Vivianne Heijnen

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NS Intercity train
Business
NS, ProRail fined €3.25 million combined for poor performance on high-speed line
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Oosterschelde storm surge barrier at Neeltje Jans
TechNature
Lobsters dying on a large scale in Oosterschelde; Researchers trying to figure out why
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Tata Steel in IJmuiden
HealthPoliticsBusiness
Tata Steel may be even more damaging to locals' health in transition to cleaner steel
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Handcuffs
Crime
Police sent 156 cases of New Year's violence to prosecutors last week
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Cropped view of barista holding brown disposable cup
PoliticsBusinessNature
Top Dutch employers to stop using disposable cups at workplaces from January 2024
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Fireworks above the A'dam Toren in Amsterdam as part of the Sensation - Celebrate Life event in May 2021
Health
Chances of injuries from fireworks are higher than the chances of winning the lottery
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Eurostar in Amsterdam
Business
Possible solution found to keep Eurostar running during Amsterdam CS renovation
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An electric car charging in Amsterdam
Business
Government scraps plan to lower electric car subsidies; Concerned about waning interest
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A crowded platform at Rotterdam Central Station with an NS train in the background
Politics
State Sec. orders NS to reconsider rush hour charge, seek alternatives
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Metro Amsterdam Noord/Zuidlijn
PoliticsBusiness
Extension of Amsterdam metro line to Schiphol uncertain as Cabinet pulls funding
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Double-decker intercity train arriving on Utrecht Central Station
Business
Travelers' association criticizes plan for rush-hour charge for NS train tickets
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A crowded platform at Rotterdam Central Station with an NS train in the background
PoliticsBusiness
Plan for rush-hour charge for train tickets to be debated in the Tweede Kamer
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Eurostar in Amsterdam
PoliticsBusiness
Government now trying to keep Eurostar in Amsterdam after intense criticism
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Bicycle signs on open train door.
Business
Dutch rail operator NS “fined” €1.5 million for scaling down timetable
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A disposable plastic container holding kibbeling, at the North Sea beach in the Netherlands.
PoliticsBusinessNature
New deposit scheme for takeaway food and drinks containers to start July 1
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Eurostar in Amsterdam
PoliticsBusiness
No Amsterdam-London trains for months next year due to maintenance work
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Dodewaard Nuclear Reactor, viewed from the riverbank in it's inactive state awaiting demolition, 31 March 2007
Business
Shareholder payouts meant gov't had to push €100 mil. into breaking down nuclear plant
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NS trains stopped at a platform in 2017
PoliticsBusiness
Cabinet to privately give NS the national train concession after court ruling
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A foggy view of bicycles in Amsterdam
HealthNature
Campaign to encourage more NL residents to ditch the car for bicycle
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Double-decker intercity train arriving on Utrecht Central Station
Business
Rush hour train tickets to be more expensive after next year; Timetable cuts expected
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Cigarettes
PoliticsNature
Cabinet investigates banning filter cigarettes to fight litter
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A passenger train from NS derailed in Voorschoten after colliding with a BAM maintenance crane. A DB Freight train in the background struck the crane first in the fatal accident. 4 April 2023
Crime1-1-2Business
No trains between Leiden - The Hague for at least a week after fatal crash; 9 hospitalized
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An NS intercity train and a freight train collided with a construction crane in Voorschoten, 4 April 2023
1-1-2
"A terrible accident," Dutch PM says about train derailment; Train driver among injured
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Heineken cans
Business
Gov't clashing with Heineken, Grolsch for not implementing deposit on cans by deadline