Topic: Pim Fortuyn

Netherlands The Year In Review 2002

On April 10 the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published its report following five years of research into the massacre that took place in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in July 1995, when more than 7,000 Islamic men and boys were murdered while the ...

Today in History

Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2010. There are 239 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 6, 1910, Britain's Edwardian era came to an end upon the death of King Edward VII ...

Pim Fortuyn

), was the headline-grabbing leader of the Lijst Pim Fortuyn, the populist anti-immigration political party he established in 2002; his assassination while campaigning for the parliament triggered a national crisis in his peace-loving homeland. The flamboyant Fortuyn supported business deregulation and abortion rights ...
The butt of a cigarette far right Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn smoked before he was gunned down in 2002 fetched 850 euros (about 1,200 dollars) on auction on Saturday, the auction house said.Fortuyn had stubbed out the hand-rolled cigarette in ...
A lighter, pen and cellphone that Dutch far right politician Pim Fortuyn had on him when gunned down in 2002 are popular targets for an auction on Saturday. "It is pure nostalgia, certainly not a sound investment," he said at his auction ...
Morocco to mayor; Immigrant hailed as Dutch Obama now leads second largest Dutch cityThe son of an Islamic preacher became the first Moroccan-born mayor of a Dutch city Monday, an appointment welcomed by his political friends and foes as a landmark in ...