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New Year celebrations

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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.
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Survey: Majority back national fireworks ban as New Year’s approaches
16 December 2025 - 12:50
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The Chinese New Year celebration in front of a Chinese gate in The Hague in 2015
CultureLifestyleEntertainment
Chinese New Year celebrations to take place in The Hague’s Chinatown
1 February 2025 - 10:30
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Champagne.
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyleEntertainment
Somber consumers drank less champagne last year
26 January 2025 - 07:15
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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
19 December 2023 - 07:00
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Fireworks in Amsterdam on 31 December 2021
Politics
Police want fireworks ban if New Year celebrations get restless
27 December 2022 - 12:30
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Police breaking up an illegal party in Meersen on 1 November 2020
Crime
Less violence, more nuisance during New Year’s, police say
16 January 2021 - 09:15
Crime
New Year: 8,400 incidents, 800 arrests
2 January 2014 - 15:52

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