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A new study by a cybersecurity firm confirmed that one of Europe's largest solar energy grids is vulnerable to multiple types of attacks on its system. Over a six-month period, researchers with cybersecurity firm Secura researched hacker forums on the dark web and conducted interviews with experts from the energy sector to find out where the most common threats to Dutch solar energy would come from. "There is a significant area of attack in the solar power industry in the Netherlands and… this will expand especially in the future," the report says. Related Electricity-generating windows? Swiss...
Euronews (English)
Join us on YouTube Live on August 27, 2024, at 11 am UTC for a discussion about media and information literacy for European regional language communities. The internet has enabled speakers of many of Europe’s regional languages to create, share, and consume media in their native or heritage languages. However, some believe these languages remain overlooked and that media and information literacy resources in these languages are not as widely available. Such resources are important for enabling speakers to critically engage with this information flow. With that, there are also narratives that a...
Global Voices
The Netherlands’ unemployment rate figure for July was released on Thursday, coming in at 3.6%, the same as the last two months, according to Statistics Netherlands (the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek) The number of people without jobs came up to 370,000, while the number of people employed dropped to 9.803m, which was a decrease of 13,000. The labour force participation rate inched down from 76.1% in June, to 76% in July. Approximately 164,000 people were receiving unemployment benefits in July. The Dutch labour market has seen increased tightness in the past few months, mainly because of...
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Following the news that the Swedish Prosecution Authority dropped the investigation into Dutch Eurovision contestant Joost Klein for alleged inappropriate actions at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) released a statement reiterating that their rules had been broken. Jean Philip De Tender, EBU Deputy Director General and Director of Media said: “The decision to disqualify Mr Klein from this year’s event was made in strict accordance with Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) rules and governance procedures, after an internal investigation. In parallel, Swedish poli...
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The Swedish prosecutor has dropped the investigation into a case against Dutch Eurovision participant Joost Klein due to lack of evidence. Dutch singer Joost Klein, whose song 'Europapa' was one of the competition favourites, was disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on the day of the Grand Final in Malmö due to allegations of inappropriate behavior toward a Eurovision photographer backstage. “Today I have closed the investigation because I cannot prove that the act was intended to cause serious fear or that the man had that intention,” stated senior prosecutor Frederik Jönsson in...
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Six cases of raccoon roundworm — a parasite that can cause neurologic and ocular disease in humans — have been discovered in Belgium for the first time. The intestinal worms, known by their scientific name of Baylisascaris procyonis, were found in six raccoons in Wallonia, the French-speaking region's Health and Environment Department announced on 29 July. According to the Dutch National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM), the biggest risk group for the parasitic disease are young children aged between 1-4 years old, "as they tend to put foreign objects or soil in their mouths". The w...
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El exchange de criptoactivos One Trading, con sede en Países Bajos, ha recibido una licencia de Instalación de Comercio Organizado de la Autoridad de Mercados Financieros de los Países Bajos (AFM). Con esa licencia, el exchange podrá introducir varios nuevos productos financieros en Europa, incluido el trading de futuros de criptomonedas onshore. Además, One Trading se convertirá en la única plataforma de trading de futuros perpetuos en la Unión Europea y la primera plataforma de perpetuos liquidados en efectivo en Europa, incluido el Reino Unido. One Trading también será el primer exchange eu...
Cointelegraph ES
The Netherlands-based digital asset exchange One Trading has received an Organized Trading Facility license from the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM). With that license, the exchange will be able to introduce several new financial products to Europe, including onshore crypto futures trading. In addition, One Trading will become the only perpetual futures trading platform in the European Union and the first cash-settled perpetuals platform in Europe, including the United Kingdom. One Trading will also be the first regulated European derivatives exchange open to retail clients. Blockchain...
Cointelegraph
Two Dutch companies have received over €2m each for the development of tidal energy projects in the Wadden Sea region. Equinox will use the €2.4m received to develop a pre-commercial turbine by 2025 and expand its global footprint to meet the growing demand for clean energy solutions. Pieter de Haas, the chief executive of Equinox, said: “This is a significant step towards making the marine energy sector a commercial reality.” Equinox has vowed to revolutionise the energy sector by providing a consistent and reliable power source. The second company, Seaqurrent, has been given €2.5m to develop...
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The EU has approved a €105m subsidy scheme to encourage Dutch livestock farmers to move away from nature protection areas in a bid to tackle dangerous nitrogen emissions. Since 2019, the agricultural superpower has seen widespread farmers' protests against the government's efforts to tackle nitrogen pollution – including ammonia from slurry, manure and chemical fertilisers. That culminated with the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) becoming part of a new right-wing coalition that took office earlier this month. The multi-million-euro scheme approved today compensates farmers who voluntarily move a...
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