Urk

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Memorial lane at the Sobibor WWII German extermination camp memorial in Poland
CultureLifestyle
Community pays to replace Urk family's memorial stone at extermination camp Sobibor
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Aerial drone image of Terschelling and the Wadden sea on a summer day
Business
Terschelling could be cut off from mainland as harbor quays deteriorate
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The letters spelling “WIJ FLEVOLAND” in Urk. 31 Jan. 2026
Crime
Flevoland anniversary letters in Urk vandalized with anti-asylum graffiti
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Shopping street in Arnhem with Christmas decoration. December 2022.
Business
Nearly half of supermarkets open on Christmas; Most open on Boxing Day
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Worker hands in a resignation letter
Politics
PVV faces mass exodus of local councilors across the Netherlands
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PVV leader Geert Wilders listens as Prime Minister Dick Schoof speaks to the Tweede Kamer ahead of the debate on the fall of his first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
Politics
Wilders' iron grip on PVV slipping as local factions break with party
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Lighting a candle.
Culture
Some Dutch towns marked WWII remembrance early to observe Sunday rest
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Groningen city
Business
Economy grew in most of Netherlands; Contraction in Groningen
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A vehicle from the GGD Amsterdam health service in Amsterdam Oost. 8 December 2020
Health
Dutch measles clusters growing fast: Cases exceed all of 2024 in just three months
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The Reichsschenke Zum Ritter Götz in Kroev, Germany, before its collapse on 6 August 2024
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€50,000 raised for Urk family after collapse of German hotel
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The Reichsschenke Zum Ritter Götz in Kroev, Germany, before its collapse on 6 August 2024
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Urk family still in Germany after hotel collapse; Father's condition worse than thought
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The Reichsschenke Zum Ritter Götz in Kroev, Germany, before its collapse on 6 August 2024
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Fallen door saved Dutch mother, toddler's lives in German hotel collapse
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Aerial view of Kroev in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, 20 August 2022
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Dutchman also rescued from collapsed German hotel; Badly hurt
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Debris are seen after the collapse of a hotel in Kroev, Germany, 7 August 2024
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Dutch woman & child rescued from rubble of collapsed German hotel; Father still trapped
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Sad teenager indoors
Health
Record number of people in youth care in the Netherlands
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Israeli flags set on fire in Urk, 11 October 2023
Crime
Urk resident arrested on suspicion of stealing and burning Israeli flags
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Israeli flags set on fire in Urk, 11 October 2023
CrimePolitics
Urk residents to receive new Israeli flags after theft and burning
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Israeli flags set on fire in Urk, 11 October 2023
CrimePolitics
Israeli flags stolen from about 20 Urk homes and set on fire
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5,160 kilos cocaine found in a rice container from Paraguay at the port of Antwerp, 12 June 2022
CrimePolitics
Cabinet wants maximum drug smuggling sentences raised from 12 to 16 years
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Fishing boats at the port of Urk.
Crime
Urk fishing boats involved in drug trafficking on Danish waters
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Buoy in the sea
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Dutch fishers rescue man clutching a buoy after days in the English Channel
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Rescuers from the Kustwacht, KNRM, and the fire brigade searching for a plane which crashed in the Zwarte Meer. 28 June 2022
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Instructor, student killed in small plane crash on Tuesday
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Dutch ambulance helicopter
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Small plane crashes in Flevoland lake; Rescuers working to save victims
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Dutch water rescue organization KNRM
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Search for missing man expanded after ship capsized near Hoek van Holland