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30 May 2018 4 minute read

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Rising tide of court cases threatens Shell’s polluting business model

It is illegal to set fire to someone’s house, Sara Shaw and Freek Bersch write.

13 Apr 2017 27 minute read

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Inside Unilever's sustainability myth

Company slogans and mantras claim it is getting closer to pair profit with sustainability, but facts and figures tell a very...

1 Apr 2017 14 minute read

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The will of the people

Hardliners are thriving on popular disenchantment with politics. Dinyar Godrej on the challenge they pose.

16 Mar 2017 5 minute read

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Two cheers for democracy in the Netherlands

The Dutch election result may not be quite the unalloyed victory against
the far-right that some have made it out to be...

1 Nov 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Matters of life and death

Isabelle Gerretsen talks to doctors in the Netherlands – where euthanasia is legal – about supporting...

9 Aug 2016 3 minute read

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How the Dutch could derail CETA

As thousands discuss free trade at the World Social Forum in Montreal, Canada’s experience with NAFTA may offer lessons for...

1 Mar 2016 1 minute read

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Ocean litter-pick off the Netherlands

Researchers from the Ocean Clean Up will place a 100-kilometre-long floating barrier off the Dutch coastline, Beulah...

30 Oct 2015 7 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Asylum seekers squat empty buildings while waiting for Netherlands approval

The northwestern European country expects to take more refugees but important questions remain, reports Lyn Drummond...

15 Sep 2015 4 minute read

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Environmentalists 1, Dutch Government 0

Beulah Devaney looks at the legal implications of a landmark case in the Netherlands.

10 Jun 2015 3 minute read

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Who is Geert Wilders?

Beulah Devaney wonders if the politician is a racist extremist, passionate advocate for freedom or spoilt...

7 May 2015 3 minute read

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Bed, board and deportation in the Netherlands

Mediterranean tragedies have put the spotlight on Dutch immigration failings, writes Beulah Devaney.

3 Apr 2015 3 minute read

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Netherlands’ tax hypocrisy harms Greek economy

The Dutch are helping transnationals avoid paying tax in austerity-hit Greece, writes Beulah Devaney.

6 Nov 2014 4 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Can Dutch drug policy be an example for Britain?

Charlotte Sexauer looks at how local communities in the Netherlands are leading drug policy reform.

9 Sep 2014 3 minute read

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Santa’s helper is a racist caricature

Tensions are running high in Amsterdam following court’s ruling on ‘Black Pete’, writes Beulah Maud Devaney...

1 Aug 2014 3 minute read

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Refused refugees in Amsterdam find support through social media

How 120 people with nowhere to go found food and shelter. By Beulah Devaney.

1 May 2014 5 minute read

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‘I am going to get him the liver he needs’

Hanneke Hagenaars, a transplant co-ordinator for deceased organ donors in the Netherlands, speaks about her...

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