Podcast: The Kok and Bol Story Edition

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*Apologies to regular listeners for the short format, which was caused by a technical hiccup. Normal service, or what passes for it, will be resumed next week.

The new government of D66, VVD and CDA gets straight down to work, suffering its first defeats in parliament before the ministers have even been sworn in. Nearly 100 people are stripped of their citizenship for the equally grievous offences of supporting international terrorism and refusing to give up a second passport. Celebrity boxer Jake Paul crumbles again as Jutta Leerdam claims the Dutch speed skating team’s first gold medal in Milan. And AI solves the mystery of an ancient Roman board game that may have inspired the latest coalition negotiations.

Learn how to play the ancient Roman stone game on Maastricht University’s website here

Ophef of the week: Leerdam’s media boycott sparks sharp divisions among skaters

News

The full line-up of ministers in the new Dutch cabinet

CDA cabinet members named, MEP Berendsen to be foreign minister

D66 name first female lieutenant-general as housing minister

Opposition parties combine to reject vote threshold for elections

Three in five Dutch employees can work from home

Fifteen people arrested for allegedly spreading IS propaganda

90 people have had their Dutch nationality revoked in four years

Asbestos scare leads Dutch daycares to dump decorative sand

AI helps experts to identify stone in museum as Roman board game

Sport

De Leede stars in Netherlands’ biggest T20 World Cup win

Jutta Leerdam blazes to Netherlands’ first skating gold in Milan

Highs and lows for Dutch skaters as De Boo bags silver at 1000m

Femke Bol wins first 800m race in new Dutch indoor record time