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March 31, 2020

Dutch lacked empathy for southern virus plight: minister

Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra acknowledged Tuesday that the Netherlands and some other EU countries had not expressed much empathy for southern Europe’s battle against COVID-19, but still declined to back common bonds. Hoekstra spoke with private broadcaster RTLZ in…

March 31, 2020

Full virus vaccine at least a year away says EU agency

It will be at least another year before a vaccine against the new coronavirus will be ready for approval and available in sufficient quantities, the EU medicines agency said Tuesday. As the number of declared coronavirus cases worldwide passed 800,000…

March 30, 2020

Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum during virus shutdown

Thieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh early Monday in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 1884 painting, titled the “Parsonage Garden at Neunen in…

March 30, 2020

Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum closed by virus

Thieves stole a painting by Vincent van Gogh after breaking into a Dutch museum closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic, the museum’s director said Monday. “There has been a break-in last night and a painting by Van…

March 29, 2020

Netherlands tops 10,000 coronavirus cases

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the Netherlands passed the 10,000 mark on Sunday, the authorities said, as the country focuses on building up herd immunity rather than confining the population of 17 million. A total of 771…

March 28, 2020

Netherlands recalls defective masks imported from China

Dutch officials have recalled tens of thousands of masks imported from China and distributed to hospitals battling the coronavirus outbreak because they do not meet quality standards, the health ministry said Saturday. They received a delivery of masks from a…

March 27, 2020

Four passengers die on stranded Dutch cruise ship

Four passengers have died aboard a cruise ship carrying scores of people with flu-like symptoms that has been stranded off the Pacific coast of South America for several days, the liner company said Friday. The Zaandam, with 1,800 passengers on…

March 27, 2020

Italy papers slam ‘Ugly Europe’ over delayed economic plan

The failure of EU leaders to come up with a joint economic response to the coronavirus crisis unleashed widespread criticism in Italy on Friday, with newspapers slamming Europe’s foot dragging. Portugal also lashed out at northern European fiscal orthodoxy, calling…

March 25, 2020

Bogus coronavirus meds flooding markets, Europol warns

Millions of counterfeit drugs, medical devices and masks sold as so-called remedies for the new coronavirus are “flooding” markets in response to shortages, Europe’s police agency warned Wednesday. “The distribution of counterfeit or sub-standard goods has been a key area…