Podcast: The Wolves Are Raising the Bar Edition

The podcast returns with a look back to a summer in which the government managed the unprecedented feat of collapsing for a second time. The political parties’ manifestos are dominated by the issues of housing, immigration and how to sweep up the NSC vote. The brutal murder of a 17-year-old girl in Amsterdam becomes fodder for the far right when an asylum seeker is accused of the crime. Vitesse Arnhem are given another reprieve in the long-running saga of their imminent decline. A painting looted by the Nazis turns up on an estate agent’s website in Argentina. And we explain why if you’re listening to this podcast on your lunch break, you’re probably not in Belgium.
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The Binnenhof complex is opening for monuments day on September 13
News
Foreign minister resigns after coalition partners block extra measures against Israel
Schoof patches up Dutch cabinet after NSC leave nine empty seats
VVD takes foreign affairs, BBB home affairs in cabinet reshuffle
CDA inch ahead of GroenLinks/PvdA in latest opinion poll
Victims of mass data hack at clinic contemplate legal claim
Fourth warmest summer on record ends with unsettled autumn
Gelderland seeks to shoot high-flying wolf that can jump fences
Video-opname #wolf Glenn (GW4003m), die al maandenlang, heel simpel over goedgekeurde wolfwerende rasters ( volgens norm BIJ12) heen springt op #Veluwe en vele schapen aanvalt en opvreet. Tijd voor afschotvergunning Provincie #Gelderland! Wolfwerende rasters helpen geen moer!🐺❌ pic.twitter.com/ncjInRsc8c
— Annemieke van Straaten / Stichting Annemieke (@AvanStraaten) August 27, 2025
GroenLinks-PvdA prioritise affordable housing and set migration target
PVV calls for asylum freeze, rent cuts and North Sea drilling
CDA nails housing colours to the mast in provisional manifesto
VVD makes case for economic focus and welfare cuts to fund defence
Asylum seeker arrested for suspected murder of Lisa, 17, and rape
Buildings in Amsterdam lit up orange following murder of Lisa
Action amidst angst: the Lisa case has young women on edge
Woman arrested after Nazi looted painting vanishes in Argentina
Daughter of Nazi official hands over looted painting to authorities
Roll over: Dutch urged to spend more on lunches like Belgians
Sport
Dutch sports council urges ban on heading footballs for under-12s
Vitesse wins another reprieve as court orders first division reinstatement
Dolberg back at Ajax, Larin to Feyenoord in deadline day moves
Former Ajax boss Ten Hag sacked by Leverkusen after two matches
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