Good news for everyone in the Netherlands and for those who are about to travel here – the government will relax the COVID measures and nightlife might resume again. Political reporter Arjan Noorlander stated that despite COVID numbers being likely to still increase, ICUs are not expected to be overly […]
Yesterday, former Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Mona Keijzer published the manifesto ‘Onverdeeld Open Nederland’, a movement against the Dutch COVID QR pass. Well-known organizations such as ID&T support the movement and call for signatures. While the lockdown in The Netherlands just ended less than two […]
Two weeks ago, the Dutch cabinet decided to initiate a three-week lockdown to lower the COVID-19 numbers. However, the infection rates are running so high that the cabinet has previously asked for advice from The Outbreak Management Team (OMT). They will incorporate this advice into a new decision this Friday […]
Bad news for the industry, once again the Dutch government has chosen to temporarily lock down the country. Today, the government announced a short, mild lockdown of three weeks. The hospitality industry must close at 8 p.m. starting tomorrow, non-essential stores at 6 p.m, and a maximum of four people […]
On Monday evening, MOJO director Ruben Brouwer told the Dutch television program ‘Op1’ that Minister of Public Health Hugo de Jonge has asked the concert organizer not to organize any dance events for the time being. New COVID measures, which will officially be presented in a press conference tonight, were […]
Multi-day events and festivals will soon be possible again under certain conditions. What these conditions will be is still unclear. Tomorrow there will be a press conference in the Netherlands where the Dutch cabinet will provide more clarity on this. Ingrid van Engelshoven (outgoing minister of OCW) said this morning […]
Enough is enough. Since there was no response from the government last time, the event industry is heading back to the dutch streets for a second round. All this, with only one goal: to unmute the event industry. Last week the organization of Unmute Us announced the second protest, and […]
At 50,000 infections a day, the UK currently has one of the highest rates of new infections in the world. Yet Prime Minister Boris Johnson chooses to take the COVID-19 restrictions off the table. This means good news for all event organizers, nightclubs, and of course party-lovers! In England, it […]
Today, there was a Dutch press conference in which the Dutch government announced that they want to lift restrictions earlier. They have decided on June 30 to enter the final phase of the opening plan, which means that festivals will be allowed again from then on. Oh yes! Finally some […]
