Femke Halsema

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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema submits her vote in the Municipal Elections, March 18, 2026.
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Amsterdam tells city stats agency to stop polling voter sentiment, election forecasts
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Mayor Femke Halsema on Amsterdam's boat in the Canal Parade during Pride Amsterdam 2024
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Amsterdam to tackle discrimination, violent incidents with priority during World Pride
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Emergency services at the scene of an explosion and fire on Osdorper Ban in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, 12 June 2026
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Amsterdam mayor visits site of apartment building explosion; Search for victims ongoing
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Football
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A'dam journalist’s son attacked with bike chain lock after story about football violence
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Crews were still tearing down the Music On festival site in Amsterdam-Oost on Tuesday, 12 May 2026
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Missed emails, Amsterdam bureaucracy led to festival Music On's last-minute cancellation
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema presiding over a City Council meeting on 9 October 2024.
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A’dam mayor elected as chair of city network for democratic values
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King's Day festivities in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam struggling to shake image that "anything goes" on King’s Day
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Amsterdam youth center in Slotervaart closed for six months after two explosions
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Crown Princess Amalia in the gardens of Huis ten Bosch palace during the royals' summer photo shoot, 30 June 2025
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Video: Princess Amalia draws crowds in Amsterdam during tour with Mayor Halsema
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The Public Prosecution Service office in Oost-Nederland
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Dutch prosecutors probe alleged antisemitic remarks at pro-Palestinian Amsterdam protest
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Same-Sex Marriage
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De Nieuwe Kerk rings bells for stamp honoring 25 years of same-sex marriages
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Three couples get married in Amsterdam just after midnight on 25th anniversary of the world's first same-sex marriages, 1 April 2026
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Amsterdam mayor marries 3 couples on 25th anniversary of world's 1st same-sex weddings
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Police officers
Crime
Extra security at all Jewish schools in Amsterdam after explosive attack
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An Amsterdam ballot for the municipal elections on 18 March 2026
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Amsterdam council election results running late; Turnout up slightly in 4 years
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Impression of the prank banner regarding construction of the Erotic Center in Amsterdam, which appeared during the 2026 City Council Election. 18 March 2026
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Election Day banner prank claims Amsterdam Erotic Center construction starts Thursday
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Kevin Kreuger
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JA21 leader in Amsterdam assaulted on the street after election debate
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema during a city council meeting on 10 May 2023
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Amsterdam mayor sounds alarm over “erosion” of democratic institutions
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema during a City Council debate about rioting and anti-Semitism surrounding the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match. 12 November 2024
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Amsterdam Mayor: ‘War against women’ is ongoing despite some progress
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Aerial view of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam
Crime
Vondelpark and surrounding streets declared nuisance area to curb crime and disorder
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Police investigate whether fatal shooting of two Syrian teens in Amsterdam was random
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Sick at home
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Amsterdam moves to cut sick leave for municipal employees after absenteeism reaches 9.7%
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A Christian preacher
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Churches from different cultures struggling to find space in the Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Alleged threats and intimidation by student prompt VU to revise campus policies
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Flowers left at the Spiegelmonument in Amsterdam during the Holocaust commemoration, 28 Jan 2018
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Hundreds gather in Amsterdam to mark 81 years since Auschwitz liberation