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The coalition talks resume with a teambuilding week at a country estate in Hilversum, where the four party leaders try to keep the media and the winter chill from the door. After months of rain, the sub-zero temperatures are welcomed by skaters, but the government’s decision to pump extra gas from Groningen gets a frosty response. The International Court of Justice is called on to intervene in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Marc Overmars’s intimate selfies have a long tail as Fifa bans him from working in football around the world. And we bring you a story of nuclear intrigue and espionage involving a Dutch civil engineer in Iran.

News

Geert Wilders withdraws three draft laws that attack constitutional rights

Dutch coalition talks resume: do Wilders’s concessions go far enough?

Steven van Weyenberg replaces Sigrid Kaag as finance minister

Health minister Ernst Kuipers steps down for new job abroad

Food inflation hit 12% last year while energy costs dropped by 37%

House prices rise again but estate agents sound note of caution

More EU labour migrants ending up homeless since pandemic

Hearings begin in The Hague over claims of genocide against Israel

Israel takes the stand on day 2 of UN court genocide hearings

The big freeze will end on Friday, sleet or snow may move in

Cold snap prompts minister to pump more gas from Groningen

Groningen gas taps are closed again as temperature rises

Inburgering with Dutch News: All you need to know about skating

Investigation finds Dutch engineer carried out Iranian nuclear sabotage

Sport

Marc Overmars banned for two years from working in football worldwide

Dutch women win all seven European speed skating titles