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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
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After chaotic New Year’s, authorities say fireworks ban alone won’t stop violence
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A police detention cell
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Suspect arrested after teenage boy killed in Nijmegen fireworks accident
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A police officer with an ambulance in the background
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Fireworks accidents kill teen in Nijmegen, man in Aalsmeer; Two hurt in The Hague
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Explosion shattered the windows of a sandwhich shop on Plantage Kerklaan in Amsterdam, 2 September 2025
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Explosive attacks rise in Netherlands as officials demand stricter EU fireworks rules
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
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The Hague police chief expects officers to be injured during New Year’s Eve unrest
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Nationwide firework ban puts Dutch sellers at risk of major financial losses
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Fireworks in a store
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Fireworks dealers seeing bigger orders in anticipation of potential ban next year
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Riot police
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Seven arrested as riot police clash with protesters in Doetinchem over asylum center
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
Politics
No fireworks ban this year; Cabinet needs more time
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
Politics
One in six Dutch will keep buying fireworks despite looming national ban
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Fireworks ban nearly a reality: VVD breaks from coalition assuring Senate majority
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PEC Zwolle fans' buses, police attacked with fireworks from viaduct near Almelo
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Young man at a doctor's consultation
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Record number of firework-related eye injuries during New Year's celebrations
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Interior view of the empty AFAS Stadion on Oct. 3, 2013 in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
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Police to conduct preventive searches ahead of AZ-AS Roma match in Alkmaar
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
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Dutch lawmakers renew push for nationwide fireworks ban
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Man sentenced to six months for throwing fireworks at police in the Hague
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Dutch emergency services
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Hospitals across the Netherlands report firework injuries on New Year's Eve
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Police officers and forensic investigators at the scene of a crime
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14-year-old killed in Rotterdam fireworks accident; Mayor urges nationwide ban
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More than 800 kilograms of illegal fireworks were found in a company building on the Cornelis Verolmeweg in Sassenheim
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Police receive record number of anonymous tips about illegal fireworks
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Customers pack an Amsterdam shop to buy fireworks on New Year's Eve 2024
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Final day for fireworks sales begins after busy Monday
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Fireworks explode in the sky in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel in the Netherlands during the 2019 New Year’s celebration
PoliticsCultureLifestyle
Voluntary firework-free zones gaining popularity in some Dutch towns
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
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Firework sales surge amid bans, police seize 4,000 kilos at German border
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Fireworks explode over Enschede at the start of 2014
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Firework sales in the Netherlands surge ahead of Christmas
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A fire triggered an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in a residential part of Enschede, killing 23 and injuring 947. 13 May 2000
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Members of Parliament want ban on storage of fireworks in residential areas