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new year's eve

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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.
Politics
Dutch consumer fireworks ban cleared to take effect this New Year's Eve
1 July 2026 - 11:33
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2025
Politics
Dutch MPs back motion to restrict legal fireworks to those 18 and older
31 March 2026 - 19:30
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SAIL Amsterdam: Fireworks at the Amsterdam Tower ending the first day of the event, 20 August 2025
Politics
Government announces rules for permitted group fireworks after ban comes into effect
16 January 2026 - 16:14
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Fireworks in a store
Crime
Heemskerk minor in custody after major fireworks seizure
26 December 2025 - 14:45
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
Business
Fundraising campaign launched to save Rotterdam’s Erasmus Bridge fireworks show
16 September 2025 - 20:20
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Looking east from the A’dam Toren on a warm and sunny spring day in Amsterdam. 11 April 2025
TechNature
Netherlands sets new sunshine record in first half of 2025 with 35°C expected on July 1
25 June 2025 - 11:10
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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
Politics
Parliament majority want fireworks ban to be implemented after the next New Year's Eve
8 April 2025 - 20:20
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A look south towards Scheveningen Pier as the wind whips across the dunes along the North Sea. 24 Nov. 2024
TechNature
New Year’s weather warning issued for wind gusts of up to 100 km/h
30 December 2024 - 09:50
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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
Crime
Police again preparing for possibility of violent incidents during New Year's Eve
28 December 2024 - 07:45
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Fireworks in a store
Politics
Over 130 municipalities are not very keen on local fireworks ban, find it ineffective
12 October 2024 - 09:25
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Plainclothes police in Amsterdam address a group of people on the street just before midnight on New Year’s Eve. 31 December 2022
Crime
Arrests, fires and accidents: Statistics show what to expect on New Year's Eve
31 December 2023 - 11:45
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Preparations for Bonfire in Scheveningen
TechCulture
The Hague to light New Year's bonfires tonight and not Dec. 31 due to high winds
30 December 2023 - 11:57
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Interview with Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz on the state of Dutch crime journalism
Politics
Justice Minister Yesilgöz: crackdown on people who attack aid workers on New Year’s
31 December 2022 - 16:20
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1-1-2
Emergency service calls on New Year's Eve up 10%
1 January 2022 - 08:39
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Fireworks show
PoliticsCultureEntertainment
Dutch Fireworks Association wants local fireworks shows
4 January 2021 - 11:30
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Jan van Zanen
Politics
The Hague will investigate the demonstration that took place on New Year's Eve
2 January 2021 - 12:30
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DJ Fedde le Grand playing on the main stage at Tomorrowland. 21 July 2019
LifestyleEntertainment
Free online festival to entertain youth on New Year’s Eve
23 December 2020 - 14:00
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Euros
Entertainment
Enschede resident wins €30 mil. in New Year's Eve lottery
1 January 2019 - 11:40
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EntertainmentPolitics
Over 53,000 complaints about fireworks this season; Up 10 percent
4 January 2018 - 14:32
EntertainmentSports
Dutch watch 190 mins. of TV daily; Netherlands v. Turkey top sports show
8 January 2016 - 16:28
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Crime
Teens arrested in Jewish family attack on New Year's
8 January 2016 - 10:07
Crime
Asylum seeker, 14, suspected in Germany sexual assault
8 January 2016 - 09:22
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amsterdam fireworks 2015
Entertainment
Video: Netherlands welcomes New Year with fireworks, bonfires
1 January 2016 - 09:30
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Crime
Fireworks sellers face three years in prison
26 February 2015 - 16:59
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