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Seasoned newcomers: the 16 ministers in Dick Schoof’s cabinet
Jul 2, 2024 · Seasoned newcomers: the 16 ministers in Dick Schoof’s cabinet July 2, 2024 Gordon Darroch King Willem-Alexander with prime minister Dick Schoof (centre) and the ministerial team in Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague. Photo: ANP/Remko de Waal. The first new Dutch prime minister for almost 14 years takes office on Tuesday, heading a cabinet who are politically unknown quantities, but bring a ...
Dutch author makes Booker Prize shortlist with The Safekeep
Sep 17, 2024 · Yael van der Wouden has become the first Dutch author to be included in the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist for her post World War II novel The Safekeep. The book is “a remarkable debut about obsession and loss, set in an isolated Netherlands house,” the judging panel said of the book. “The author draws us into a world as carefully calibrated as a Dutch still-life.” Van der Wouden ...
What’s all the fuss about immigration in the Netherlands?
Jul 12, 2023 · Highly skilled migrants have to meet strict rules on salary, earning at least €36,000 if under the age of 30 and €50,000 if older. The CBS says that at the end of 2021, 87,000 “labour migrants” from outside the EU and Efta were working in the Netherlands, and 46% of them were on highly skilled visa schemes. A further 11% were working as scientific researchers.
Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained
Feb 26, 2024 · Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained February 26, 2024 Molly Quell Ridouan Taghi in court. Illustration: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / Aloys Oosterwijk. On Tuesday, February 27, judges in the Marengo trial – a mega process involving 17 defendants, six murders, and the alleged leaders of one of the most violent criminal gangs in Dutch history – will issue their verdict.
Rotterdam is mostly below sea level, but city feet stay dry
Jan 6, 2024 · A row of floating homes located in Rotterdam’s Nassauhaven port. Photo: Depositphotos.com. The city’s climate adaptation programme, Rotterdams WeerWoord, is based on six challenges of climate adaptation – precipitation, drought, heat, flooding, soil subsidence, and groundwater.The city makes much of its innovative architectural solutions to deal with the water and reclaims much-valued ...
Storms bring record jams and flash flooding to the Netherlands
May 22, 2024 · Tuesday afternoon and evening’s thunderstorms led to the busiest rush hour on the roads this year, with over 1,150 kilometres of jams by 5.30 pm, the ANWB motoring organisation said. It took two hours for the jams to ease and it appeared that many people had gone home earlier than normal, possibly to avoid the forecast heavy rain, the ANWB said. Strong winds and torrential rain hit large ...
More people opt for euthanasia because of mental suffering
Apr 4, 2024 · The number of people whose request for euthanasia was granted on the ground of intolerable mental suffering has increased significantly, according to new figures from the regional monitoring body RTE. The RTE received 138 notifications of euthanasia from people with psychiatric illnesses in 2023, 20% up from the year before. In total, some 9,000 people died through euthanasia in 2023, or some ...
Live blog: Dutch election day as it happens - DutchNews.nl
Nov 23, 2023 · The Netherlands goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new lower house of parliament and, therefore, government. Dutch News is following the latest developments as they emerge. Revised exit poll: PvdA-GL lose a seat, VVD gain An updated version of the NOS exit poll released shortly before 10pm reduced the projected number of seats for the PvdA-GroenLinks joint list to 25, while the VVD rose ...