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PvdA-GroenLinks leader Frans Timmermans during the Tweede Kamer debate on the fall of Prime Minister Dick Schoof's first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
Politics
King appoints politicians Timmermans, Remkes, and De Graaf as Ministers of State
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The Hague City Hall, designed by architect Richard Meier, in 2016
Politics
New Hague coalition promises 4,000 new homes per year, less traffic, less paid parking
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The Belastingdienst logo on a window
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Netherlands won’t increase inheritance tax, Finance Min. says despite mounting estates
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Enforcement officers on a street in Rotterdam
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VVD again pushing ban on enforcement officers wearing headscarves, crosses
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Delflandpleinbuurt in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Undated.
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Amsterdam’s Delflandpleinbuurt declared nuisance area amid drug crimes, safety concerns
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Aerial view of people waiting at a downtown bus stop in Groningen.
Politics
Groningen considers free public transport for low-income earners
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Archive photo of a Rijkswaterstaat worker placing cones to close a lane on a road
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MP's wants longer driving bans after serious accidents; Fines for unnecessary honking
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Man wearing warm clothes indoors due to lack of heating.
PoliticsBusiness
Netherlands wants to keep emergency energy fund targeted at low-income households
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Dutch F-35 fighter jets flying through the sky
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Dutch military to expand drone warfare across all forces
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Rotterdam skyline
Politics
Rotterdam unveils €5.1bn coalition plan focused on housing, mobility and growth
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The Belastingdienst logo on a window
Business
Dutch Supreme Court: No Box 3 refunds for taxpayers who failed to file timely objections
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Aerial view of Rotterdam from the Laurenskwartier. 28 May 2026
Politics
PRO, VVD, D66, Volt, and CDA strike deal to govern Rotterdam
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Construction workers
Politics
Dutch government weighs cuts to infrastructure spending amid multibillion-euro shortfall
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Contraception pill
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Dutch MP's wants to prosecute influencers for misinformation on contraceptives, STIs
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Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema submits her vote in the Municipal Elections, March 18, 2026.
Politics
Amsterdam tells city stats agency to stop polling voter sentiment, election forecasts
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D66 Senator Paul van Meenen congratulates VVD MP Bente Becker and hands a bouquet to D66 MP Wieke Paulusma after the Eerste Kamer approved a ban on gay conversion therapy. 16 June 2026
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Netherlands bans gay conversion therapy after Senate majority backs new law
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Dilan Yesilgoz reacting to Esther Ouwehands (PvdD) who was asking critical questions about the VVD during a parliamentary debate on the stalled Cabinet formation talks, 14 February 2024
Politics
Trust in VVD leader Yeşilgöz drops from 76% to 55% as half of voters want new leadership
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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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The western part of the remnant of the medieval city wall at Tolhuiswal in Tiel, Netherlands.
CrimePolitics
All five aldermen resign from Tiel council amid allegations of criminal activities
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Man smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer
Politics
Generational smoking ban won't work in Netherlands, Health Min. says
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Girl uses a phone
Politics
Dutch gov’t against national age limit on social media; Prefers EU regulation
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Sunset with the blue hour in Katwijk aan Zee with walking path from the dunes to the boulevard, 11 June 2022
Business
Katwijk demands state funding for roads before approving pharmaceutical megafactory
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Rainbow flags hanging from windows in Amsterdam
Politics
Majority in Dutch Senate supports ban on gay conversion therapy
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BBB Senator Henk Marquart Scholtz announces his party will no longer vote to criminalize pushing people, including children, into gay conversion therapy. 2 June 2026
Politics
BBB Senate faction opposes conversion therapy ban despite earlier support