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Easter bonfire
CultureLifestyle
Video: Easter bonfires lit in the Netherlands; Tradition under pressure
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Easter bonfire
CultureLifestyle
Increasing rules putting Easter bonfires under pressure
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Fireworks in a store
Business
Fireworks dealers seeing bigger orders in anticipation of potential ban next year
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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
No fireworks ban this year; Cabinet needs more time
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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
One in six Dutch will keep buying fireworks despite looming national ban
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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
Opposition parties clash with VVD for dithering on fireworks ban
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Fireworks in a store
Politics
Potential coalition parties not enthusiastic about banning New Year's fireworks
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PowNed microphone
1-1-2Entertainment
Ameland residents clash with PowNed crew reporting on Sunneklaas secret tradition
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A photo taken by Zwarte Piet protestors from inside a car that was attacked by counter-protestors, including some in blackface, who attempted to stop the scheduled protest at the Sinterklaas arrival in Staphorst. 19 November 2022
PoliticsCulture
Staphorst cancels Sinterklaas parade due to last year's violence
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Fireworks debris
CultureEntertainment
Most NL residents want a clear, national New Year's fireworks policy; 61% support ban
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Queen Maxima sitting alongside King Willem-Alexander in the back of the Golden Carriage on Budget Day in 2015
Politics
Golden Carriage is where it belongs, Dutch King says at museum exhibit
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Queen Maxima sitting alongside King Willem-Alexander in the back of the Golden Carriage on Budget Day in 2015
Politics
MPs clashing over whether the Golden Carriage should be used again
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Fireworks at Scheveningen beach in 2018
Crime
Dutch fireworks assoc. threatened over plans for New Year's fireworks shows
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Some 10 thousand brave Dutch dove into freezing water in Scheveningen, The Hague for the New Year's plunge; 1 Jan 2017
CultureLifestyle
Tins of North Sea water for DIY New Year’s dive quickly sell out
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A person dressed as Zwarte Piet
Politics
No more blackface in Dutch military winter celebrations
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Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Politics
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson wants Dutch PM to put an end to blackface Zwarte Piet
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Sinterklaas and Zwarte Pieten
EntertainmentPolitics
Only a handful of municipalities set conditions for Zwarte Piet's appearance: report
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Firecrackers
Politics
Dutch gov't to ban strongest consumer fireworks: report
Politics
Climate a main topic in first election debate
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New Year's bonfire tower on Scheveningen beach, 31 December 2018
CrimePolitics
Hague officials threatened by New Year's bonfire builders: municipal minutes
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Politics
Blackface in Friesland: Protesters target “Sinterklaas’s brother”
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Mayoral chain
CrimePolitics
Death threats aimed at Vlaardingen mayor
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Fireworks debris
Entertainment
Younger Dutch increasingly doubtful about New Year's fireworks
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Sinterklaas and a traditional Zwarte Piet in blackface
Politics
Dutch support for blackface Zwarte Piet dwindling