Council of State

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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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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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The Council of State in The Hague
Politics
GroenLinks-PvdA allowed to use PRO name after court rejects local parties’ challenge
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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
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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
Council of State: Public safety still at risk if fireworks ban rules are not tightened
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The Council of State in The Hague
CrimePolitics
Dutch Council of State doubts value of stripping citizenship from terror recruits
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Informateur Sybrand Buma speaking after delivering his final report on the 2025 Cabinet Formation, December 8, 2025.
Politics
Former CDA leader Sybrand Buma named Vice President of Council of State
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The Council of State in The Hague
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Dutch Council of State backs terror glorification ban, urges clearer safeguards
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Zandvoort Formula 1 circuit
PoliticsSports
Municipality illegally adjusted environmental permit for Zandvoort circuit, court rules
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A KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport near in Amsterdam during the overnight period
PoliticsBusiness
Government sticks to 478,000 Schiphol flight cap despite legal setback
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Working from home
PoliticsBusiness
Government pushes ahead with mandatory disability insurance for self-employed
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Traffic jammed south of Utrecht up on the A12 east of the A2 due to roadworks. 23 August 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Council of State blocks Utrecht highway widening plans
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Angled shot showing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's logo and an air traffic control tower
PoliticsBusiness
Council of State scraps gov't-imposed flight limit at Schiphol Airport
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Close-up of a judge’s gavel
Crime
Dutch Council warns against limiting judges’ powers in assault cases
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Blooming lily flowers
HealthBusiness
Westerveld bans lily cultivation near homes over pesticides’ link with ALS, Parkinson’s
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A yellow crop duster spraying pesticides on a field
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Netherlands still lacks permits for pesticides a year after Council of State ruling
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Three Afghan women and a young boy standing outside a shoe store in Kabul, Afghanistan. The women are wearing blue burqas (burkas).
Politics
Asylum service grants Afghan woman protection after report details Taliban restrictions
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Shein online shop app on a smartphone screen
PoliticsBusiness
No immediate extra fees on packages from outside the EU, Dutch state secretary confirms
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Sign at the entrance of the Ter Apel registration center.
PoliticsBusiness
Council of State: asylum seekers must count compensation toward housing costs
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An Uber Eats cargo bag on an Amsterdam street next to a courier's fatbike. March 2025
BusinessCultureFood
Uber Eats facing one-month ban on deliveries in Amsterdam over illegal couriers
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Plane landing at Schiphol Airport at sunset
Business
Cabinet approves two-year temporary nature permit for Schiphol Airport
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D66's Mpanzu Bamenga
Politics
Dutch Council of State rejects proposal to explicitly ban ethnic profiling in law
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Gavel
Health
Mayors can't ban protests at abortion clinics, but can set limits: Council of State
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Gas extraction
PoliticsBusiness
Government reaches deal with NAM to end gas extraction plans in Friesland