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Two police officers acquitted of violence during demonstration against Covid measures

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Two police officers who were accused of assault during a demonstration against Coronavirus measures at the Malieveld in The Hague on March 14, 2021 have been acquitted. The two officers used violence when they were arresting a demonstrator, but the Midden-Nederland court ruled that the violence was justified. The Public Prosecution Service recommended 20 hours of community service against one …

6 days, 2 hours ago

Court decides against jailing Rotterdam mother for baby’s death by dog attack

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A 34-year-old woman from Rotterdam whose dog bit and killed her two-month-old son in August 2023 was acquitted on Wednesday on charges of causing the death by being negligent. The Midden-Nederland District Court convicted the woman of a charge considered to be legally less severe, but the judges presiding over the case decided against ordering her to prison. "She stands …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Funerals set for six killed in explosions in The Hague; Communities concerned

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Funerals to honor the six people who died in the explosions and fire at an apartment complex in The Hague will take place at the end of this week, according to victim support organizations Namens de Familie and Slachtofferhulp Nederland. The announcement on Tuesday came a day after community meetings for residents living near the site of the deadly Tarwekamp …

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1 week, 5 days ago

No more Miss Nederland: Support platform replaces beauty show

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The annual Miss Nederland beauty contest has come to an end after 35 years and no more competitions will be held, the owner of the title rights said on Thursday. “What is relevant is to create a space where women can support each other and grow.” The last contest took place in June, during which Amber Rustenberg was chosen as …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Miss Nederland contest ends after 35 years, replaced by new platform

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The Miss Nederland beauty pageant has officially ended after 35 years, its owner Monica van Ee announced Thursday. The competition will be replaced by a new online platform, Niet meer van deze tijd, which aims to support and empower young women. “What matters now is creating a space where women can uplift each other and grow.” Amber Rustenberg, crowned in …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Ameland police report calm Sunneklaas amid heightened security

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The Sunneklaas festival on Ameland proceeded with no major incidents Thursday night, despite heightened security measures and past tensions surrounding the event, according to the Noord-Nederland police unit. Mayor Leo Pieter Stoel added, "It’s a beautiful edition of our festival, despite the rain." On Wednesday, presenter Jan Roos encouraged Ameland residents to "kick journalists off the island" and made inflammatory …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

No extra money for Long Covid research will "set patients back"

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Patient organisations have said they are worried MPs will vote against a €21 million investment in clinical research into Long Covid symptoms on Thursday. PostCovidNL and Long Covid Nederland said the additional money is needed to provide a scientific base for treatment with existing medications which can alleviate the symptoms of some 500,000 sufferers in the short term. But PostCovid …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cold case team arrests Heerlen man for raping young woman in Nijmegen in 1994

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The cold case team of the Oost Nederland police arrested a 58-year-old man from Heerlen on Monday for raping a young woman in Nijmegen over 30 years ago. The woman was walking to work early one morning in January 1994 when a man she did not know grabbed her, threatened her, pulled her into a bush, and raped her. Investigators …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Black Friday and Cyber Monday transactions decline for first time in years

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For the first time since 2016, Black Friday saw a drop in iDEAL transactions, with 5.82 million payments processed, an 18.4 percent decrease from last year's 7.13 million transactions. Cyber Monday transactions also fell slightly, from 5.12 million in 2023 to 5.10 million this year, according to data from online payment system iDEAL and Betaalvereniging Nederland. The diversity of discounts—ranging …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Minister scraps plan to oblige builders to make shelter for sparrows, bats in new homes

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Builders of new homes do not have to provide shelter for house sparrows, swifts, or bats, Housing Minister Mona Keijzer has reported. Her predecessor, Hugo de Jonge, had brought this proposition before his departure, but the current Cabinet wants to scrap “conflicting or redundant requirements.” The hope in the Cabinet at the time and environmental organizations was the obligated nesting …

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Presenter accused of instructing Amelanders to attack reporters covering Sunneklaas fest

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The Noord-Nederland office of the Public Prosecution Service has started a criminal investigation into comments that were made on the YouTube channel RoddelPraat on Wednesday. During the broadcast in question, Roos advised people from Ameland to unite "with pitchforks and torches" and to kick journalists who wanted to report on the event off the island. The OM believes that the …

Sunneklaas Om Ameland

4 weeks ago

Third of small business owners considering calling it quits

NL Times

Almost a third of small business owners and self-employed persons are considering closing down or selling their businesses. Self-employed persons without staff dread stricter regulations, especially around false self-employment, the Financieele Dagblad reports from the Small Business Index by Hogeschool Utrecht, Qredits, and Ondermend Nederland. A third of small business owners say they would look for a job if they …

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1 month ago

Government should do more to improve labor productivity says SME organization

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The government and entrepreneurs should do more to improve productivity in small and medium-sized enterprises. Jacques van den Broek, chairman of the Dutch committee for small and medium-sized enterprises, the Nederlands Comité voor Ondernemerschap, said this on Wednesday during the presentation of the new annual message called State of MKBs 2024. "We need breakthroughs for our economy and our earning …

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1 month ago

Achahbar denies racism forced her to quit, criticises ministers

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Former junior finance minister Nora Achahbar has said her decision to quit was not prompted by alleged racist comments in a cabinet meeting last week. It’s like the old game where you whisper something in someone’s ear and at the end of the circle a completely different word comes out.” In her resignation letter the former NSC party minister did …

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Cabinet member says she resigned over harsh polarization, not racism

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Nora Achahbar resigned as State Secretary on Friday over the polarizing forms of interaction between politicians, not due to racism, she said in an interview with Hart van Nederland. She wouldn’t comment on terms like “f***ing Moroccans” allegedly used by Cabinet members during a Council of Ministers meeting last week Monday to discuss riots in Amsterdam after the Ajax vs …

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1 month ago

Foul smell: Passengers unwell on KLM flight from Canada met by paramedics in Amsterdam

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Fire trucks and multiple ambulances met a KLM flight as it landed at Schiphol Airport on Wednesday morning because several passengers had become unwell. Passengers reported feeling ill shortly before the landing and a strange smell was detected, a KLM spokesperson told Hart van Nederland. First responders were sent to the eastern part of the runway just after 9 a.m. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Thousands of people protest against widening of A27 Amelisweerd

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Thousands of people demonstrated on the Domplein in Utrecht on Saturday afternoon against the planned widening of the A27 near the Amelisweerd estate. Op 16 november protesteerden honderden mensen, samen met Amelisweerd Niet Geasfalteerd, op het Domplein tegen de verbreding van de A27. pic.twitter.com/QN3TOYl6EA — Extinction Rebellion Nederland November 17, 2024 Volle bak bij de demo tegen t kappen van …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Around 30 percent more people have quit self-employment compared to last year

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The number of self-employed people who signed themselves out at the Chamber of Commerce has risen by 30 percent in 2024 compared to 2023. “We often ask retiring members about the reason for their deregistration, recently the answer has increasingly been that they are becoming employed,” said Frank Alfrink, the chairman of ZZP Nederland, an organization for self-employed people in …

1 month, 1 week ago

New Alzheimer's drug: only a few eligible for treatment

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It is estimated that less than one in ten people with dementia are eligible for treatment with Lecanemab or Leqembi, the slowing agent that is still allowed on the European market by the European Medicines Agency. That is why Alzheimer Nederland calls for a fast track "so that patients and their families are not unnecessarily in uncertainty for a long …

Ema Wilmink

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Number of Dutch with dementia to increase over 66% by 2040

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The number of Netherlands residents with dementia will increase significantly in the coming years, as will the need for informal carers to look after them. Due to the aging population, that is expected to increase to 500,000 people with dementia, needing 1.3 million informal carers. This is difficult because someone with dementia ultimately requires 24/7 care,” Gerjoke Wilmink, director of …

Netherlands Work Care Rijksmuseum Dementia Need Loes

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dutch PM will not attend climate summit due to aftermath of Amsterdam riots

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Prime Minister Dick Schoof will not be attending the climate summit in Azerbaijan next week, he announced on X. "Due to the major social impact of the events of last Thursday night in Amsterdam, I will remain in the Netherlands," said the Prime Minister. French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Netherlands delivers 28 tracked vehicles to Ukraine

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The Netherlands is delivering 28 Viking tracked vehicles to Ukraine, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced on X. pic.twitter.com/58jz5pvWAF — Ruben Brekelmans August 31, 2024 The vehicles, called Viking Bandvagn S10, are armored, amphibious, and have two parts attached to each other. According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, these are the first vehicles of this model to be …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Consumer authority looks again at fees for solar panel owners

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The Dutch consumers authority ACM says it is again looking at the fees which solar panel owners have to pay to deliver excess electricity back to the national grid. The ACM earlier looked into the fees charged by the four biggest energy suppliers and concluded that they were not unreasonable, given the costs that the companies make. The previous government …

Solar Panel Owners

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cashing in: Tourists urged to hand back their tins and bottles

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Tourists in Amsterdam are being alerted to the Dutch system of putting small cash deposits on bottles and cans in a new campaign, in an effort to reduce the amount of rubbish. The English language posters alert tourists to the fact that nearly all bottles and cans carry a deposit and to stop them dumping their drink containers in rubbish …

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Two police officers acquitted of violence during demonstration against Covid measures

Court decides against jailing Rotterdam mother for baby’s death by dog attack

Funerals set for six killed in explosions in The Hague; Communities concerned

No more Miss Nederland: Support platform replaces beauty show

Miss Nederland contest ends after 35 years, replaced by new platform

Ameland police report calm Sunneklaas amid heightened security

No extra money for Long Covid research will "set patients back"

Cold case team arrests Heerlen man for raping young woman in Nijmegen in 1994

Black Friday and Cyber Monday transactions decline for first time in years

Minister scraps plan to oblige builders to make shelter for sparrows, bats in new homes

Presenter accused of instructing Amelanders to attack reporters covering Sunneklaas fest

Third of small business owners considering calling it quits

Government should do more to improve labor productivity says SME organization

Achahbar denies racism forced her to quit, criticises ministers

Cabinet member says she resigned over harsh polarization, not racism

Foul smell: Passengers unwell on KLM flight from Canada met by paramedics in Amsterdam

Thousands of people protest against widening of A27 Amelisweerd

Around 30 percent more people have quit self-employment compared to last year

New Alzheimer's drug: only a few eligible for treatment

Number of Dutch with dementia to increase over 66% by 2040

Dutch PM will not attend climate summit due to aftermath of Amsterdam riots

The Netherlands delivers 28 tracked vehicles to Ukraine

Consumer authority looks again at fees for solar panel owners

Cashing in: Tourists urged to hand back their tins and bottles