaţă", a declarat Femke Halsema, primăriţa Amsterdamului, în timpul unei conferinţe de presă în capitala olandeză. Martori au auzit cinci focuri de armă şi au văzut că jurnalistul a fost rănit la cap, a informat televiziunea publică NOS. "Este o zi sumbră, nu doar pentru persoanele apropiate lui Peter R.de Vries, ci şi pentru libertatea presei", a declarat Grapperhaus în faţa jurnaliştilor. Această libertate a fost grav afectată în seara aceasta", a adăugat el.

Persons: Peter R.de Vries, Mark Rutte, El, Frank Paauw, Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Tom Gibson Organizations: Uniunea Europeană Locations: olandez, Amsterdam, Haga, Ţările de Jos, olandeză, SUA, Jos, Norvegiei, Finlandei, Suediei, Danemarcei, Costa

☆ Interzicerea adopțiilor pentru cuplurile homosexuale din Ungaria a fost criticată de Comisia de la Veneția
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

Guvernul condus de Viktor Orban a adoptat această revizuire a Constituţiei maghiare, care cuprinde dispoziţii asupra căsătoriei şi familiei, orientării sexuale, identităţii de gen şi educaţiei copiilor, scrie digi24.ro. Comisia de la Veneţia admite, însă, că decizia privind definirea căsătoriei ca fiind numai uniunea între un bărbat şi o femeie, inclusă în această reformă constituţională, „revine statului ungar şi legislatorului său''. Noul cadru legal ungar prevede că numai cuplurile căsătorite pot adopta copii, cu posibilitatea ca, prin excepţie, adopţiile să poată fi făcute şi de persoanele singure, cu condiţia unei aprobări punctuale din partea ministrului pentru afaceri familiale. Comisia de la Veneţia „s-a alăturat seriei de atacuri internaţionale împotriva Ungariei'' şi „recită propaganda stângii şi a lui George Soros'', a reacţionat după publicarea acestei opinii secretarul de stat ungar Zoltan Kovacs, potrivit agenţiei MTI. „Ungaria protejează instituţia căsătoriei ca fiind una între un bărbat şi o femeie, precum şi familia, baza supravieţuirii naţiunii'', a indicat acesta.

Persons: Viktor Orban, George Soros, Zoltan Kovacs, Judit Varga, aşteptată, Mark Rutte, francez Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Agerpres, ungar, Parlamentul European, UE, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Veneţia, Ungaria, ungar, Budapestei, Ungariei, şcoli, olandez, francez, UE, Est

☆ Ministrul Educaţiei de la Varşovia susţine că Polonia ar trebui să copieze în întregime anti-LGBT
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Între timp, ministrul Educaţiei de la Varşovia susţine că Polonia ar trebui să copieze în întregime legea maghiară. Comisia Europeană ar putea sesiza Curtea de Justiţie a UE care să sancţioneze Ungaria. "Ungaria trebuie pusă în genunchi. Ministrul polonez al Educaţiei a lăudat legea maghiară şi a propus să fie adoptată şi în ţara sa. Zeman a făcut şi o afirmaţie care a stârnit critici din partea comunităţii LGBT în mediul online.

Persons: Mark Rutte, Educaţiei, Milos Zeman, Zeman Organizations: Europeană, UE, Uniunii Europene Locations: Ungaria, UE, Franţa, Germania, Italia, Ţările, Jos, Budapesta, Ungariei, Varşovia susţine, Polonia, Justiţie, Cehia, Slovenia, Bruxelles, Cehiei

☆ Ministrul educației polonez spune că Polonia ar trebui să copieze legea anti-LGBT a Ungariei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaMinistrul educației polonez spune că Polonia ar trebui să copieze legea anti-LGBT a UngarieiMinistrul educației din guvernul de la Varșovia susține că Polonia ar trebui să copieze legea adoptată de Ungaria împotriva comunității LGBT. Într-un interviu acordat unei gazete conservatoare din Polonia și publicat luni, Przemyslaw Czarnek a lăudat controversată lege adoptată în Ungaria la mijlocul lunii iunie. Ar trebui să copiem aceste reguli în întregime și pe teritoriu polonez”, a spus ministrul. Anterior, el i-a numit „anormali” pe participanții la un marș LGBT din Varșovia și a spus că marșul este o „o insultă la adresa moralității publice”. Premierul olandez, Mark Rutte, a fost foarte ofensiv, spunând că Ungaria, cu legea sa, nu mai are „nimic de făcut în Uniunea Europeană”.

Persons: Czarnek, UE Charles Michel, Ursula von der, ONU Antonio Guterres, Mark Rutte, Viktor Orban Organizations: UE, ONU, Uniunea Europeană, Uniunea Locations: polonez, Polonia, Ungariei, Varșovia, Ungaria, Poloniei, ungară, Bruxelles, Franţa, Germania, Olanda, Italia, Belgia

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