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Rijkswaterstaat performing roadworks on a highway
Business
Some €280 billion needed for infrastructure; Years of road closures, traffic jams loom
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Rob Jetten
Politics
Dutch PM promises "expert team" to help municipaities set up asylum shelters
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Riot police
Crime
Police water cannon ends latest anti-asylum riot in Loosdrecht; "Terrorism," VNG says
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Artificial Intelligence
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch government agencies to pilot homegrown AI model GPT-NL
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An emergency services vehicle from the Veiligheidsregio Flevoland in Lelystad. 21 July 2022
HealthPolitics
Nearly 70 municipalities launch emergency support point pilot across 25 safety regions
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Fireworks show
Crime1-1-2Politics
Municipalities expect more fireworks to be set off during New Year's Eve
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Vacant apartment
Business
Nearly 201,000 vacant homes in the Netherlands, 11% in Amsterdam alone
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Amersfoort scraps asylum shelter plans after threats to mayor; Smoke bombs in Noordwijk
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Bunk beds
Crime
Sexual violence: Women and children unsafe in crowded shelters for Ukrainian refugees
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A billboard reminding Amsterdam residents to vote in the European Parliament election and a city referendum on green space on 6 June 2024. Photo taken in Amsterdam Oost on 6 May 2024
Politics
New parliamentary elections confirmed for October 29
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Ministry of Finance in The Hague
Politics
Mixed reactions to budget update; Trade union & education furious
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A crate to donate bottles and cans which can be exchanged for a deposit is placed next to a garbage can in the Indische Buurt in Amsterdam. 9 October 2024
Business
Big cities spending millions cleaning up trash cans dumped out in search of deposit cans
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Housing construction in Urk, March 2020
PoliticsTechNature
Stricter air quality rules hindering housing construction, provinces, municipalities say
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Mona Keijzer
Business
Housing Minister considering measures to stop mass sell-off of rental properties
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Homeless person sitting on a bench.
Politics
Many homeless migrant workers accepting Dutch cities' offer of help returning home
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Mona Keijzer
Politics
Dutch gov't scraps refugee priority for social housing
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Construction site with buildings under construction in Nijmegen, 8 February 2023
Business
Mountains of paperwork and too few civil servants hindering housing construction
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Dick Schoof
HealthPoliticsBusinessSports
Many concerns about Dutch government's budget plans
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Undated photo of the emergency asylum center on Baanstee-Noord in Purmerend
Politics
Hardly any homes available for single refugees
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Traffic on Dam Square in Amsterdam. August 2015.
Business
Concerns about new coalition's plans to postpone environmental zones
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
PVV voters find "strictest asylum policy" too lax; Cities unnerved by coalition plans
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Road works
Business
Netherlands needs to invest billions more in mobility; Infrastructure is crumbling
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Eric van der Burg
Politics
Third-country nationals from Ukraine can stay for now, State Secretary says
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Empty beds in a shelter
Politics
Many cities not evicting third-country nationals yet as court rules another 90 can stay