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A woman walks into a polling station in Amsterdam-Oost for the municipal elections on 18 March 2026
Politics
Preferential votes helped women dethrone male lead candidates in several city councils
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Fans watching football in a bar
BusinessSports
Dutch bars want to extend opening hours to show football World Cup matches
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A glass of water
HealthBusiness
Boil-water advisory lifted in Amersfoort after nearly two weeks
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A woman pours boiled water into a mug
Health
Boil-water advisory in Amersfoort until at least Wednesday after bacteria found
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Ambulance in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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One killed in Nijmegen fireworks accident just after midnight on New Year's
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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.
PoliticsBusiness
Zwolle joins 19 Dutch municipalities banning fireworks as national ban nears
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Setting up an underground heat storage tank
1-1-2Business
Municipalities warned after two massive communal hot water tanks collapse
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Large ballot paper used in the 2025 parliamentary election
Politics
Eleven municipalities to test smaller ballot in municipal elections next year
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Sinterklaas at a celebration in The Hague. 16 November 2013
CultureEntertainment
Sinterklaas's horse, Amerigo 2.0, dies after three peaceful years of retirement
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Sideview of a firetruck in Amsterdam, 29 May 2023
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Video: Large fire in Soest restaurant; 17 homes evacuated
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Dutch fire brigade truck.
Crime
Soest City Hall fire ruled an arson; Suspect at-large
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Firetruck
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Explosion preceded fire at Soest City Hall building
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Stock image of crime scene tape used by police in the Netherlands
Crime
Escaped prisoner suspected of stabbing ex in Soest sent for psychiatric evaluation
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A 2022 photo of Sherwin Benshomin W. who escaped from a psychiatric clinic for convicted criminals in June 2022
Crime
Violent fugitive who escaped Nijmegen mental clinic last June caught in Spain
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Plainclothes police in Amsterdam address a group of people on the street just before midnight on New Year’s Eve. 31 December 2022
CrimePolitics
Enforcement of the fireworks ban was not a priority, police confirm
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Suspect accused of escaping institution, stabbing ex-girlfriend to remain in jail for now
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
HealthCrime
Three arrested for helping prisoner escape Nijmegen psychiatric institution
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Handcuffs, radio Dutch Police Car
Crime
Escaped psychiatric prisoner stabbed ex-partner; Relative previously escaped same clinic
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
CrimeWeird
Man escapes psychiatric institution in Nijmegen, stabs 27-year-old woman in Soest
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Dutch police officer.
Crime
Kidnapped Soest girl, 11, arrives back in Netherlands after reuniting with mother
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Dutch police
Crime
Missing Soest girl, 11, found with her father in Bulgaria
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A police car
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Police: Girl, 11, likely abducted by her father; May be headed for Turkey
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Hague police officer
Crime
Girl in a coma for 7hours after date, dumped together with girlfriend in parking lot
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Police guard in a detention center
Crime
€4.5 million worth of ketamine confiscated in large bust