Tax minister quits, says PVV βheld a knife to his throatβ
Peter Tax minister Folkert Idsinga resigned on Friday, saying that the decision by far right coalition party PVV to…
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Actors, writers, athletes call for culture tax hike rethink
Writers, athletes, newspaper editors and actors gathered in The Hague on Monday to protest at the right-wing Dutch…
Dutch to increase fines for corporate environmental crimes
Justice minister Dilan YesilgΓΆz is looking at options to raise the fines which companies caught breaking environmental rules…
Vrolik museum set to return 15 skulls to Moluccan village
The anatomical museum Vrolik at the Amsterdam UMC teaching hospital is returning 15 skulls taken from the Moluccas…
Eurostar direct trains to London set to resume in February
Direct train services between Amsterdam and London will resume on February 10, once work on the Dutch capitalβs…
Asylum seekers evacuated as fire breaks out on floating hostel
Yorick De Boer Some 320 asylum seekers housed onboard a floating platform in Zaandam had to be evacuated in the early…
Asbestos found in memorial made from remains of wartime bomber
A monument to the crew of a wartime bomber that was shot down over the Markermeer in 1943…
Refugee agency faces β¬5 million fine for Ter Apel overcrowding
The governmentβs refugee settlement agency COA must pay a fine of β¬50,000 every time the number of refugees…
Asylum minister Faber sees communications staff dwindle to one
Asylum minister Marjolein Faber (PVV) is down to a single spokesperson following the departure of three communications officials…
Hospitalsβ financial worries risk holding back essential reforms
Nearly half of hospitals are in poor financial health, putting reforms to care for the ageing population and…