In this article, the Dutch response to the crisis will be dysected. We will see how both the government and individuals responded.
Bike Series: Recycle
When you take your bike to an overpriced repair shop in the Hague, handymen are apt to just rip out your inner tube and throw it straight into the bin. But it should not be this way. Repairing a puncture is quick, and easy, taking only a cheap kit.
Beauty is not a fact
It was not even the first week at university, I did not really know what I was studying in the upcoming semester, nor had I really met anyone beyond the boundaries of text messages, yet I still found myself angry at someone.
Ukraine-Russia Developments: Student Response
Following several weeks of speculation surrounding the tensions along the border between Russia and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the authorisation of a “special military operation” into Ukraine last Thursday morning.
Bike Series: Crooked handlebar
After slipping on the wet concrete and getting to know the road face to face, or hurriedly changing greetings with someone else without getting off our bikes, we all have experience infalling off our metal horse, twisting its handlebars in the process.
What is the “Casual Leiden” Movement
Concerns have risen amongst University staff members across the Netherlands over the unprecedented prevalence of precarious occupational contracts. These concerns concreticised fairly recently in the form of the “Casual Leiden” Movement.
Bike Series: The chain… again
The bike series is a short, informative, mini-instruction manual for common bike problems.
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Something had changed.
A dangerous chess game
Ever since the end of the Cold War, a major war between great powers in Europe seemed like a distant, if not impossible prospect.
The war against knowledge
New year is the time of mysterious starry silence, the time of contemplation.