Business

Dutch financial routes make NL Israel’s top EU financial partner

Fraud

Dutch tax adviser detained by ICE after being released from jail

Consumer rights

KLM accused of profiteering with trial of hand baggage charges

AI

Oracle to invest $1 billion in Dutch cloud and AI expansion

Ukraine

UAF calls for Ukrainians to be given access to student finance

Weather

Heavy rain expected midweek, followed by brief warmer spell

Life in the Netherlands

Inburgering with DN: the Nijmegen Vierdaagse

Incompetence and cowardice: the real Dutch asylum crisis

"I’m absolutely the person buying kruidnoten in July"

Dutch homes are unaffordable because that's what officials want

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Economy

OECD warns Dutch to rein in spending and reform housing market

Dutch financial routes make NL Israel’s top EU financial partner

Fewer Dutch companies are investing in climate measures

Train strikes to end after union members accept NS pay offer

Top civil servants urge action on ageing costs and productivity

Art & culture

Bob Vylan cancels performances in Amsterdam and Tilburg

Stolen VOC documents turn up in attic, packed in an Action box

Japanese girl from The Hague wins top music prize in Amsterdam

In the goldfish bowl: Monomania exhibition at the Rijksmuseum

From sweets to lego: 16 great things to do this summer

Highway to heaven: Happy 750th birthday, Amsterdam!

Podcast

Podcast: The Eternal Sunshine of the Forever Chemicals Edition

Dutch News podcast: The Daddy's Armoured Ferris Wheel Edition

Dutch News podcast: The Twisted Family Trees Edition

Podcast: The Drifting Pancakes and Terrorist Vegetables Edition

Sport

Netherlands 2-5 France: Oranje out after second-half collapse

Cricket: Clinical Netherlands qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup

Sem Verbeek makes history with Wimbledon mixed doubles title

Cricket: O’Dowd’s 92 and bowlers set up dominant Dutch win

England 4-0 Netherlands: Leeuwinnen given masterclass by Wiegman

Vitesse Arnhem to start new season on minus 12 points, if at all

Books

The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club:  NL in the 2000s

Food industry

The Hague Cookbook: a quirky mix of anecdotes and recipes

Expats

Holland Handbook: celebrating 25 editions this spring

Europe

The heat is on: Spanish firefighters share expertise with Dutch

Dutch fireworks dealers profit from lax German legislation: RTL

Polish workers at Dutch distribution centres go on strike

Holiday rentals plunge in Amsterdam, but grow overall in NL

Greenpeace file first lawsuit under new EU anti-SLAPP rules

Fewer highly skilled migrants are moving to the Netherlands

Society

KLM accused of profiteering with trial of hand baggage charges

Heavy rain expected midweek, followed by brief warmer spell

Boots on: 107th edition of the Nijmegen Vierdaagse kicks off

Staff defrauded child refugee support agency of €220,000

Army in talks to use former NS trains as mobile field hospitals

Inburgering with DN: the Nijmegen Vierdaagse

Politics

Van Weel wants to seize more criminal assets without trial

Yesilgöz under pressure as VVD insiders quietly track mishaps

Rough and tumble play gets thumbs up from Amsterdam executive

SCP is latest agency to warn politicians over worthless promises

Senators pause housing bill over refugee discrimination fears

Senate won't vote on asylum legislation before getting advice

Health

ADHD medication use nearly quadrupled since 2006, CBS says

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Health council backs vitamin K jabs over drops for new babies

Dutch cabinet proposes speed limit trials on cycle paths

Product safety watchdog seized record illegal vapes haul

Scientists fear impact as senators back end to primate research

Cancer screening saves thousands of lives, cuts healthcare bill

Housing

OECD warns Dutch to rein in spending and reform housing market

Buy-to-let sales lead to a drop in house prices in Amsterdam

Developer steps in to rescue historic Duindigt racecourse

Despite new building, the housing shortage remains 400,000

Senators pause housing bill over refugee discrimination fears

Refugee housing to cost billions more after priority rule change

Education

UAF calls for Ukrainians to be given access to student finance

Dutch launch €50 million fund to attract top researchers

Rental housing sell-off prompts 30% drop in student lodgings

Eindhoven sounds alarm on Dutch lessons funding for new children

Early streaming test leads to more, not less inequality

Utrecht University to cut up to 100 jobs after funding slashed

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