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Federer created history last week when he became the oldest No 1 in the men’s game aged 36 when he beat Robin Haase in the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open. The Swiss legend went on to win the tournament to take his 97th ATP career title – 12 short of the record held by Jimmy […]
ROGER FEDERER WINS THE ROTTERDAM OPEN TITLE Reaction Roger Federer: “Thank you to ABN AMRO for supporting this tournament. “The volunteers, the people behind the scenes that you don’t see, they make us very happy here. “I would like to thank the officials, the linespeople, the umpires and the ball kids. “I started like this […]
Published time: 31 Jul, 2017 04:17 A massive fire erupted at Shell’s refinery in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, causing a blackout and forcing the company to halt all loadings at least till Tuesday. The extent of the damage to the plant has yet to be assessed. The source of the huge blaze that engulfed Shell’s […]
Ahmed Aboutaleb’s appointment in 2008 as mayor of Rotterdam raised eyebrows. Here was the first Muslim mayor of a major European city; the first immigrant mayor in the Netherlands. Even thornier: Aboutaleb was an Amsterdamer, having spent his entire political career prior to 2008 in Rotterdam’s rival city. He was even a supporter of Amsterdam’s […]
The Dutch government has infuriated President Erdogan’s supporters in the Netherlands by preventing two Ankara ministers from staging rallies for the Turkish diaspora. Footage from RT’s Ruptly agency captures the violent scenes that happened next. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s plane was on Saturday barred from landing in the Netherlands following an exchange of warnings […]
