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Ukraine Returns to the Eurovision Contest
Ukraine returns to Eurovision after missing the song contest last year, DPA reported.
The country plans to send the band Go_A to Rotterdam in May. Over the weekend, the group won the competition to represent Ukraine with the song "Solovey." five performers.
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A Record 5 Tonnes of Cocaine Seized in Costa Rica
Costa Rica police seized the largest amount of drug in its history yesterday - 5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a container of flowers that was to be loaded today in the port of Limon, on the Caribbean coast, France Press reported.
The drug was hidden in a shipment of flowers traveling to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Interior Minister said.
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Tecau-Rojer duo through to quarterfinals at ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Romanian-Dutch duo Horia Tecau/Jean-Julien Rojer quickly qualified for the quarterfinals of the men's double of the ATP tennis tournament in Rotterdam - ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, with prizes worth 2,013,855 euro, after defeating the pair made up of Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) / Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia), with a score of 6-2, 6-2.
Dutch-Greek singer to represent Greece at Eurovision
Dutch-Greek singer Stefania Liberakakis poses for portraits in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Thursday. The 17-year-old will represent Greece in the upcoming 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The ESC 2020 will take place at the Rotterdam Ahoy and consist of two semi-finals, to be held on May 12 and 14, and a grand final on May 16.
Director Radu Jude first Romanian with three productions at Berlinale 2020
Director Radu Jude is the first Romanian to be present at the Berlin International Film Festival with three productions, informs a press release issued on Monday for AGERPRES.
Sibiu, shortlisted for European Best Destination 2020
Sibiu has been nominated to compete this year for the European best tourist destination 2020, after in 2007 it was the first city in Romania to become a European capital of culture and in 2019 it was Romania's first European gastronomic region, according to an official press statement released on Wednesday.
Five Dutch Companies have Received Letters Containing Potentially Deadly Explosives
Five Dutch companies in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht received bomb letters in the last week. None of the packages exploded, NL reported, citing Dutch police.
The packages containing potentially deadly explosives were sent to a gas station and hotel in Amsterdam, to a car dealer and a gas station in Rotterdam, and to a real estate agency in Utrecht.
The Netherlands Cuts Speed Limit on Motorways to 100 km / h
Daytime speed limits on Dutch roads must be lowered to 100 km / h in order for the country to cope with its emissions and nitrogen oxide pollution, Dutch media quoted by economic.bg.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said it was an "unpleasant measure" but necessary. The existing limit of 130 km / h will still be allowed overnight.
A Dutch NGO Ship Will Collect 50 Tonnes of Plastic from the Ocean per Day
The Dutch non-governmental organization Ocean Cleanup, which fights pollution of the oceans with plastic, has unveiled its latest invention - a barge that collects waste, the Associated Press and France Press reported.
Tecau-Rojer duo wins Swiss Indoors Basel men's doubles event
Romanian-Dutch duo Horia Tecau/ Jean-Julien Rojer won the men's doubles final of the 2,082,655-EUR Swiss Indoors ATP tournament in Basel, Switzerland, after defeating US double Taylor Fritz /N.4 Tecau-Rojer prevailed in 69 minutes, thus sealing their qualification for the ATP Finals. Tecau-Rojer previously reached the Basel semi-finals in 2015 and 2016.