Good morning! As of today, Turkish-Dutch citizens can go to the polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, and the April-May strikes of 1943 will be commemorated in Hengelo.
The day starts with a lot of clouds, but the sun regularly breaks through from the north. Clouds and sun alternate during the afternoon. It remains dry and with a weak to moderate north wind, the temperature rises to 14 degrees in the north to 16 in the south.
Are you going on the road? Here you will find an overview of the activities. And view the rail timetable here.
What can you expect today?
- In Amsterdam, The Hague, Deventer and Eindhoven, Turkish Dutch citizens can go to the polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May. According to the Turkish embassy, more than 200,000 people in the Netherlands are registered as voters.
- The April-May strikes of 1943 are commemorated in Hengelo. 200,000 Dutch people then stopped working as resistance against the forced labor imposed by the German occupiers. It is the first time that the strikes have been commemorated nationally.
- Train travelers between Gouda and The Hague have to choose an alternative route for almost a week. Train traffic between Gouda and The Hague Ypenburg will be suspended from Saturday night to Friday morning due to work.
What did you miss?
Lawyer Inez Weski has been pressured by relatives of Ridouan Taghi to act as a conduit between the outside world and the Extra Security Institution (EBI), the maximum security prison in Vught where Taghi is detained. Het Parool writes this on the basis of decrypted messages from criminal files.
The newspaper investigated reports from the so-called 26Mandel case, which revolved around lawyer Youssef T., Ridouan Taghi’s cousin. He was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison at the beginning of this year because of the role he played as a conduit in a criminal organization. But even before his cousin passed on messages, Taghi was already communicating from the EBI, the newspaper reports. The decrypted messages hint that Weski played a role in this.
Other news from the night
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Lula recognizes six areas in Brazil as indigenous territory: it concerns more than 2000 square kilometers of area, mainly located in the Amazon region.
And then this:
A koala has been born for the 100th time at an Australian zoo. The Australian Reptile Park speaks of a special moment for both the zoo and the species.
Hayley Shute, a manager of the zoo north of Sydney, explains in a video on YouTube that the so-called koala joey has not yet been seen. The animal still resides in its mother’s pouch.
Birth of 100th Koala Joey Sparks Hope for Iconic Species | Australian Reptile Park
Nice day!
