Crime

Prosecutors hold 32 over Overasselt attack, including two minors

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Science

Dutch soil scientist wins Ig Nobel for burying 1,000 underpants

Farming

Farmers face livestock cuts as nitrogen plan falls short

Housing

Rents rise 4.4% nationally, Rotterdam hit hardest

Life in the Netherlands

Forget Belgian roads, we need to talk about Dutch drivers

Dutch destinations: Move on up to Midden-Groningen

"I will always want to have a home in Amsterdam"

“The Dutch are still alive and floating despite all this water”

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Economy

Dutch central bank moves gold out of US and Canada

Cheap Chinese parcels to the Netherlands fall 46% after EU levy

Amsterdam taxi drivers launch app to rival Uber

Coalition budget talks still deadlocked with hours to go

Foreign students beneficial to Dutch economy, CPB says

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Art & culture

Drummer Alex van Halen given knighthood in home city of Nijmegen

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Amsterdam’s baby raves: families reconnect with toddler techno

Yayoi Kusama dies at 97, weeks before Amsterdam show

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Wall Street Journal tips Groningen novelist for Nobel prize

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Sport

PSV thrash Utrecht 6-1 as AZ stay top

Dutch women lose hockey World Cup final to Argentina

Dutch men out of hockey World Cup as women prepare for final

Dutch women beat Belgium to reach hockey World Cup final

Feyenoord face ban from Nijmegen for setting off fireworks

NEC out of Champions League after early red card kills hopes

Books

The Many Lives of Anne Frank: a fascinating work

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Europe

Dutch intelligence service ranked third best in Europe

Netherlands to join military exercises with Ukrainian army

Philip Morris used AI to generate public opposition to EU rules

Netherlands to spend another €500m on military aid for Ukraine

Dutch secrecy rules hide backers of Trump-linked Albanian resort

European migration pact "no guarantee" of fewer refugees

Society

Little help for girls in NL caught up in crime: study

Drummer Alex van Halen given knighthood in home city of Nijmegen

Dutch woman living in Nepal found alive after surviving floods

Riot police break up protest against refugee shelter in Zeeland

“Grey divorce” on the rise among the Dutch over-60s

Three Dutch nationals remain missing after deadly Nepal floods

Politics

Cabinet set to postpone asset tax reform again to 2029

Ex-ministers and diplomats urge tougher action against Israel

Riot police break up protest against refugee shelter in Zeeland

Minister sent death threats over plans to shoot “problem wolves”

Cabinet to scrap welfare cuts in revised budget deal – RTL

VVD MP quits lobby group board over conflict of interest claims

Health

Fourth Dutch case of West Nile fever this year confirmed

“We have to stop this man”: mass sperm donor fathered 121 kids

It ain’t pretty: botched Botox on the rise in country’s youth

New agreement secures healthcare for 20,000 refugee children

New funding for long Covid research centre raised

Utrecht death shows West Nile virus is circulating in NL

Housing

Rents rise 4.4% nationally, Rotterdam hit hardest

Student room shortage stays above 20,000 despite new builds

Housing minister announces sites for 30,000 new homes by 2035

Majority of student rooms priced well over the legal limit

Home buyers file nearly 1,000 complaints over unfair bidding

Students lose shared rooms to studios as landlords sell

Education

Groningen University launches Frisian language degree

Rotterdam medical students offer cash to jump training queues

Foreign students beneficial to Dutch economy, CPB says

Students who leave home rarely move far, CBS finds

Schools return as new Dutch and maths targets become law

Far-right FVD-linked school opens in Almere with state funding