Budget

Opposition parties Pro and Volt team up to force budget deal

United Nations

Dutch PM Jetten warns “hands off the ICC” in debut UN speech

Justice

Van Weel survives no-confidence debate over crime stats row

Weather

Weekend will be cool but mostly sunny, temperatures up to 25C

Podcast  

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Life in the Netherlands

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Some Dutch people are about to be more equal than others

Forget Belgian roads, we need to talk about Dutch drivers

Dutch destinations: Move on up to Midden-Groningen

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Economy

Cabinet wants private companies to pay more towards gas storage

Ships on IJssel restricted to one-way traffic as drought lingers

Repairs to A15 motorway bridge will cost hauliers €600k a day

Support for refugees should prioritise finding skilled work: SER

Dutch economy grew by 0.6% in Q2, faster than initially thought

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Art & culture

Scrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht

Ben Saunders, original winner of The Voice, found dead in lake

Amsterdam artists behind 9/11 drone tribute in New York

Library membership tops 3.8 million as more adults sign up

Nazi’s daughter gives up looted Goudstikker painting

Drummer Alex van Halen given knighthood in home city of Nijmegen

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Sport

Xavi satisfied as Gakpo earns Oranje late draw against Germany

Groningen and Drenthe to host 2034 world cycling championships

Meerdink and Til added to Oranje Nations League squad

AZ top Eredivisie after Twente stage late comeback against PSV

Xavi recalls Veerman, keeps faith with Van Dijk in Oranje squad

Schreuder calls Europa League “tough” after 5-0 loss to Juventus

Books

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Europe

Cabinet backs EU-wide minimum age for social media

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

Society

New group home for psychiatric patients tried in Rotterdam

No trains to Amsterdam central station next weekend

Around 70 people in Netherlands branded “security threat”

Dutch to return to Eurovision Song Contest in 2027 after boycott

Military police investigate death of Dutch woman in Aruba crash

Mourners claim diabetic man who died under arrest was “murdered”

Politics

Opposition parties Pro and Volt team up to force budget deal

Cabinet wants private companies to pay more towards gas storage

Dutch PM Jetten warns “hands off the ICC” in debut UN speech

Van Weel survives no-confidence debate over crime stats row

Seven arrests at protest against refugee facility in Gelderland

Gelderland to impose nitrogen limits on farms despite BBB split

Health

New group home for psychiatric patients tried in Rotterdam

Fifth West Nile virus death confirmed as number of cases rises

The pen is mightier than the scrub: hospitals warn of ink stains

One-third of drinking water supplies contain high levels of PFAS

West Nile virus death toll rises to four

Scientists develop “tickle robot” to solve touching mystery

Housing

House price growth slows to 3.3%, transactions fall

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Government draws up 50-point plan to speed up housebuilding

Dutch housing update: money for new homes, rising interest rates

Minister pledges to end secrecy on property foundation reports

Cabinet to stop employers docking foreign workers’ pay for rent

Education

Students clustered together while studying outdoors.

More Dutch students studying abroad, Spain most popular choice

Far-right party school research was misleading, experts say

Parents as “customers” fuelling school disputes, council says

Dutch children’s literacy falls further behind European average

Dutch schools must make space for languages spoken at home

Groningen University launches Frisian language degree