'Calimucho' - A Remarkable Tightrope Walk between Documentary and Narrative Fiction
Region: NetherlandsCalimucho (Eugenie Jansen, The Netherlands) (International Premiere) Berlinale Forum, Thursday, 12 February With Dicky Kilian, Willy Soeurt, Peter Verberk, Ellie Teeuw, Tarek Hannoudi, Ralph Huppertz, Manfred Huppertz, Joshy Huppertz, Freddy Kenton, Evelyne Bouglione, Timo Soeurt. Read the Forum synopsis. Director Eugenie Jansen traveled with threadbare Circus Harlekino for an entire season, through the rural count... more
Views: 1243Six months prison for murdering dog.
Region: NetherlandsSix months prison for murdering dog. A judge in Rotterdam has given a 34 years old man 6 months in prison and of those 6 3 are conditional. He got those 6 months because he kicked a young dog to death. The man was walking with his 12 years old son of an acquaintance. When the dog didn't want to walk the stairs the Rotterdammer got mad and kicked the dog to death. more
Views: 124611 youths arrested for vadalism.
Region: Netherlands11 youths arrested for vadalism in Moergestel. With the arrestation of 11 boys with an age between 15 and 18 the police thinks to have finished much vadalism in Moergestel. The youths from Moergestel, Oirschot and Spoordonk had to pay for the damage they made. The amount of the money is 14.000 euro which is around 18033.4 dollar. They also need to do some tasks. The police said there was alcohol involved a... more
Views: 1163Background to Amsterdam
Region: NetherlandsAmsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands. It is known throughout the world as one of the greatest small cities in the world. It lies on the banks of two rivers, the Amstel and IJ, and from its canals to the world famous museums and historical sights, Amsterdam has long been considered as one of the most romantic and wonderful cities in the whole continent of Europe. Established in the later 12th ... more
Views: 599Hanny van Arkel Discovers Celestial Voorwerp at Galaxyzoo.com
Region: Netherlands
Hanny van Arkel, a 25-year-old school teacher, discovered a new celestial body while classifying galaxies at the amateur astronomy site, galaxyzoo.com. The object she discovered is a ghostly looking green gas cloud, seen in the picture to the right that astronomers believe is a distant cloud of hot gas that is 16,000 light years across. The object was named after Hanny van Arkel, the Hanny Voorwerp, "object" in D... more
Views: 2707Art and Science Unite in Breakthrough Discovery of Van Gogh Portrait
Region: Netherlands
Art historian and materials scientist Joris Dik and chemist Koen Janssens used high-intensity X-rays generated by a particle accelerator to recreate a high-quality image of a peasant woman concealed by the artist’s painting “Patch of Grass.” “I was really surprised by the quality of the image, which is really promising for the future of research,” Dutch Van Gogh expert Teio Meedendorp said... more
Views: 411Cat Plays Foster Mother To Baby Panda, OMG, So KAWAII!
Region: NetherlandsIn this world, there are things that one does not see everyday let alone in ones own life. At The Hague, the third largest city, in the Netherlands, a recent event has taken place that is one of these things. It has taken place at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo. Again, this is something one does not see everyday. A baby red panda that was abandoned by its mother has been adopted by a domestic cat. However, they s... more
Views: 1238NGOs Call for War Crimes Commission
Region: Netherlands
They say regional body would help set historical record straight and aid reconciliation process. By Aleksandar Roknic in Belgrade Balkans NGOs want to found a special regional commission capable of establishing a coherent account of war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. The Research and Documentation Centre in Sarajevo, Documenta in Zagreb and the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Fund, FHP, ... more
Views: 937Serb Volunteers Accused of Further Crimes
Region: Netherlands
Witness tells judges about Serb paramilitary attack on Bosnian village in 1992. By Denis Dzidic in The Hague A protected witness in the trial of Vojislav Seselj testified this week that Serb volunteers attacked his village, murdering around 20 residents before imprisoning the rest. Testifying in the Hague tribunal trial of Serb Radical Party, SRS, leader Seselj, the witness said a group of volu... more
Views: 546Marriage among the malayalees
Region: NetherlandsMalayalees the traditional natives of Kerala have their own ways of getting married.Malayalees can be called hindus who may marry their cousins except the namboodiris.Christians who marry among their community but do not marry their blood relatives.Then the muslims who do take their life partner from their community and close relatives including cousins.... more
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