One of the world’s oldest aquariums reopened in Amsterdam on Saturday, following a five-year €50 million restoration project that brought...

The Dutch cabinet is planning a complete ban on online gambling ads and on bonuses like free bets for new...

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The tax office (Belastingdienst) is postponing part of the rollout of its new VAT system so it can take over...

The Dutch government is not going to screen 8,000 foreign students and researchers every year to rule out the risk...

Three people have died, including two children, after a car collided with a group of children cycling in Zeeland. Four...

Real estate investors in the Netherlands have again called on the Dutch government to create a stable investment climate for...

Drenthe’s provincial government has accused a resident who submitted nearly 800 requests for details of attacks by wolves of abusing...

The government and state-backed investor Invest-NL are putting an extra €360 million into a fund for high-risk technology start-ups, as...

The Netherlands is the main gateway for produce grown in illegal Israeli settlements and sold in the EU, according to...

Hundreds of people in the Netherlands have received convincing fake emails claiming to be from the tax office (Belastingdienst), demanding...

Train services on one of the busiest stretches of track in the Netherlands are expected to be suspended until Wednesday...

Local councils that fail to cut the benefits of welfare claimants who do not speak adequate Dutch will face financial...

Dutch industrial production was 4.7% higher in April than in the same month last year, the strongest year-on-year growth since...

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his post on Monday night over allegations of sexual...

The Dutch data protection authority Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) received more than 13,500 complaints and tips about possible privacy breaches in...

The Dutch immigration service will need “around a year” to fully implement the European migration pact which comes into effect...

The quality of the Netherlands’ lakes, rivers and marshland is deteriorating again after decades of improvement, and that is hurting...

The Dutch government is failing to live up to its commitments to ensure equal opportunities for disabled people, leaving many...

Satarupa Bose Roy, author of the newly released Where do they belong?, recalled the moment she was first inspired to...

The second and third week of April 2020 were the “most tense” of the entire coronavirus pandemic, former prime minister...

Rescue workers believe one or more people may still be trapped under the rubble of the gym destroyed by an...

After years of debate, the European migration pact comes into force on Friday. So what does it mean for refugees,...

Dutch doctors are rarely using a test which can stop women with breast cancer being given unnecessary chemotherapy, according to...

A third child who was injured in a serious traffic accident in Zeeland on Thursday has died, taking the death...

When you enter Taalhuis Amsterdam’s space in the heart of de Pijp’s Albert Cuyp market, you instantly feel part of...

Social housing tenants will have to pay an extra 3.6% in rent this year, according to an annual survey of...

The mood among Dutch football fans leading into the World Cup is thick with anxiety. As usual, the Netherlands are...

Dutch residents are increasingly concerned that the country is unprepared for a world order dictated by the demands of the...

The Mauritshuis museum has been told it can keep 25 priceless works by artists including Rembrandt, Jan Steen and Jan...

Dutch cancer patients are having to wait almost two years for new treatments that have been approved by the Amsterdam-based...

The Netherlands needs to refill its natural gas reserves faster to avoid a shortage next winter, the government agency responsible...

The older brother of fugitive drugs baron Jos “Bolle Jos” Leijdekkers has been extradited to the Netherlands by Turkey, in...

The relatives of a 14-year-old girl who was killed by a car near the former island of Marken in 2020...

People with a disability or chronic illness could be left hundreds of euros a month worse off under the coalition’s...

The KNMI weather bureau has issued a code yellow weather warning for the entire country, saying storms will sweep across...

The Dutch financial services authority AFM has fined online bank Bunq €170,000 for failing to deal with complaints about online...

The mayors responsible for enforcing the Netherlands’ coronavirus rules agreed to present a united front on the January 2021 curfew...

Staff at a second-hand shop in Arnhem were shocked when they arrived at work last week to find a 1.5...

ING has become the first Dutch bank to develop an AI model to speed up the processing of mortgage applications....

A luxury resort project in Albania that has triggered nationwide corruption protests was owned through the Netherlands for nearly two...

Inflation in the Netherlands will average 2.7% this year despite the energy price rises caused by the war in the...

The cabinet will not introduce a national ban on single-use plastic products such as disposable vapes and cigarette filters, ministers...

Four cities picked by the government to build more than 30,000 new homes cannot start construction because there is no...

Seven people have been injured, one seriously, following an explosion and major fire in a fitness studio next to a...

People who are being stalked or face serious threats may be allowed to carry pepper spray for self-defence, under plans...

Some 182,000 secondary school pupils will hear on Thursday whether they have passed their school leaving exams – and whether...

A sex club has burned down days after it was bought by the local council so it could be razed...

The number of international students at Dutch universities and colleges has fallen for the first time in 20 years, according...

Archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of more than 3,000 artefacts, some dating back to the Stone Age, during landscaping...

MPs have voted overwhelmingly to approve an extradition treaty between the Netherlands and Morocco, which ministers say will strip criminals...

The Dutch government is to replace its network of air-raid sirens when the old system is switched off in 2028,...

Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were just over 5% lower in the first quarter of 2026 than a year...

Five young men from Tilburg and one from Amsterdam appeared in court on Tuesday for a procedural hearing in connection...

Don’t wait until the tax office starts to investigate you. If you are thinking of setting up a business on...

Dutch households are throwing away less food, but the decline has slowed and the Netherlands is on course to miss...

The Netherlands needed two penalties to beat Uzbekistan 2-1 in its final World Cup warm-up match on Monday, and lost...

The first speed limit signs for a dedicated cycle path have been put up in a commuter town near Utrecht...

A US tobacco giant is behind the planned take over of the Netherlands’ biggest licensed cannabis grower, prompting fears among...

Feyenoord have sacked coach Robin van Persie after 16 months at the club, blaming “declining results” despite the club securing...