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Koen Schuiling
Politics
Groningen mayor steps down early; Exhausted from dealing with Ter Apel, gas extraction
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Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb of Rotterdam high-fives kids on Statenweg, 14 May 2024
Politics
Thousands say goodbye to Mayor Aboutaleb in Rotterdam
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Crime scene tape and a police car, with police officers in the background
CrimePolitics
Leeuwarden mayor's car goes up in flames; Police suspect arson
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Traditional Wooden Fishing Boats, called Botters, moored in the harbor of the historic fishing village of Bunschoten-Spakenburg in the Netherlands
Politics
Number of mayor applicants still decreasing; Ministry launching an investigation
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Femke Halsema
Politics
Femke Halsema sworn in for second term as Amsterdam mayor
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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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Alkmaar city council votes to ban New Year's fireworks
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Carola Schouten
Politics
Carola Schouten nominated for mayor of Rotterdam; Third female mayor of large Dutch city
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Police officers and forensic investigators at the scene of a crime
Crime
Number of violent deaths in Amsterdam this year already higher than 2023 total
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NATO flags hanging in The Hague
Politics
Mayors asked to limit events to release police capacity for NATO summit in The Hague
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Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
CrimePolitics
Open letter against anti-Semitism signed by 329 of 342 mayors of Dutch cities
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PowNed microphone
CrimePolitics
Ameland authorities expected clash between locals, media during Sunneklaas celebration
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
CrimePolitics
Courts regularly reverse Noord-Brabant mayors' home closures after drug busts
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Ahmed Aboutaleb
Politics
Rutte thanks Aboutaleb for years of service; Other big city mayors will miss him
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Port and canal embankment in the Dutch town of Gorinchem
Crime
Another mayor seriously threatened: “I’m going to murder you”
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Rainbow pride flag against blue sky with clouds.
Crime
Hate crime: Man arrested for trying to hit gay Drimmelen mayor with his car
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Femke Halsema
CrimePolitics
Mayor Femke Halsema expects rise in drug crime in Amsterdam over the next decade
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Cycling bridge over the Oude Rijn in Leiderdorp
Politics
Leiderdorp mayor and city council leaders all live elsewhere
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Extinction Rebellion protesters standing in the spray of a police water canon during a highway blockade on the A12 highway in The Hague, 9 September 2023
Politics
Cops allowed to use water cannon on XR activists on Hague highway, court rules
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Femke Halsema
Politics
Femke Halsema wants another term as Amsterdam mayor
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Henri Lenferink, mayor of Leiden from 2003 until 2023.
Politics
Country’s longest-serving mayor steps down after 20 years leading Leiden
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Pocket knives
CrimePolitics
The Hague to implement city-wide ban on carrying knives
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Video from inside AFAS Stadium shows a mob of AZ fans trying to attack West Ham United supporters after the English team knocked out the Alkmaar team in the Europa Conference League. 18 May 2023
Sports
Municipalities implementing stricter rules or safer football stadiums
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Mona Keijzer
Politics
Former State Secretary for Economic Affairs Mona Keijzer leaves the CDA
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A Rotterdam apartment building on Van Speykstraat targeted in explosions and gunshot incidents. 26 April 2023
CrimePolitics
New law allows mayors to evict people if shooting, explosion threatens at home