Podcast: The Enough Car-Crash Politics For One Year Edition
Sybrand Buma bows out as coalition negotiator, leaving behind an iconic photograph and a Herculean task to form a new government. His successor, Maastricht university professor Rianne Letschert, pays tribute to the Schoof cabinet when she almost steers off the road as she takes the call offering her the job. Ajax stop the rot with a dramatic late comeback in Azerbaijan. Dick Advocaat is declared safe from US aggression off the coast of Venezuela. And this year’s top Google searches suggest that punctuality is becoming another endangered Dutch tradition.
Ophef of the week: Oversharing bank Bunq bungles again on privacy (FD.nl)
Bohemian Rhapsody heads Top 2000 again as 1970s dominate
Singing letterboxes become tourist attraction in Dutch provinces (De Gelderlander)
Election news
Next D66, VVD and CDA coalition talks deadline is January 30
Maastricht law professor will lead next round of coalition talks
A minority coalition of D66, VVD and CDA looms for the Dutch
Other news
China names Dutch spies online as Nexperia row lingers
Economy minister cancels China mission amid Nexperia tensions
New rail firm plans services to Berlin, Hamburg and Paris
Night trains due to run from Amsterdam to Milan from June
Venezuela conflict no acute threat to Caribbean, says Van Weel
Google reveals the Netherlands’ most popular searches in 2025
Sport
Heat and “fit” Japan will test Oranje at World Cup, says Koeman
Late turnaround in Baku ends Ajax’s Champions League drought
PSV pay price for defensive lapses as Atletico win in Eindhoven
Ueda bags four goals as Feyenoord hit form ahead of Klassieker
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