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People swimming in Amsterdam. June 20, 2026.
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Swimming advisory issued after heavy rain overflows sewers in Amsterdam region
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
Crime
Video: Rioters start fire at Loosdrecht asylum shelter with 15 asylum seekers inside
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Gidi Markuszower at an anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht, 6 May 2026
Politics
Anti-asylum protesters block highway in Den Bosch; Right-wing MP's join Loosdrecht march
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Video: Vandals smash windows at Loosdrecht town hall, to be used as asylum shelter
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
1-1-2PoliticsBusiness
Violent anti-asylum protests prompt Loosdrecht to cut asylum intake
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Arrest: Police officer handcuffing a suspect with a police car in the background
CrimePolitics
Video: Cop hurt in third violent anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht in as many days
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
CrimePolitics
Two arrests at second violent anti-asylum protest in Loosdrecht in two days
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Riot police
Politics
Anti-asylum protesters throw fireworks, eggs at cops in Loosdrecht; Riot police deployed
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A government poster reading “We are going to vote March 18” in Zeddam, Gelderland. March 13, 2026
Politics
Over 14.2 million people eligible to vote in city council elections next week
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Dieuwertje Blok on the Sinterklaasjournaal, 9 November 2020
CultureEntertainment
Sinterklaasjournaal presenter Dieuwertje Blok dies at 67 after bout with cancer
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
CrimePolitics
Ukrainian refugees harassed in Best; Noord-Holland village says no to asylum center
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Supermarket
PoliticsBusiness
Welfare fine partly scrapped for woman who received groceries from mother
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Woman driving shopping cart
Politics
Woman ordered to repay 7,000 euros in benefits for receiving groceries from her mother