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PSV fans celebrate the football club's 25th championship with a party on the streets of Eindhoven after the team's 4-2 win over Sparta. 5 May 2024
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Celebrations start in Eindhoven after PSV wins championship; One wounded from fireworks
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Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb congratulating the Feyenoord team on their KNVB Cup victory at the celebration on the Binnenrotte, 22 April 2024
Sports
Rotterdam mayor implies some used their crotch to smuggle fireworks into Dutch Cup final
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
Crime
Slight drop in incidents of violence against police officers last year
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Tjaronn Chery of NEC Nijmegen, Gyan de Regt of Vitesse during the Dutch Eredivisie match between Vitesse and NEC Nijmegen at the Gelredome on April 7, 2024 in Arnhem.
Sports
Vitesse-NEC match stopped after fireworks thrown on the field, NEC wins 3-0
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Police seized 350,000 kilograms of illegal fireworks in Germany destined for Dutch market, June 2022
Business
Over 400 fireworks storage locations located in residential neighborhoods
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Police officer with police cars in the background
Crime
Woman walking with grandchild hurt by firework thrown out of car on New Year's
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Explosive damaged a catering establishment on Kleine Gartmanplantsoen in Amsterdam, 8 August 2022
Crime
Flash powder from fireworks popular in criminal explosions targeting homes, businesses
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A police raid in Bodegraven led to 236.5 kilograms of illegal fireworks, including nitrate explosives, Cobra-branded powerful firecrackers, and aerial shells. 12 December 2023
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New Year's Fireworks caused at least €8 million in damages in first estimate
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The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate seized around 18,000 kilograms of fireworks from a Dutch fireworks importer, December 2023
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More than 1,200 fireworks victims at emergency rooms & urgent care; Many younger than 20
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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.
Crime
Fireworks enthusiasts say they are fed up with rioters, antisocial behavior
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Police officer
Crime
Suspect released in man's New Year's Day death previously tied to argument over dog
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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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Plastic surgeons treated 54 with critical injuries caused by fireworks
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A candle burning in the dark
Crime
Man killed in Leek was beaten up by group who threw fireworks at his dog: Report
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
CultureEntertainment
Over 120,000 viewed Rotterdam and Amsterdam fireworks shows; Tilburg event tonight
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Fireworks above the A'dam Toren in Amsterdam as part of the Sensation - Celebrate Life event in May 2021
CultureLifestyle
Legal fireworks sales period to start today
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A banner advertising fireworks sales at a shop in Amsterdam. 31 December 2022
Business
Fireworks sales unlikely to match last year's record
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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
Business
Inspectorate again rejected over 20 percent of decorative fireworks for consumers
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Fireworks explode over Enschede at the start of 2014
CrimePoliticsBusiness
Growing number of cities favor national fireworks ban
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Fireworks above the A'dam Toren in Amsterdam as part of the Sensation - Celebrate Life event in May 2021
Health
Chances of injuries from fireworks are higher than the chances of winning the lottery
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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
CrimeEntertainment
Police unions call for nationwide fireworks ban amid safety concerns
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Crowd watching fireworks
Politics
Border municipalities unconvinced that national fireworks ban would work
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Fireworks in a store
Politics
Potential coalition parties not enthusiastic about banning New Year's fireworks
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Fireworks
Crime
Many municipalities will not implement their own fireworks measures without national ban
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Dutch first aid helicopter
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Two boys injured in illegal fireworks accident in Doornspijk, one may loose hand