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The Stopera, the city hall, in Amsterdam
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New Amsterdam executive team sworn in after council backs PRO–D66 coalition deal
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Crews were still tearing down the Music On festival site in Amsterdam-Oost on Tuesday, 12 May 2026
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Missed emails, Amsterdam bureaucracy led to festival Music On's last-minute cancellation
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Kanye West during the Watch The Throne Tour, Gelredome Arnhem, Netherlands, June 15, 2012.
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Dutch parliament urges government to block Ye from entering ahead of Arnhem concerts
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A row of public toilets
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Amsterdam says no major expansion possible for women’s toilets at events
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Elderly woman's hands
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Dutch government’s AOW pension plan could be blocked in Senate
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A woman walks into a polling station in Amsterdam-Oost for the municipal elections on 18 March 2026
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Preferential votes helped women dethrone male lead candidates in several city councils
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An Amsterdam ballot for the municipal elections on 18 March 2026
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Amsterdam council election results running late; Turnout up slightly in 4 years
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Social media apps on a smartphone
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Tech giants struggle to answer Dutch MPs on harmful content and influence
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Polling station for the municipal election in Amsterdam, 16 March 2022
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Third of municipal council candidates are women; 70% of party leaders are men
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Homeless person sleeping rough
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Utrecht municipal council wants city to stop fining people for sleeping on the street
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Woman rings a doorbell
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Dutch lawmakers move toward ban on door-to-door sales after intimidation complaints
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An aerial view of Amsterdam, facing south, in 2016
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Volt Amsterdam proposes floating student campus and youth reforms
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Utrecht at night
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Utrecht city council backs plan to ban fatbikes in the city
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Informateur Sybrand Buma presents the coalition agreement with President of the Tweede Kamer, Thom van Campen.
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One in three Dutch think Cabinet formation process will be faster than last time
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File photo of the COA asylum shelter on Hogehilweg in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam urged to protect LGBTQ+ refugees with specialized shelter plans
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D66 MP Joost Sneller thanks his colleagues after passing a motion to make the prosecution service more independent from the justice minister. 25 Nov. 2025
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Parliament backs D66 plan to curb Justice Minister’s power over prosecutions
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Farmer and cows in the Netherlands
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New Dutch parliament poised to take stronger action on nitrogen reduction
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Street with new built classic style homes in Rotterdam
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Preliminary election results put homeowners’ tax break in limbo
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A polling place sign in front of the library in the Indische Buurt in Amsterdam during the Tweede Kamer election. 29 Oct. 2025
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Centrist D66 wins Dutch election, knocking far-right PVV to second, exit poll shows
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PVV leader Geert Wilders voting in the parliamentary election on 29 October 2025
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Photos: Dutch party leaders cast their votes in parliamentary election
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The main debate hall of the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate, in 2015
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Senate approves supplementary education budget with 400 million euros in cuts
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LGBTQ+ flag
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Seven Dutch parties pledge stronger LGBTQ+ rights and protections
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A refugee woman at an asylum center.
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Asylum proposals from PVV, FVD, and JA21 raise serious rule-of-law concerns, lawyers say
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Person campaigning in the streets of Rotterdam for the Volt Europa political party, during the Dutch municipal elections of 2022
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Volt scores highest on press freedom, PVV ranks lowest