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Street with new built classic style homes in Rotterdam
Crime
Fmr. official must pay €380,000 for assigning homes intended for homeless to friends
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Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond, Washington
Politics
Microsoft accused of leaking Dutch civil servants' names to U.S. government
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People working with tax office administrators at a Belastingdienst location in the Netherlands. 16 Jan. 2013
PoliticsBusiness
Tax office, DUO less accessible today as civil servants strike for wage increase
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Rotterdam City Hall
Business
Municipal staff shortage: Third of officials retiring in 10 years, vacancies remain open
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Artificial Intelligence
PoliticsTechInnovation
Over half of municipal workers are using AI, but policy is lagging behind
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A person under arrest
Crime1-1-2Politics
Attempt to set Leiden civil servant desks on fire forces evacuation; Suspect held
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ChatGPT on a computer screen
PoliticsTechInnovation
Amsterdam bans city workers from using Generative AI over propaganda, hate speech fears
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DeepSeek chatbot.
PoliticsTechInnovation
Dutch gov't bans officials from using Chinese AI app DeepSeek over espionage concerns
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
PoliticsBusiness
No evidence of Uber bribing Dutch officials; Clearer corruption laws needed
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Binnenhof in The Hague
PoliticsBusiness
One in six civil servants considering quitting, partly due to work environment
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Parliament in the Netherlands
CrimePolitics
Ethnically diverse officials face daily racism at work in Dutch government
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Construction site with buildings under construction in Nijmegen, 8 February 2023
Business
Mountains of paperwork and too few civil servants hindering housing construction
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The Voorst town hall in Twello
Politics
Voorst council members threatened before they voted against youth asylum center
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King Willem-Alexamder and the Schoof I Cabinet on the steps of Huis ten Bosch palace immediately after their swearing-in ceremony, 2 July 2024
Politics
Officials skeptical about new government's plans, but most consider themselves loyal
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Radical sovereignists accused of terrorism for plot to "arrest" mayors
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Euros in a wallet
PoliticsBusiness
Trade unions critical of new government's planned cuts to civil service, benefits
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Hundreds of demonstrators gather in front of city hall in The Hague to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 26 Feb. 2022
CrimePolitics
Criminals infiltrate Dutch municipalities dozens of times per year: report
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The Hague City Hall, designed by architect Richard Meier, in 2016
Politics
Bullying to massive fraud: 900 municipal officials reprimanded in three years
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The National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam, 7 June 2019
Politics
Dutch officials cooperated closely with German occupiers during WWII
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Iphones
CrimeBusiness
Ministry civil servant denies alleged theft of hundreds of Iphones
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Bribe
CrimePolitics
Bribing officials has become a business model in criminal world, authorities warn
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TikTok
Politics
Dutch government bans officials from installing TikTok on work phone
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People walk past piled up trash in Amsterdam during a municipal workers' strike, 21 February 2023
Business
Garbage strikes suspended; Municipalities, unions reach labor agreement
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Arriva buses
Business
Strike in regional transport today; Garbage strikes start in Den Bosch, Maastricht