Eppo Bruins

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Medieval gold ring depicting the Lamb of God and the four evangelists, c. 9th–10th century. Discovered in Sumar (Friesland) in 1997. Registered as a protected Dutch cultural asset.
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Dutch State buys medieval ring found with metal detector for €83,150
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Dutch and American flags
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Dutch Fulbright board members resign over U.S. pressure on academic freedom
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Children reading a book
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Dutch government continues reading program after promising experiment
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Healthcare workers
Crime
Three arrested for selling hundreds of fake healthcare certificates
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Panorama of the campus of Wageningen University & Research in 2016
Business
American gov’t survey sent to Dutch researchers is disconcerting, says Education Min.
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A golden helmet stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, 25 January 2025
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Dutch gov't expects to cough up €5.7 mil. insurance money for stolen Romanian treasures
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Bored students in a lecture hall
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Parliament shoots down test requirement for offering higher education in English
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The portraits Violin-Playing Boy and Singing Girl, painted by Frans Hals around 1628
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Dutch gov't contributes millions to museums' acquisition of two Frans Hals portraits
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Students on the first day of the academic year at the University of Amsterdam’s Science Park campus, 4 September 2023
Business
Universities will offer more courses in Dutch, but internationalization law must change
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PowNed microphone
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AVROTROS and PowNed to form first broadcasting house as a result of media reform plans
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The Fontys University of Applied Sciences on the Rachelsmolen in Eindhoven
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Senate passes €1.2 billion in higher education cuts; Universities planning lawsuit
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Scientist working with a microscope
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Dutch government to screen thousands of researchers over espionage fears
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Journalists with microphones
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Public broadcaster NTR set for elimination as Dutch cabinet pushes major media reform
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Eppo Bruins, the Minister of Education, Culture, and Science during his hearing in the Tweede Kamer, 20 June 2024
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Critics slam Bruins’s plan to recruit foreign scientists amid research budget cuts
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Scientists studying test tube
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Netherlands launches fund to lure top scientists, like those fleeing the U.S.
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A classroom.
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Dutch universities push for more cooperation but face policy and budget challenges
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Professor and students during a lecture.
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Education Minister proposes plan to ease impact of international student cuts
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A golden helmet stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, 25 January 2025
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Drents Museum robbery could cost Netherlands €5.8 million if treasures aren't found
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Backpacks hanging on the backs of chairs in a primary school classroom
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Bullies increasingly using psychological violence at Dutch schools, Inspectorate says
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A Tigua double-headed drum and drumstick made from cottonwood and hide by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Native American tribe in the 19th century
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Seven items from Wereldmuseum in Leiden to be returned to Native American tribe
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Boxes and boxes of documents inside the National Archives in The Hague. 2013
Politics
Names of potential German collaborators during WW2 to be published today
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A Mixtec skull inlaid with mosaic tiles from Mexico
CultureArt
Netherlands returns skull inlaid with mosaic to Mexico
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Students on the first day of the academic year at the University of Amsterdam’s Science Park campus, 4 September 2023
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Coalition parties won't support opposition's plans to lessen education budget cuts
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Eppo Bruins, the Minister of Education, Culture, and Science during his hearing in the Tweede Kamer, 20 June 2024
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Dutch gov't pushes millions into innovation, despite education budget cuts