Chris van Dam

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Fire broke out moments after at least one explosion on the Visscherssteeg in Utrecht. Four people were reported injured during the initial response. 15 Jan. 2026
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Dutch Safety Board probes gas risks after the January explosion in Utrecht
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A face mask discarded on a street in the Netherlands. 30 January 2021
HealthPolitics
Dutch Safety Board very concerned by new government cutting pandemic preparedness budget
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Seasonal workers harvesting asparagus on a farm in Lottum, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg. 19 June 2021
Business
Dutch employers must hire migrant workers on permanent contracts: Dutch Safety Board
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Hot air balloons
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Hot air balloon hard landing injures passenger; Safety questions lingering
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The Belastingdienst logo on a window
Politics
Benefits scandal compensation could take 20 years if gov't doesn't intervene
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A cab-control car and coach from a NS night train service that derailed in an accident with a crane in Voorschoten. 4 April 2023
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Gov't focused more on keeping rail usable during work, not safety in Voorschoten crash
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Undated photo of children playing outside at an residential complex for asylum seekers in the Netherlands
HealthCrimePolitics
Dutch Safety Board investigating children's safety in asylum shelters
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Oudezijds Voorburgwal Canal in front of the St. Nicolas Church, Amsterdam
PoliticsEntertainment
CDA wants Church Bells to ring in the New Year
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Gavel
Politics
Prosecutor removed from discrimination case after commotion over Akwasi settlement
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Traffic controller
Crime
Traffic regulators facing more aggression since Covid-19 crisis
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An array of weaponry collected by Rotterdam district police during an amnesty period in early 2019
CrimePolitics
No nationwide weapons collections program planned for NL
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P1090423
CrimePolitics
MPs demand investigation into Ukraine's role in MH17
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
CrimePolitics
Attorney’s assassination shocks Dutch PM, lawyer groups
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Dutch police
Crime
Police regularly manipulate crime figures, cops say
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Ferdinand Grapperhaus
Politics
Dutch gov't wants to register race, religion on firearm permits: report
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MH17
CrimePolitics
Dutch MH17 investigators spied on by Ukraine, Russia: report
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Gavel
Politics
Secret relationships in Public Prosecution office; MPs want explanation
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New police uniform
Crime
Thousands of child porn reports not investigated in Netherlands: report
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BusinessCrime
Rolling Stones, U2 management deny tax evasion via Dutch shell companies