Sheffield United are eight points from safety with 10 games remaining and as the Blades fight to stay in the Premier League, Sky Sports News senior reporter Tim Thornton sat down with striker Oli McBurnie, who revealed an even bigger personal battle his family are facing away from football. Oli, it’s three weeks since the … Read more
Leader of the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders. Anadolu | Getty Images LONDON — Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders’ hopes of becoming prime minister of the Netherlands are dwindling after coalition talks fell into disarray Tuesday. Pieter Omtzigt, founder and leader of the upstart center-right New Social Contract (NSC), walked away from negotiations, … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The far-right party led by Dutch election winner Geert Wilders should open negotiations with three other parties on forming a new government, the official appointed to investigate possible coalitions said Monday. Ronald Plasterk, who acted as the “scout” in two weeks of preliminary talks, said it was “too early” to say … Read more
A party ally of far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has quit his role in the building of a new governing coalition over a fraud allegation ByMIKE CORDER Associated Press November 27, 2023, 3:58 AM Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media after a meeting with … Read more
For decades, the hard-right firebrand Geert Wilders has been shunned from mainstream Dutch politics. So when the results from the Netherlands’ snap election showed his Party for Freedom (PVV) emerging as the largest party, even he could hardly contain his shock. “35!” Wilders exclaimed in apparent disbelief, his arms outstretched, as the exit polls flashed … Read more
By Bart H. Meijer, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Ingrid Melander AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe. A fan of fellow eurosceptic, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year jail sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to homicide firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, recognized by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of providing a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anyone who killed Wilders. Latif didn’t seem within … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year jail sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to homicide firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, recognized by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of providing a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anyone who killed Wilders. Latif didn’t seem within … Read more