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18 Years’ Prison for Pim Fortuyn’s Assassin

Wednesday, April 16th, 2003

Sorry, folks, today it’s time to return to my home turf, the Netherlands. Yesterday the confessed murderer of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was sentenced to a mere 18 years in prison, of which he could end up serving little more than half. This for perpetrating last May the Netherlands’ first political murder since William the Silent was assassinated at his home in Delft in 1584, at the height of the struggle for independence from the Spanish empire. (more…)

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Epidemics

Saturday, April 5th, 2003

It’s a Saturday, and American troops are camped south of Baghdad, at the airport. Down south, British troops continue to besiege Basra. By this point, the BBC World Service has discontinued its continuous war coverage in order to broadcast Saturday Sportsworld. And that’s a good thing, too; after a week’s break for Euro 2004 national team qualification, there’s a full schedule of English football matches scheduled for today and tomorrow. Just today, Manchester United win 4-0 over Liverpool to go even at the top of the Premiership standings with Arsenal, who draw 1-1 at Aston Villa.

But in the Dutch papers today, it’s all about epidemics. (more…)

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Dutch Governing Crisis Update

Friday, April 4th, 2003

What’s going on in the Netherlands these days? How about only a caretaker government in power, or more precisely, the old government still hanging on, without much authority to take any sort of major initiatives – and all this more than two months after the last general election? (more…)

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