Originally from San Francisco, Tuaca Kelly is a spoken word artist, poet, and creative producer. She says everyone should have a...

Harry Bevers, an MP for the right-wing liberal VVD party, has taken sick leave after being diagnosed with acute myeloid...

A male eagle owl in a quarry near Maastricht has fertilised two females within an hour, in what experts say...

Food prices in the Netherlands are likely to keep rising well into 2027 as soaring energy costs begin to take...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating an attack by vandals on a former council office that is...

A free cycling app developed by a group of Dutch provincial councils will give riders faster green lights at smart...

An online tool used by around 2,000 family doctor practices in the Netherlands to give medical advice has been operating...

King’s Day festivities throughout the country concluded last night without any major incidents, marking a break from last year’s troubles,...

The Dutch cabinet will make it easier for local authorities to shoot wolves that have become a threat to people...

The Dutch government has extended the contract with cloud firm Solvinity to run its online access portal DigiD despite widespread...

The Netherlands is gearing up for its biggest annual celebration on Monday as the reigning monarch, Willem-Alexander, turns 59 years...

Prime minister Rob Jetten rejected Brussels’ €2 trillion long-term budget proposal at an informal EU summit in Cyprus on Friday,...

The cabinet has dropped a planned cut to welfare outreach services after two of its own coalition parties turned against...

Fewer people entered the housing market in 2024, and more 25 to 35-year-olds were still living with their parents, according...

The Dutch state is failing in its constitutional duty to ensure equal treatment of residents in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and...

You might think all of the classic Dutch novels are set during the Second World War, or maybe during the...

The bitterbal, frikandel and kroket – the deep-fried backbone of the Dutch borrelplankje – are losing ground in supermarket freezers...

Dutch veal farms are still importing young Irish calves, some as young as two weeks old, despite industry pledges to...

A 47-year-old police officer accused of raping a teenage girl in IJsselstein last year will be charged with the offence,...

A valuable first edition of Anne Frank’s diary Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex) found by staff at a charity shop...

A large fire has broken out on an artillery training range at ‘t Harde in Gelderland, with multiple sources of...

Businessman and philanthropist Martijn van der Vorm, who invested millions of euros in projects in Rotterdam, has died at the...

Medical software company Chipsoft has said the patient data stolen in this month’s ransomware attack on its systems has been...

Voters in Gorinchem are going back to the ballot box on Wednesday in a re-run of elections ordered because of...

Budget airline Transavia has cancelled some of its flights in May and June as a result of soaring fuel prices...

The dunes that stretch along the coastline from Hook of Holland to Hillegom have been officially named as the Netherlands’...

Train operator NS is hoping to ease the strain on the overloaded Dutch electricity network by using smart apps to...

The royal family has concluded its visit to Dokkum in Friesland, where the king and queen ice skated in the...

Almost half of Dutch people believe the monarchy costs too much, with criticism highest among the young, according to the...

Several Dutch cities closed off central squares to new visitors on Sunday evening as King’s Night crowds reached capacity. Police...

The creator of drag queen Dolly Bellefleur is among the 3,633 people to be awarded an honour in the annual...

The cabinet is working on new legislation to cover the use of fatbikes, including a minimum age for users and...

Dutch medical software company Chipsoft has confirmed it is negotiating with the criminals behind this month’s hack on its systems,...

The Dutch government has signed its first deal with a European cloud provider, Germany’s StackIT, as ministries look to reduce...

Dutch police and other officials uncovered fewer drugs labs in 2025 than in previous years but more are being found...

This year’s World Press Photo of the Year has been awarded to American photographer Carol Guzy for an image showing...

A man has died after being attacked during a robbery at a gold and currency exchange office in Beverwijk on...

The number of formal domestic violence reports made to hotline and advisory group Veilig Thuis rose 5% last year to...

A court has ruled that an empty town hall in Loosdrecht can be used as an asylum centre, following nights...

The average retirement age in the Netherlands has gone up again, reaching 66 years and four months last year, according...

The EU is set to crack down on high-powered fireworks with new legislation, according to a letter the commission reportedly...

More than 50 fire engines were sent to tackle a bush fire that broke out in the coastal dunes in...

Criminal gangs are recruiting children as young as 13 across Europe for violent acts such as planting exposives, shootings and...

Around 610,000 jobs in the Netherlands were paid at or near the minimum wage in 2025 – one in 15...

National banks are demanding that social media companies do more to combat fraud after finding that scams hitting people via...

Millions of business owners and freelancers will have to update their payment systems from next month when the Dutch tax...

A disused town hall where 70 asylum seekers were due to be housed for six months has been vandalised overnight....

Council officials in Loosdrecht have cut the capacity of an asylum seekers’ shelter from 110 beds to 70 following several...

Police have arrested around 400 people after the A12 motorway near Utrecht was blocked by a climate change demonstration on...

Feyenoord took a big step towards securing a place in next year’s Champions League with a resolute 3-1 win at...

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Volt and its Amsterdam leader have won a court case brought by a landlord criticised in an Amsterdam council meeting,...

There is plenty of sunshine ahead this weekend, but the days will have a cloudy start and night temperatures will...

Dutch brewing giant Heineken has started a court case against the US government over too-high import tariffs, financial director Harold...

The number of mortgage applications received by De Hypotheker from home owners who want to increase their borrowing to pay...

The Netherlands faces an increasingly unstable and unpredictable world order as well as rising extremism at home, the Dutch domestic...

Hackers stole personal data belonging to almost all of the 32,000 residents of the Dutch town of Epe in a...

Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and the G40 – a network of 41 mid-sized and large cities – have called on...

Plans to compensate households and small firms for higher energy prices have won broad support in parliament, including the GroenLinks-PvdA...

Some 4,000 paintings and items of personal property looted by the Nazis during World War II but never returned to...