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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Almost half of former cabinet members still looking for a job

Some 13 of the ministers and junior ministers in the last cabinet have not found a new job four months after it was disbanded on July 2, a tally among the 29 ex-members by RTL Nieuws has shown. Wopke Hoekstra left to become European commissioner for Climate action, while former health minister Ernst Kuipers also stepped down prematurely, accepting a …

Job Minister Cabinet Members Cda Vvd

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Minister of Water Management looking into charging people for excessive water usage

NL Times

Drinking water could become more expensive in the future for people who use it excessively. Outgoing minister Mark Harbers has assigned researchers to investigate the possibility of charging people to encourage them to be more frugal with their water. In a letter to the lower house of the Dutch Parliament, the Tweede Kamer, Harbers noted that Belgium has two prices …

Dutch Water Rate Drinking Water Water Usage

7 months, 1 week ago

Runway maintenance mean strong southerly winds could cause chaos at Schiphol this summer

NL Times

Planned runway maintenance on the Zwanenburgbaan this summer means that a strong southerly wind could cause chaos at Schiphol Airport during its busiest season, people involved told the Telegraaf. The air traffic control agency LVNL told the newspaper that “in principle,” the runway capacity will be the same as in other summers, with the same number of takeoffs and landings. …

Cause This Summer Runway Klm Schiphol Strong South Zwanenburgbaan

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Schiphol plan will "reduce noise while allowing more flights"

Dutch News

The outgoing government has come up with a package of measures that it says will reduce the noise problems experienced by people living close to Schiphol airport while increasing the number of flights. “But the number of flights is still below the maximum permitted and will be combined with measures to reduce the nuisance.” The measures follow a court ruling …

Schiphol Night Harbers

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Schiphol plan will "reduce noise while allowing more flights"

Dutch News

The outgoing government has come up with a package of measures that it says will reduce the noise problems experienced by people living close to Schiphol airport while increasing the number of flights. “But the number of flights is still below the maximum permitted and will be combined with measures to reduce the nuisance.” The measures follow a court ruling …

Schiphol Night Harbers

2 years, 1 month ago

Drought will remain a problem in the Netherlands if consumers don't cut water use

NL Times

Companies and residents of the Netherlands must cut back on drinking water usage by at least 20 percent, said Water Management Minister Mark Harbers on Friday. With these new rules, the Cabinet wants to agree on different frameworks so that the consequences for water are also taken into account at various decision-making levels. In addition to the 20 percent reduction, …

Netherlands Water Cabinet

2 years, 2 months ago

Toilet drains on pleasure craft must soon be sealed to avoid waste dumping

NL Times

Owners of pleasure craft must seal the drain pipe of their toilet so that they can no longer discharge toilet water directly into the surface water. It has been prohibited since 2009 to use a toilet that discharges directly and untreated water, because this is bad for the water quality and the health of water sports enthusiasts. Pleasure craft must …

Water Toilet Seal Pleasure Craft

2 years, 6 months ago

Dutch government to rein in flights at Schiphol Airport

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The Dutch government said Friday it will cut the maximum number of flights allowed each year at the country’s busiest aviation hub, Schiphol Airport, in an attempt to reduce noise and air pollution. “I want to offer certainty and perspective to both the aviation sector and local residents,” Infrastructure and Water Management Minister Mark Harbers said. Unfortunately, it …

Schiphol

2 years, 8 months ago

Schiphol must prevent future chaos: Harbers

NL Times

Minister Mark Harbers visited Schiphol Airport Saturday, urging the airport to do everything in its power to ensure the chaos of recent weeks does not repeat itself. Staff shortages and working conditions must be addressed, he said, according to the NOS. Although the coronavirus pandemic caused setbacks and there is currently a personnel shortage across many sectors, Harbers said this …

Schiphol Chaos Harbers

2 years, 10 months ago

Dutch, Australians launch case against Moscow over MH17

Associated Press

AMSTERDAM — The Dutch and Australian governments have launched a legal case against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organization seeking to hold Moscow accountable for its alleged role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra stressed that the Dutch government would continue to do all it can to hold Russia responsible. “The current …

Ukraine Russia Moscow Legal Case Dutch Legal

2 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands & Australia file MH17 complaint against Russia at civil aviation authority

NL Times

The Netherlands and Australia approached the civil aviation organization ICAO to demand compensation from Russia for MH17, among other things. "The Cabinet will continue to do everything in its power to hold Russia accountable for the downing of flight MH17 and the maintenance of the international legal order," Hoekstra said in a statement. According to the Minister, the Russian decision …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Noise pollution underestimated in aviation cost-benefit analysis: Health Services

NL Times

Noise pollution from air traffic is seriously underestimated in research into the costs of aviation, health service umbrella organization GGD GHOR Nederland said in an "urgent appeal" to Minister Mark Harbers of Infrastructure. According to the GGDs, air traffic noise causes "serious nuisance and sleep disturbance even at the WHO limit values." It chose to only count noise pollution from …

Noise Noise Pollution Method Seo Trouw

4 years, 3 months ago

Nuclear power, one million homes and scrapping the euro: testing the electoral waters

Dutch News

It is still seven months before the Netherlands goes to the polls to elect a new government, but D66 and the Socialists have already published their draft manifestos for the campaign. D66, whose manifesto is called A New Beginning’, is opting for an increase in wind energy, free child care and a new grant system to keep higher education accessible …

Nuclear Nuclear Power Party Vvd

4 years, 8 months ago

Sharp increase in asylum seekers suspected of crimes: report

NL Times

The number of registered crimes in which an asylum seeker is a suspect increased by over a quarter last year, from nearly 4 thousand in 2018 to nearly 5 thousand cases in 2019, the Telegraaf reports based on an incident overview by the Ministry of Justice and Security that the newspaper has in its possession. The number of asylum seekers …

Asylum Crimes Telegraaf Overview Sharp Increase Seekers Suspected

5 years, 1 month ago

Former ministers and aldermen who become MPs claim top-up benefits

Dutch News

Several MPs are still claiming the special benefit for politicians who lose their job because they were earning more as aldermen or ministers before taking seats in parliament, the Volkskrant said on Tuesday. VVD parliamentary party leader Klaas Dijkhoff, for example, is claiming €37,000 a year in wachtgeld on top of his MP’s salary and party leader supplements, because he …

Minister Claim Vvd

5 years, 1 month ago

Former ministers and aldermen who become MPs claim top-up benefits

Dutch News

Several MPs are still claiming the special benefit for politicians who lose their job because they were earning more as aldermen or ministers before taking seats in parliament, the Volkskrant said on Tuesday. VVD parliamentary party leader Klaas Dijkhoff, for example, is claiming €37,000 a year in wachtgeld on top of his MP’s salary and party leader supplements, because he …

Minister Claim Vvd

5 years, 3 months ago

Five alleged jihadists get Dutch nationality back

NL Times

Five persons recently officially regained their Dutch nationality, according to a decision published in the Staatscourant on Monday. These persons' Dutch nationality was previously revoked because they joined terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq, NOS reports. Former State Secretary Mark Harbers was previously reprimanded for incorrectly revoking the Dutch nationality of two men who joined banned groups in Syria and …

Dutch Nationality Syria Dutch Nationality

5 years, 7 months ago

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Dutch News

The Dutch immigration service is failing to pursue and deport all asylum seekers with a criminal record due to cost and time constraints, alleges the NRC. From January 2017 to February 2019, 37 residency permits were withdrawn from asylum seekers with a criminal record, representing 2.4% of cases referred to the ‘withdrawals’ team, claims the NRC. Last year a whistleblower …

Asylum Ind Nrc

5 years, 7 months ago

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Dutch News

The Dutch immigration service is failing to pursue and deport all asylum seekers with a criminal record due to cost and time constraints, alleges the NRC. From January 2017 to February 2019, 37 residency permits were withdrawn from asylum seekers with a criminal record, representing 2.4% of cases referred to the ‘withdrawals’ team, claims the NRC. Last year a whistleblower …

Asylum Ind Nrc

5 years, 7 months ago

Asylum seeker crime figures involved just one death, ex minister says

Dutch News

There was just one death in the Netherlands last year involving people living in refugee centres, junior justice minister Mark Harbers said, prior to his resignation on Tuesday evening. Harbers stepped down after it emerged reports of serious crimes involving asylum seekers had been ‘hidden’ under the heading ‘other’ in a government report. The figures show that police were alerted …

Asylum Seeker

5 years, 7 months ago

Asylum seeker crime figures involved just one death, ex minister says

Dutch News

There was just one death in the Netherlands last year involving people living in refugee centres, junior justice minister Mark Harbers said, prior to his resignation on Tuesday evening. Harbers stepped down after it emerged reports of serious crimes involving asylum seekers had been ‘hidden’ under the heading ‘other’ in a government report. The figures show that police were alerted …

Asylum Seeker

5 years, 7 months ago

State Sec. of Justice steps down over fudging asylum crime figures

NL Times

Mark Harbers resigned as State Secretary for Justice and Security on Tuesday evening. The VVD State Secretary, who is responsible for asylum, stepped down after it became known that his Ministry deliberately reported incomplete figures on crimes committed by asylum seekers in a report. "That the figures were reported in this way falls under my administrative responsibility", Harbers said during …

Crime Justice State Report Ministry Figures Vvd

5 years, 7 months ago

Sexual assault, harassment laws to get stricter: Justice Min

NL Times

The Netherlands is implementing stricter laws around sex crimes, according to a new legislative proposal Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security announced. Under the new law you can be punished both if you know the other person did not want to have sex, and if you could have known that. When in doubt, the person initiating sexual acts has …

Law Sex Person Sexual Min Sexual Acts Grapperhaus

5 years, 8 months ago

Justice Ministry hiding serious crimes committed by asylum seekers: report

NL Times

The Ministry of Justice and Security hid the number of serious crimes committed by asylum seekers in the Netherlands by including crimes like sexual offenses, aggravated assaults, and murder and manslaughter or attempts thereto under the heading of "other" in figures released to parliament, the Telegraaf reports. Earlier this week State Secretary Mark Harbers released police figures on crimes committed …

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Almost half of former cabinet members still looking for a job

Minister of Water Management looking into charging people for excessive water usage

Runway maintenance mean strong southerly winds could cause chaos at Schiphol this summer

Schiphol plan will "reduce noise while allowing more flights"

Schiphol plan will "reduce noise while allowing more flights"

Drought will remain a problem in the Netherlands if consumers don't cut water use

Toilet drains on pleasure craft must soon be sealed to avoid waste dumping

Dutch government to rein in flights at Schiphol Airport

Schiphol must prevent future chaos: Harbers

Dutch, Australians launch case against Moscow over MH17

Netherlands & Australia file MH17 complaint against Russia at civil aviation authority

Noise pollution underestimated in aviation cost-benefit analysis: Health Services

Nuclear power, one million homes and scrapping the euro: testing the electoral waters

Sharp increase in asylum seekers suspected of crimes: report

Former ministers and aldermen who become MPs claim top-up benefits

Former ministers and aldermen who become MPs claim top-up benefits

Five alleged jihadists get Dutch nationality back

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Criminal asylum seekers not deported due to costs: NRC

Asylum seeker crime figures involved just one death, ex minister says

Asylum seeker crime figures involved just one death, ex minister says

State Sec. of Justice steps down over fudging asylum crime figures

Sexual assault, harassment laws to get stricter: Justice Min

Justice Ministry hiding serious crimes committed by asylum seekers: report