The highly anticipated Design of the Third Reich opens on Sunday at the Design Museum in Den Bosch. Given the sensitivity of that subject, there is not one attendance per room, but three to four. On display include posters, photos, uniforms, furniture, documents, a car, all from the Nazi era, and images of Hitler’s favorite sculptor Arno Breker. Numerous films …

The conservatives of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her social-democratic coalition partner (SPD) had to give up a lot in the state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg on Sunday. With that, her already unstable ruling coalition has been dealt a double blow. Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) remained the largest party in Saxony, but saw their share in the number …

The British government is going to ask Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament until October 14, so that ministers have enough time to complete the Brexit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reports on Wednesday. The United Kingdom must have left the European Union by 1 November at the latest. According to British media, a meeting is taking place on Wednesday at …

The Brazilian government has refused the help of the G7 in fighting the major forest fires in the Amazon. The government itself wants to be able to dispose of the promised aid funds. The G7 countries had previously decided at the summit in Biarritz, France, to allocate a mere amount of 20 million euros to combat forest fires in the …

Indonesia will get a new capital in about five years, President Joko Widodo announced on Monday. The new metropolis will be located on the east coast of Borneo in the province of East Kalimantan. The new city is to be built between the Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regents. The Indonesian government is taking this step because the current capital …

A bus driver from the Arriva transport company had a woman with a nikab taken from a bus in Stein in Limburg on Monday. The driver in question called the police when the woman refused to leave, confirms Arriva on Tuesday with NU.nl after reporting by De Telegraaf. As far as we know, it is the first time that such …

In Hong Kong, more than 100,000 protesters gathered for a peaceful demonstration on Sunday. Unlike other demonstrations in recent weeks, this time there was no confrontation between protesters and the police. The organizers themselves report that more than 1.7 million people participate in the protest, says the independent news site Hong Kong Free Press. The police hold a number of …

Greenland is not for sale, the Foreign Minister said after reports that US President Donald Trump is considering buying the island. Greenland is, however, open to doing business with the Americans. It is they are for sale, indeed. Greenland, an autonomous area within the Kingdom of Denmark, has reportedly aroused Trump’s interest because it is rich in uranium and other …

The southern separatists in Yemen have committed a coup by taking over control of Aden. The internationally recognized government has its seat in the southern port city, which was previously also supported by the southern separatists. A number of days were fought. The separatists have now agreed to a ceasefire proposed by the international coalition led by Saudi Arabia. They …

US President Donald Trump has called on politicians to come up with a law for a more thorough background check on the purchase of weapons. He does so after shootings in Texas and Ohio, where 29 people were killed this weekend. Because of the two massacres, the discussion about readily available weapons flared up again. The perpetrators, men aged 21 …