Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber cannot count on support from other European Union (EU) member states for her proposal to let the Netherlands opt-out of the bloc’s rules on migration. Ministers from Germany, Greece, and Sweden all denounced her plan, which seeks special exceptions...
The number of robberies is falling, but the number of violent muggings on the street increased sharply this year. A significant proportion of perpetrators and victims are teenagers, sometimes as young as 12, De Telegraaf reports based on figures from the police.
Damn and here I am paying my taxes like an idiot while I struggle to have a roof over my head.
My biggest complaint is it's dominated by memes, and in a distant second is news, and that's kinda it. We need so much more diverse content still.
It has been almost a year since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in the Gaza Strip. The Netherlands should maintain a more critical stance towards Israel, Dutch voters said in a survey conducted by Ipsos I&O on behalf of the newspaper de Volkskrant.Half of Dutch voters want a stricter stan...
Prime Minister Dick Schoof called Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday and, in that conversation, condemned the missile attacks by Iran and its allies on Israel, Schoof announced on X. The Prime Minister also urged Pezeshkian to stop Iran from supplying weapons to Russia."This conflict must...
Prime Minister Dick Schoof called Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday and, in that conversation, condemned the missile attacks by Iran and its allies on Israel, Schoof announced on X. The Prime Minister also urged Pezeshkian to stop Iran from supplying weapons to Russia.
Trains to London and Paris will be able to depart from Amsterdam Centraal again next year. The large-scale construction of the terminal at the station is almost completed.Eurostar was very concerned about the progress of the renovation of Amsterdam Central Station. CEO Gwendoline Cazenave even threa...
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended 60 hours of community service against Bilal A. on Tuesday for computer hacking. The police officer from The Hague allegedly requested unauthorized information from police systems on 30 occasions. He looked for license plates, telephone numbers, and cit...
Dutch queen Máxima has a new role at the United Nations, 15 years after she was appointed the secretary-general’s special advocate for inclusive finance for development. On Wednesday, Máxima was given the new role of special advocate for #FinancialHealth and “will work to ensure households everywher...
Coalition party NSC has called for an investigation into the growing number of requests for euthanasia from people with mental health problems – young women in particular. In total, 456 people were given euthanasia for “unbearable mental suffering” between 2000 and 2023, of whom 52 were under the ag...
In total, 456 people were given euthanasia for “unbearable mental suffering” between 2000 and 2023, of whom 52 were under the age of 30, according to government figures. Of those, 43 cases involved young women, the youngest of whom was 16 at the time.
The new government has just published its plans for the coming year, so what do they mean for home owners and those hoping to buy? Find out all about the budget and the most recent house price and interest rates developments in the latest housing newsletter. Kick-starting the market First things fi...
Two men have been killed and a third seriously injured in a road accident on the A50 and police say the three may have been making a getaway from a crime. The AD suggests a safe was found close to the wrecked car and other sources told the paper that an explosives expert checked the vehicle before t...
“If I should die, think only this of me: that there’s some corner of a foreign field that is forever England,” As several hundred people stood listening to the words of this famous English war poem, the sun broke through onto a corner of a foreign field and the final resting place of English World W...
A campaign by Rotterdam city council to draw attention to the impact of illegal drugs has stimulated a different sort of crime this week, as students and others stole street signs referencing cocaine, ketamine, and MDMA. Council officials decided to “rename” 11 city street signs using drug reference...
