State Secretary Annet Bertram

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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
Dutch consumer fireworks ban cleared to take effect this New Year's Eve
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Passenger buys ticket at Central Station in Amsterdam
Business
About 105,000 buy Dutch €49 summer rail pass as demand overwhelms systems
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Aftermath of a train crashing into a truck at a railway crossing on Bredestraat in Meteren, 30 October 2025
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ProRail fined €2.75 million over rail disruptions as NS earns strong performance review
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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.
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Dutch government unveils €100 million compensation for fireworks ban
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Steel slag
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Dutch government extends steel slag restrictions to await RIVM study
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2025
Politics
Dutch MPs back motion to restrict legal fireworks to those 18 and older
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An Arriva bus waiting for an Arriva train to pass at station Lichtenvoorde-Groenlo
Business
Arriva will not run sprinter trains in northern Netherlands until at least 2029