Podcast: The Half-Baked Diplomas and Fake Fish Tarts Edition
Rob Jetten starts his term one finance minister short of a full cabinet after Natalie van Berkel is found to have inflated her credentials on LinkedIn. More new homes are being built, but not enough to tackle the housing shortage or cool the property market. The armed forces are struggling to recruit chefs, mechanics and other support staff in the battle to spend the extra Nato billions. A new rail link is planned to connect Eindhoven to Brussels. And the Dutch shorttrack skaters eclipse the stars of the big oval at the Winter Olympics.
Ophef of the week: Fines for Carnaval floats spoil the party in Helmond
Hot tip leads to cannabis plantation in motorway bridge support
D66 agriculture minister pranked TV chefs as schoolboy with fish pie
News
D66 candidate for finance ministry pays price for misleading LinkedIn profile
Dummies’ guide to the main parties in local elections
Political parties start waking up to the power of the expat vote
More houses built in Q4 2025 but still well short of government target
Many households are living in homes that are too big for them
Blaricum has most expensive homes in Netherlands, Kerkrade the cheapest
Defence ministry turns to recruitment agencies to tackle personnel shortfall
Support for Maga ideas grows but Dutch reject US interference
New Eindhoven to Brussels train line aims to boost cross-border ties
Sport
Van ’t Wout brothers add shorttrack silver and bronze to Dutch medal hall
Shorttrack star Xandra Velzeboer bags second Olympic gold at 1000m
Femke Kok takes gold in 500m, Leerdam second in reversal of 1000m
Silver for Dutch women in skating team pursuit as China prove too strong
Dutch bow out of T20 World Cup with valiant 17-run loss to hosts India
Chess grandmaster Jan Timman, “best of the West”, dies aged 74
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