Annabelle Willeme

Annabelle was born in Utrecht but grew up in Mali, Bosnia and Uganda. She moved back to Utrecht to study and is so far doing a terrible job getting back in touch with Dutch culture. Hopefully, it’s an upward trend from here. Besides writing she enjoys playing football, re-watching Grey’s Anatomy for the 10th time, drinking copious amounts of tea and has recently started trying to brew her own wine and beer… we’ll see how it goes.

Parliamentary debate on institutional racism spirals out of control

On Wednesday the Dutch parliament went into a debate about institutional racism in the Netherlands. The debate consisted of arguments and insults- and resulted...

How will the Dutch greet each other after coronavirus?

On Wednesday the current coronavirus measures will be loosened. Does this mean we can embrace our old greeting habits again? One of the main measures...

Rutte press conference: this is what we’re expecting from the coronavirus measures

Details of the 7 PM press conference tonight have been leaked already. Dutch Prime Minister Rutte will announce the latest easing of coronavirus measures.  Tonight...

US bans EU travellers until next year; US tourists not welcome in Europe this summer

After July 1 the European Union's borders will gradually reopen to a select list of countries. The United States has so far not made...

Healthcare workers get applause — but no allowances this year

Since the start of the coronavirus, many healthcare professionals have put in significant overtime. Because of this, many of them may lose the allowance...

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