Stop paying fees for living on a rubbish dump, say Amsterdammers
Markus Jansen Some Amsterdammers are so fed up with the filth on the city streets that a group of them…
Leave Lebanon while you can, NL foreign ministry warns Dutch
Lucas De Jong The Dutch foreign affairs ministry has renewed its warning to Dutch nationals in Lebanon and urged them to…
A summery week ahead, but rain will be back by the weekend
Yorick De Boer The Netherlands is set for at least two warm, sunny days to kick off the week, but there…
Population growth slows as immigration and birth rate go down
Evelien Van Leeuwen The population of the Netherlands grew by 39,000 in the first six months of this year, taking the…
No Dutch Olympic medals yet despite enthusiastic royal support
Otmar Van Dijk Two βofficialβ days into the Olympics and the Netherlands has yet to make a mark on the medals…
Applications to bring non-EU workers into the Netherlands soar
Agnita Meijer The government jobs agency UWV received 18,800 requests from Dutch firms to bring in workers from outside the…
Police remove children who made 112 distress call
Police removed four children from their home in Tilburg at the weekend when one of them called emergency…
Pension fund PME is considering investing in nuclear power
Light engineering pension fund PME is considering a βsubstantial investmentβ in nuclear power chairman Eric Uijen has told…
Dutch Olympic team bring in frozen food to supplement their diet
The Dutch Olympic team in Paris has scored five microwave ovens to be able to offer its athletes…
Dozens of sheep killed in a suspected wolf attack in Ede
A total of 41 sheep were killed in Ede in Gelderland in a suspected attack by one or…