International

'I'm pleased with the European Commission's announcement that they are going to do something about the blocking of NTDTV's broadcasts into China', says SP Euro-MP Erik Meijer in response to reports in the media. Meijer put a number of questions on the issue to the Commission at the beginning of July and in the same month took part in a demonstration protesting against the silencing of the news service. The questions have not yet received an answer from the Commission, however.

SP Member of Parliament and Foreign Affairs spokesman Harry van Bommel has asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen for clarification regarding reports of alleged use of cluster bombs by Russian forces in Georgia. A report from Human Rights Watch states that Dutch cameraman Stan Storimans, employed by the broadcaster RTL, fell victim to this controversial weapon when with seven other covilians he lost his life in the Georgian town of Gori earlier this week.