Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management

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Back view of a cycling race
Health
Cycling injuries and deaths rise sharply in the Netherlands, new figures show
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The Russian research vessel Yantar, escorted out of the North Sea by the Dutch Navy on 4 November 2025
Politics
Dutch gov’t working on laws against Russian fleet of espionage ships
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Cars parked in Scheveningen, The Hague
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch Parliament tells Cabinet to oppose EU’s 2035 ban on new fossil fuel cars
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Plane landing at Schiphol Airport at sunset
HealthBusiness
Uithoorn reports Schiphol for noise pollution
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Rotterdam The Hague Airport
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Rotterdam Airport proposes fewer night flights, reduced noise
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View from the Botlek at the port of Rotterdam, 27 January 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch gov’t strengthening infrastructure to make Netherlands “war proof”
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Steel slag
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch government weakens steel slag ban, citing economic and scientific concerns
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Eurostar and NS trains on the high-speed line
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch gov't sues contractor over issues with train line between Rotterdam & Schiphol
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SAIL Amsterdam, undated
PoliticsBusinessCulture
Rijkswaterstaat prepares for record boat traffic at Amsterdam locks during SAIL
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A row of commercial vans
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch cities to fine fossil fuel vans entering emission-free zones starting July
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Workers on a tulip farm
PoliticsTechNature
Minister wants to allow more AI use in agriculture
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Steven van Weyenberg is Amsterdam’s new alderman for Housing, Land and Development, and Spatial Planning, May 14, 2025.
Politics
Steven van Weyenberg appointed Amsterdam Housing Alderman after predecessor resigns
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Transavia airlines boeing 737-700 taxiing at Schiphol Airport at sunrise
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch gov't wants to cut Schiphol noise by 20% by 2028
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PVV leader Geert Wilders during the Tweede Kamer debate on the new PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB coalition, 22 May 2024
Politics
Wilders struggles to maintain control as internal disputes erupt within PVV
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A KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport near in Amsterdam during the overnight period
Business
Aviation organizations initiate summary proceedings against Schiphol downsizing plans
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Petrol and diesel fuel pumps
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyle
Petrol prices set to jump by 26 cents per liter as tax break ends
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Office buildings in Amsterdam Zuidas
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch infrastructure faces €5 billion shortfall, Minister warns
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Close up of a tire on a fatbike
Politics
Infrastructure min. says age limit and mandatory helmet for fatbikes is "unachievable"
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A KLM aircraft in front of an Air France airplane at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. July 11, 2017
PoliticsBusiness
Utrecht demands review of fourth approach route to Schiphol
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A KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport near in Amsterdam during the overnight period
HealthPoliticsBusinessTechNature
Schiphol to maintain 15% noise reduction plan despite calls for greater cuts
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The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
CrimePoliticsBusiness
European Court of Justice to rule on NS monopoly on Dutch railways
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Woman filling a plastic bottle with water from a tap
HealthPoliticsBusiness
National plan of action to prevent drinking water shortage by 2030
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Tollgates on the Tolplein to pass through the Westerschelde Tunnel. 2017.
Politics
Southern Dutch tollroad now free for most drivers eight years earlier than planned
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Plane landing at Schiphol Airport at sunset
PoliticsBusiness
Parliament majority vote for a higher reduction in flights from Schiphol