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Commuters hit as ProRail workers strike in Utrecht, Amersfoort - DutchNews.nl
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There were widespread problems for rail commuters on Friday morning as ProRail workers went on strike at key parts of the network in the centre of the Netherlands. The strike, from 6 am to 9 am, disrupted train services around Utrecht and Amersfoort and had knock on effects on services to...
3h ago
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MPs back helmets and an age limit for fatbike users - DutchNews.nl
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A clear majority of MPs has called on the government to introduce an age limit and compulsory helmets for users of the wide-tired e-bikes known as fatbikes. MPs want the age limit to use the two-wheelers set at 14, the youngest age at which people can be required to carry ID. They also back...
on Sep 5
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Eight in custody after Amsterdam violence, more arrests likely - DutchNews.nl
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Eight men remain in custody in connection with the football violence in Amsterdam a week ago, and police have images of 28 more people they want to interview in connection with the attacks on Israeli supporters and others. Five people were hospitalised after a night of “hit and run” attacks and...
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Street wardens to be banned from wearing religious symbols - DutchNews.nl
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Council street wardens, or BOAs, should have “a neutral image” and will not be allowed to wear any religious symbols from next year, justice minister David van Weel has said in a briefing to MPs. The measure will “strengthen public faith in their neutrality and behaviour”, the VVD minister said....
2h ago
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NAM pulls out of compensation programme for Groningen - DutchNews.nl
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Gas and oil company NAM has told the government it will no longer contribute to the improvement of the local economy and liveability of Groningen because gas exploitation has been halted there, the Volkskrant reported on Friday. In 2018 the company, which is jointly owned by ExxonMobil and...
2h ago
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Solar panel owners face new payment system from 2027 - DutchNews.nl
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As expected, MPs have voted in favour of ending the way in which households with solar panels are paid for the excess electricity they produce and feed back into the grid from January 2027. Currently households can deduct the volume of electricity they return to the network from their own usage...
2h ago
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It's going to get colder, and next week there could be wet snow - DutchNews.nl
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The weather is set to change this weekend and the Netherlands could even be in for sleet and wet snow next week, according to weather forecasters. While Saturday will be overcast with some drizzle, by Sunday there will be heavy rain and next week wintry showers are on the cards, according to...
3h ago
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All firms using PFAS chemicals told they must slash emissions - DutchNews.nl
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All types of the forever chemicals known as PFAS are to be included on the official Dutch list of “substances of very high concern” and that means all companies using them have to minimise their use and prevent all emissions, junior environment minister Chris Jansen told MPs on Thursday. If...
21h ago
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Anti-Semitism passport plan is "discriminatory and polarising" - DutchNews.nl
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The Dutch right-wing government’s move to investigate if people convicted of anti-Semitism can be regarded as terrorists and stripped of their Dutch nationality will discriminate against dual passport holders and increase polarisation, critics have said. The far-right PVV, the pro-countryside...
22h ago
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Finance minister prepared to ditch tax hike on culture and sport - DutchNews.nl
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Plans to increase value-added tax on theatres, museums, books and sports clubs from 2026 are set to be scrapped because the upper house of parliament had threatened to torpedo them. Opposition parties had told finance minister Eelco Heinen to come up with an alternative plan to raising...
22h ago
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Dutch health insurance: what you should do now to stay on top - DutchNews.nl
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It’s time to start thinking about whether you should change health insurance company next year. All the insurers have now published their rates for 2025, so what are the big changes, and what, in particular, should you beware of? All Dutch health insurance companies have announced their premiums...
on Thu, 12PM
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Dutch hit back at "neo-colonial" claim by Azerbaijan at Cop29 - DutchNews.nl
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The Netherlands has sent a strongly worded rebuttal to Azerbaijan after its president Ilham Aliyev accused the Netherlands and France of maintaining a “neocolonial” relationship with their small island states. Both countries also “brutally suppress” the island populations and people living in...
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on Thu, 12PM
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Utrecht commuter town IJsselstein is Funda's most popular search - DutchNews.nl
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The town of IJsselstein, south of Utrecht, is the most popular location for home hunters on housing website Funda, both in October and in the first nine months of this year. In October alone there were over 408,000 searches for a home in the town, known for having the biggest Christmas tree in...
on Thu, 11AM
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"Me time" tops list of reasons not to have a full time job - DutchNews.nl
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Some 17% of women last year were not working or looking for a job, more than double the percentage of men in the same position, national statistics agency CBS said on Thursday. Some 75% of men said ill health was the main reason they were not looking for work, but only 55% of women overall cited...
on Thu, 11AM
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Paving slab victim wakes up from coma, police confirm arrest - DutchNews.nl
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The man who was hit over the head with a paving slab while he was sleeping rough in a Rotterdam street has woken up from his coma and police have confirmed the arrest of the perpetrator in France. The victim’s half-sister, Amy Boekhoudt, told Bar Laat talk show hosts that her brother Benjamin...
on Thu, 11AM
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Economic growth hits 0.8% in Q3, ahead of eurozone and US - DutchNews.nl
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The Dutch economy grew by an estimated 0.8% in the third quarter of this year when compared with the second, national statistics agency CBS said on Thursday. In addition, the Netherlands is performing better than the eurozone as a whole, the CBS said. Analysts had expected a lower figure, with...
on Thu, 11AM
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People are borrowing more to buy a house as prices rise - DutchNews.nl
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Rising house prices and a drop in mortgage interest rates have boosted the average new mortgage in the Netherlands to €346,572, according to mortgage advisory group De Hypotheker. The previous record set by De Hypotheker branches was €337,384 and dates from 2022. Since then interest rates have...
on Thu, 9AM
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Attacks using firework bombs will "far exceed 1,000 this year" - DutchNews.nl
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The number of firework attacks on homes and business premises will probably far exceed 1000 this year, police estimate. Police have registered some 923 attacks and attempted attacks so far this year, the latest of which occurred this week in The Hague, Rijswijk, Rotterdam, Barendrecht and...
on Thu, 9AM
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Police halt illegal pro-Palestine demo in central Amsterdam - DutchNews.nl
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Amsterdam police picked up 281 people who attended an illegal demonstration in support of Palestine on the Dam in the centre of the city on Wednesday night. The demonstrators, who defied an order to stay away because of the city-wide demonstration ban, began gathering on the Dam from around 6...
on Thu, 8AM
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MPs condemn outburst of violence in Amsterdam, call for action - DutchNews.nl
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MPs focused on last week’s football-related violence in Amsterdam in a heated debate on Wednesday, with far-right leader Geert Wilders calling for withdrawing Dutch nationality from the perpetrators and GroenLinks PvdA leader Frans Timmermans stating that criticism of Israel cannot be equated...
on Wed, 3PM
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British man on trial for encouraging Dutch girl to end her life - DutchNews.nl
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A British factory worker has gone on trial in Britain for encouraging a 14-year-old Dutch girl to commit suicide in 2018, the Daily Mail has reported. Christopher Ballard, 42, sent dozens of emails and WhatsApp messages to the girl after she posted her intention to take her own life on the...
on Wed, 2PM
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Opposition parties warn finance minister on BTW tax hike - DutchNews.nl
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Opposition parties have told finance minister Eelco Heinen to come up with an alternative plan to raising value-added tax on culture, sports, books and newspapers or they may vote against it in the senate. While the right-wing coalition has majority support in the lower house of parliament, it...
on Wed, 11AM
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Just Eat Takeaway sells US arm GrubHub at a massive loss - DutchNews.nl
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Dutch meal deliver giant Just Eat Takeaway has sold its US arm Grubhub for some $650 million to Wonder Group. Just Eat Takeaway paid $7.3 billion for Grubhub when it bought it during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 in an all share deal. Since then, however, Grubhub’s fortunes...
on Wed, 11AM
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No Booker Prize for Dutch author Yael van der Wouden - DutchNews.nl
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British author Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for her book Orbital, beating Dutch hopeful Yael van der Wouden who was nominated for her post-World War II novel The Safekeep. Van der Wouden is the first Dutch author to have been included in the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist. She...
on Wed, 11AM
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Blokker goes bust in new blow for Dutch high streets - DutchNews.nl
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High street household goods retailer Blokker has gone bankrupt, in a major blow for the struggling Dutch retail sector. The company had requested court protection from creditors and closed its webshop earlier this month. Blokker’s 395 physical shops, which have a workforce of some 3,500, will...
on Wed, 10AM
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Foreign student numbers plunge, VU applications shrink 23% - DutchNews.nl
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The number of international students signing up for a degree course at a Dutch university or college has gone down sharply this year, according to new figures from the Dutch university association. Amsterdam’s VU university is hardest hit, with a 23% decline in international student numbers....
on Wed, 10AM
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Winter in Wartime: A book for teenagers on the fight against war - DutchNews.nl
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Winter in Wartime (in Dutch Oorlogswinter) is a Dutch classic for a good reason. It follows a 15-year-old boy, living under German occupation, and the complicated and dangerous world he must navigate. It is the waning months of World War II and teenager Michiel is no longer able to go to school...
on Wed, 9AM
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Rotterdam stone thrower may have been arrested in France - DutchNews.nl
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Police in Toulon, France have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of bludgeoning a man sleeping rough in Lyon to death with a concrete block, and who may have assaulted a homeless man in Rotterdam last week. The man who was arrested is said to bear a resemblance to the perpetrator in...
on Wed, 9AM
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Healthcare payments to rise by around €11 per month in 2025 - DutchNews.nl
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Healthcare premiums are rising by an average of €11 per month in 2025, but the gap between cheapest and most expensive has stretched to €433, according to research by comparison website Zorgwijzer. Tuesday was the deadline for publishing next year’s fees, kicking off a six-week period during...
on Wed, 8AM
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Rail strike will hit Wednesday commuters, international trains - DutchNews.nl
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There will be no trains in Noord-Holland and parts of Flevoland and Utrecht from 6 am to at least 9 am on Wednesday morning because of strike action by ProRail staff. Although the strike will end at 9 am, it will take some time for normal services to resume, railway company NS said. The strike...
on Tue, 4PM
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Multi-millionaire takes over as Dutch tax minister - DutchNews.nl
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Former businessman Tjebbe van Oostenbruggen is taking over as tax minister following the resignation of Folkert Idsinga, who quit last week saying the far-right PVV had held a “knife at his throat”. Van Oostenbruggen, a junior minister on behalf of the good governance party NSC, is currently an...
on Tue, 4PM
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Be prepared for turbulent times, Dutch central bank warns - DutchNews.nl
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The Dutch national bank DNB has warned financial institutions to identify and protect themselves against geopolitical risks, from protectionist economic policies to cyberattacks. Presenting its overview of the next three years, the bank said banks, insurers and pension funds needed to build up...
on Tue, 1PM
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Greenpeace takes Dutch state to court over nitrogen failings - DutchNews.nl
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Greenpeace and the Dutch state will face each other in court on Tuesday afternoon with the campaign group arguing the Netherlands is not doing enough to protect the natural environment from the impact of excessive nitrogen. The case is a “last chance to save the most vulnerable habitats because...
on Tue, 12PM
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Sharp rise in wolf attacks on Dutch farm livestock - DutchNews.nl
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The number of attacks by wolves on sheep and other farm animals reached 491 in the first nine months of this year compared with 399 in 2023 as a whole, according to figures from registration agency BIJ12. The actual number of attacks is likely to be higher because farmers are not required to...
on Tue, 11AM
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Remains found in lockdown missing person case, man arrested - DutchNews.nl
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Police have arrested a 31-year-old man after forensic specialists found ”indications” of human remains at the house of a man who disappeared during the coronavirus lockdown in 2021 in Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland. Albert Visser was last seen in January 2021 but it was not until October that a...
on Tue, 11AM
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Pharmacy assistants come out on strike for better pay - DutchNews.nl
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Some 10,000 pharmacy assistants are expected to gather at the Malieveld in The Hague on Tuesday to demand better pay and working conditions, and pharmacies all over the country will be forced to close their doors. The one-day national strike, the first ever national stoppage by pharmacy...
on Tue, 11AM
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Ombudsman: hundreds of people wrongly put on terror watch lists - DutchNews.nl
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The government must do more to help citizens whose names are wrongly added to terrorism “watch lists” shared by intelligence agencies, national ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen has said. Lack of transparency makes it “virtually impossible” for people to have their names removed from watch lists or...
on Tue, 11AM
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Three arrested after youths rampage in Amsterdam Nieuw-West - DutchNews.nl
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Riot police were called out to deal with disturbances in Amsterdam Nieuw-West on Monday evening, after a group of youths went on the rampage, setting off fireworks and throwing stones at police. According to the Parool around 100 youngsters were involved in the riot, which began shortly after 7...
on Tue, 10AM
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Rare Dutch coin from 1891 goes under the hammer for €450,000 - DutchNews.nl
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A 19th-century coin has sold at auction for more than €450,000, becoming the second most valuable Dutch coin ever. The rijksdaalder, originally worth two and a half guilders, dates from 1898 and depicts the head of the young Queen Wilhelmina, then 18 years old. The gold coin is one of just two...
on Tue, 10AM
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Shell wins appeal in landmark greenhouse gas climate case - DutchNews.nl
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An appeals court in The Hague has sided with oil giant Shell, overturning a landmark climate change decision that would have forced the company to drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions. “It can be said that any reduction in greenhouse gas emissions has a positive effect on combating...
on Tue, 10AM
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"Body found on Valencia beach is that of Dutch flood victim" - DutchNews.nl
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A body found on a beach in Valencia is that of 53-year-old Dutch woman Silvani Lochi who was reported missing following the devastating floods, the AD and Telegraaf reported. The foreign affairs ministry has yet to confirm the news, which was made public on Facebook by Ramona Wijnands, a friend...
on Tue, 10AM
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Amsterdam football violence was down to a "poisonous cocktail" - DutchNews.nl
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The violence surrounding last week’s football match between Ajax and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv in Amsterdam was the result of “a poisonous cocktail of anti-Semitism, football hooliganism and anger over the war in Palestine and Israel and other parts of the Middle East,” mayor Femke Halesma...
on Tue, 9AM
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10,000 students accused of grant fraud to be refunded - DutchNews.nl
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Some 10,000 students and former students who were accused of fraud by student finance body Duo on the basis of a discriminatory algorithm are to be refunded by the government. Education minister Eppo Bruins said on Monday he had allocated €61 million to pay back students who were accused of...
on Tue, 8AM
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Strike will stop Noord-Holland rail services early on Wednesday - DutchNews.nl
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The strike by ProRail workers on Wednesday means there will be no trains in Noord-Holland and parts of Flevoland and Utrecht from 6 am to at least 9 am, Dutch railway firm NS said on Monday. Maintenance workers and engineers are going on strike in support of their pay claim after talks between...
on Mon, 7PM
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Eradicating anti-Semitism is a top priority, says Dutch PM - DutchNews.nl
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The violence in Amsterdam last Thursday night was to a large part down to youngsters with “an immigration background” and tough action needs to be taken to deal with them, prime minister Dick Schoof told reporters on Monday afternoon. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Schoof said that “we have...
on Mon, 5PM
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Dutch to bring in extra border checks on December 9 - DutchNews.nl
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Dutch border police will begin carrying out extra checks at the Dutch border with Germany and Belgium from December 9, migration minister Marjolein Faber said on Monday. Faber did not give any details about how the checks will work, apart from saying the Marechaussee will not get any extra...
on Mon, 4PM
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Rebranding ministries set to cost Dutch government up to €9m - DutchNews.nl
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The Dutch government is expected to spend between €6 million and €9 million on changing the names of ministries to reflect the new cabinet’s priorities, research by RTL Nieuws has uncovered. The biggest outlay will go on rebranding the agriculture ministry as the Ministry of Agriculture,...
on Mon, 4PM
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Police search house of man who disappeared during 2021 lockdown - DutchNews.nl
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Police have begun a search at the home of a man who was reported missing three years ago, nine months after he was last seen alive. Albert Visser was last seen in January 2021 in Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, but it was not until October that a friend notified the police. Police did not...
on Mon, 3PM
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Israel did not brief Dutch on football match risk, minister says - DutchNews.nl
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The Israeli secret service did not brief the Netherlands on any risks surrounding last week’s football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax, justice minister David van Weel confirmed on Monday. Israel has claimed that the Dutch security services were warned about the match. However, Van Weel...
on Mon, 2PM
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Ajax draw at Twente to end winning run, PSV five points clear - DutchNews.nl
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Ajax’s run of seven consecutive wins came to an end as they twice had to come from behind to earn a point at FC Twente. Michel Vlap twice gave the home side the lead in Enschede, the first time just before half-time when Ajax defender Youri Baas played the ball straight into his path. Davy...
on Mon, 12PM