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Homeless person sleeping rough
Politics
Utrecht municipal council wants city to stop fining people for sleeping on the street
27 February 2026 - 20:20
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The Israel National Flag against the Kotel Wailing Western Wall in Jerusalem
Sports
Rotterdam parties seek ban on Israeli baseball team from European Championships in city
27 August 2025 - 13:40
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Martin Bosma, elected Tweede Kamer president on 13 December 2023
Politics
Activists push to block Parliament leader from emancipation event over “racist” remarks
17 June 2024 - 13:40
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Voters line up outside the Protestant Church in Amsterdam Oost to cast a ballot in the evening of 17 March 2021
Politics
Mainly right-wing parties promising policies that are against Dutch law: Bar Assoc.
6 November 2023 - 11:10
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Pro-Palestinian slogan projected by BIJ1 activists onto the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
Politics
BIJ1 activists project controversial pro-Palestinian slogan next to Dutch PM's office
1 November 2023 - 18:48
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Housing Protest in The Hague, October 28, 2023.
Politics
200 people participate in housing protest in The Hague, one person arrested
28 October 2023 - 18:25
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Euros in a wallet
PoliticsBusiness
MP majority backs an extra 1.7% minimum wage increase for next year
21 September 2023 - 16:20
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Bij1 poster pasted over a PvdA poster and peeling off, 20 March 2022
Politics
BIJ1 announces participation in November election despite Sylvana Simons' exit
8 August 2023 - 18:40
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Sylvana Simons (BIJ1) during a parliamentary debate about the Netherlands' crisis in asylum reception, 8 September 2022
Politics
Sylvana Simons, Farid Azarkan both announce national politics exits
24 July 2023 - 20:39
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Bij1 poster pasted over a PvdA poster and peeling off, 20 March 2022
Politics
Bij1 disappears from Amsterdam as city councilors split off over unsafe work culture
18 July 2023 - 15:25
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PVV leader Geert Wilders speaking in parliament after Mark Rutte (VVD) announced he would leave politics after the collapse of his fourth Cabinet, 10 July 2023
Politics
Opposition parties satisfied with PM Rutte's decision to leave politics
10 July 2023 - 12:40
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BBB leader Caroline van der Plas on the night of the Provincial Council elections, 15 March 2023
Politics
Farmers' party BBB equals ruling VVD for largest party in last poll before summer recess
28 June 2023 - 20:30
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
Crime
Four to be prosecuted for abusing anti-Blackface protestors at Sinterklaas arrival
14 June 2023 - 15:50
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Extinction Rebellion activists block the Utrechtsebaan of the A12 highway in The Hague as hundreds of people cheer them on from the sidelines, 28 January 2023
Politics
XR climate activists want to block A12 in The Hague, about 3000 protesters expected
27 May 2023 - 09:45
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The sign outside a police station near Leidseplein in Amsterdam. 30 April 2023
CrimePolitics
Dutch police suspended 236, fired 85 last year; Racism a big problem, minister says
10 May 2023 - 20:40
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Hundreds of people take part in a march against racism and discrimination in Amsterdam. 18 March 2023
Politics
Hundreds gather in Amsterdam to protest against racism and discrimination
18 March 2023 - 16:50
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Tweede Kamer
Politics
Members of Parliament mainly positive about Rutte's slavery speech
20 December 2022 - 10:20
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Sex worker in Amsterdam's Red Light District
PoliticsBusiness
Amsterdam city council wants to cover window brothels with curtains
16 December 2022 - 13:06
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Tweede Kamer chair Vera Bergkamp listens to FvD leader Thierry Baudet defend his speech against Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag. 21 Sept. 2022
PoliticsWeird
Parliament security details extensive allegations of misconduct by far-right FvD
13 December 2022 - 19:10
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A sign calling for an end to the use of blackface to portray Zwarte Piet. 16 November 2019
CrimePolitics
Staphorst city council denounces violent blocking of anti-blackface protest
23 November 2022 - 12:20
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Tweede Kamer
Politics
Ruling party calls €200 mil. fund for slavery awareness "madness"
4 November 2022 - 07:34
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The National Monument of Dutch Slavery Past in Amsterdam's Oosterpark
Politics
Majority of MP’s want Netherlands to apologize for slavery practices
19 October 2022 - 09:36
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A BIJ1 election poster pasted over a PvdA poster
Politics
Top city councillor resigns from Amsterdam branch of pro-diversity party Bij1
25 September 2022 - 10:15
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Woman wearing a burka
Politics
Amsterdam asks parliament to scrap burka ban
16 September 2022 - 09:37
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