- Jun 29
Halsema questioned on 'disproportionate' curfew as Dutch corona inquiry turns to unrest
The parliamentary inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic hears Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema and former police chief Henk van Essen on Monday, focusing on the controversial curfew of early 2021 and the unrest it sparked.
- Jun 13
Rutte tells COVID inquiry Netherlands 'crawled through the eye of the needle' as ICU beds nearly ran out in early 2020
Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte told a parliamentary COVID inquiry that the country came close to running out of intensive care beds in the first weeks of the pandemic, as the cabinet 'crawled through the eye of the needle' thanks to German help and blunt internal debates.
