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Emergency services are present at an accident on the N290 involving a car and cyclists in which multiple people were injured. Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
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Thousands participate in silent march for 3 kids, teacher killed in Zeeland accident
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The western part of the remnant of the medieval city wall at Tolhuiswal in Tiel, Netherlands.
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All five aldermen resign from Tiel council amid allegations of criminal activities
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Riot police
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Dutch gov't to give mayors more options to intervene in protests-turned-riots sooner
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Police investigate a firebomb attack on the D66 party headquarters in The Hague, 7 May 2026
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Politicians outraged by attack on D66 headquarters; Motive still unknown
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Mark Buijs
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Roosendaal mayor rushed to hospital by trauma helicopter after electric bike accident
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Aftermath of an explosive attack on a home
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Mayors closing homes weekly over explosive attacks and shootings
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Handcuffs
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Former mayor of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht arrested for child sex abuse material
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D66 leader Rob Jetten speaking after the publication of the coalition agreement, December 2, 2025.
PoliticsBusiness
High workload & threats: Dutch gov’t urged to hike politicians’ salaries by up to 18%
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Utrecht mayor Sharon Dijksma unveiling the Maarten van Rossem memorial bench in the Wilhelminapark, 16 May 2025
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Utrecht Mayor Sharon Dijksma nominated for second 6-year term
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Mayor of Drimmelen, Boy Scholtze, speaking to Omroep Drimmelen, May 12, 2023.
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Drimmelen mayor faces another serious threat after earlier gay bashing incident
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Utrecht mayor Sharon Dijksma unveiling the Maarten van Rossem memorial bench in the Wilhelminapark, 16 May 2025
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Pro-Palestine protesters accost Utrecht mayor during city council meeting
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The Zeeburg Jewish Cemetery in Amsterdam
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Police investigating grave desecration at Jewish cemetery in Amsterdam
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A candle burning in the dark
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Mayor of Wijk bij Duurstede steps down after sudden death of 19-year-old stepson
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Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema at Pride Budapest in Hungary, 28 June 2025
Politics
Amsterdam mayor won't be prosecuted for participating in Budapest Pride
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The town hall of Dantumadiel on 22 April 2022
Politics
No suitable candidates: Friesland municipality gives up in search for mayor
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Roelien Kamminga suspending a round table discussion in the Tweede Kamer when security started a partial evacuation, 13 April 2023
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VVD parliamentarian Roelien Kamminga selected to be new mayor of Groningen
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Workers surround the collapsed Wilhelminatoren, March 16, 2025.
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Valkenburg tower collapse: Rotting concrete identified three years ago
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People waving Palestinian flags
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Amsterdam bans pro-Palestine rally at Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv match
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Protestors demonstrate in Amsterdam in favor of Palestinians one year after Hamas orchestrated a kidnapping and assault on Israeli civilians near the Gaza Strip border. 7 October 2024
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Wilders says A'dam mayor can leave NL with pro-Palestine "scum"; 320 protesters arrested
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Femke Halsema
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Amsterdam mayor clashes with VVD leader over Gaza-support protests
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Ahmed Aboutaleb at his last city council meeting as the mayor of Rotterdam, 26 September 2024
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Rotterdam council bids Mayor Aboutaleb farewell with Netflix voucher, yoga mat
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Mother with three children on the bicycle in Amsterdam
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Half of Amsterdammers say city is headed in the wrong direction versus 44% in 2021
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Ahmed Aboutaleb in a photo taken in August 2017
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"You can still always call on me," retiring Rotterdam mayor Aboutaleb says at farewell
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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