New requirements for the three Rs approved but will be delayed
Peter MPs have expressed their support for a new set of requirements to boost the reading, writing and arithmetic…
October 2024
Government use of AI unregulated and open to risk: audit office
The Dutch government is using or has tested 433 AI-based systems and around half of them have not…
New definition suggests 3.1% of Dutch live below poverty line
Three Dutch statistics agencies have drawn up a new definition of poverty which suggests 3.1% of the population,…
Arrests in raid against international drug traffickers in Frankfurt
Two suspects from an international drug trafficking ring were arrested in a raid in Frankfurt. The group is…
BBB under pressure from chicken farmers on planned manure limits
Agriculture minister Femke Wiersma is coming under increasing pressure to exempt pig and poultry farmers from stricter regulations…
Confusion over refugee crisis plan as minister says βitβs readyβ
Immigration minister Marjolein Faber is again under fire in The Hague, this time for saying documentary evidence needed…
Olympic athlete plans workshops on dealing with sexual abuse
Olympic athlete Jorinde van Klinken has said she wants to set up a mentoring scheme for young athletes…
First Dutch case over mistreatment of Yazidis opens
The trial of a Dutch woman charged with keeping two Yazidi women as slaves in Syria started on…
Amsterdam city centre law firm attacked with explosives
Yorick De Boer Police are investigating an explosion outside a law firm which specialises in legal aid cases in the centre…
The Banksy of Ter Apel Edition
The signs are looking bad for Dick Schoofβs cabinet as it hits the 100-day mark, and not just…