Podcast: The Sinterklaas Boulevard Edition
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GooglePrinsjesdag was a day of sound and fury, with saboteurs disrupting the railways, protesters spray-painting the Royal route, and a King’s speech signifying nothing but political paralysis. Rob Jetten’s calls to the opposition to overcome their differences and back his budget fall on deaf ears as the rival flanks tell him to pick a side. A silent vigil is held in Rotterdam for a man who died while being arrested by police who wrongly accused him of stealing a fatbike. A 1700-year-old fragment of The Odyssey turns up in Utrecht. And in sport, Jutta Leerdam is taking a break from speed skating to spend more time on Instagram.
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Prinsjesdag news
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Other news
Dutch railway network disrupted by sabotage to tracks
Rail sabotage: farm activists suspected as police investigate
Unrest in Rotterdam after man dies in mistaken arrest
Scrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht
Sport
Olympic champion Jutta Leerdam hangs up her skates – for now
Henk Kroes, who announced the last Elfstedentocht, dies at 87 (NOS)
Ajax hit five for second match in a row to rise to fourth
PSV take over at top of Eredivisie after AZ drop first points
AZ Alkmaar edged out by Sunderland as Europa League begins (Guardian)
Schreuder calls Europa League “tough” after NEC lose 5-0 to Juventus
Bartina Koeman, wife of former football coach, dies of cancer
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