The 64-year-old crime journalist has thrived off solving cold cases and investigating mob bosses without fear or favour, earning him plaudits and a glowing reputation.
Mr de Vries was gunned down on a busy street in central Amsterdam as he left a TV studion on Tuesday night,last week,leaving him fighting for his life. Two suspects are in police custody.
The shooting has stunned the Netherlands, where gun violence is rare but killings linked to organised crime are a grim fixture of life
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7/15/21
The Netherlands: Peter R de Vries:Journalist and Dutch crime reporter who defied death threats dies from shotwounds following an earlier assassination attempt, by hardcore criminals
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7/14/21
EU Cuba relations: EU urges Cuba to ‘immediately’ release detained protesters
The EU’s foreign policy spokesman on Tuesday condemned the “unacceptable” arrests of political activists and journalists in Cuba, demanding their “immediate” release.
The activists were detained in recent days amid the biggest protests against the island’s communist regime in decades.
Read more at: EU urges Cuba to ‘immediately’ release detained protesters – POLITICO
The activists were detained in recent days amid the biggest protests against the island’s communist regime in decades.
Read more at: EU urges Cuba to ‘immediately’ release detained protesters – POLITICO
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