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Arrest: Police officer handcuffing a suspect with a police car in the background
Crime
Arrests top 400 at Extinction Rebellion's A12 blockade, double initial police estimate
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Schiedam shop fire forces evacuations; Two hospitalized for smoke inhalation
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Dutch authorities have arrested four suspects in Lochem after uncovering 365 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of household goods from Curaçao. April 2026.
Crime
365 kilos of cocaine in household shipment from Curaçao leads to four arrests in Lochem
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A police detention cell
Crime
Nine Dutch men arrested for 10 ATM explosions in Germany and Switzerland
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One of two people suspected in an explosive arson outside the Atrium office complex on Strawinskylaan in Amsterdam’s Zuidas business district. 16 Mar. 2026
Crime
Teen arrested, accused of terrorism for Amsterdam Zuidas office explosion
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Seagull standing at the Binnenhof in The Hague
Politics
Netherlands reaches deal with European cloud company to decrease U.S. tech reliance
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Modern apartments in Amsterdam
Business
Dutch government forgot tenants in energy bill support measures: Woonbond
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American President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on the Administration’s tariff plans at a “Make America Wealthy Again” event, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the White House Rose Garden.
Business
Heineken files U.S. lawsuit against Trump administration's import tariffs
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Flowers at a home on Elzenstraat, where a girl died following a stabbing incident. A man and a woman, the residents of the property, have been arrested.
Crime
Prosecutors believe mother is responsible for death of 14-year-old girl in Blerick
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The AIVD building in Zoetermeer
CrimePolitics
Russia and China: Netherlands at highest threat level in 80 years, AIVD warns
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A drug lab is being dismantled.
Crime
Police dismantle fewer synthetic drug labs in 2025, first drop in five years
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Retiree drinking a beer on a terrace
Business
Iran war starting to affect Dutch pension funds' funding ratios
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Close up view of little domestic calves standing in a barn
BusinessCultureFood
Dutch meat industry still importing calves from Ireland despite animal cruelty concerns
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Domestic violence helpline
Crime
More reports of domestic violence, child abuse last year
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(Syrian flag at demonstration in Strasbourg, 2015)
Crime
Prosecutors seek 30-year sentence for Syrian man over alleged crimes against humanity
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Police officers
Crime
Utrecht police officer arrested on suspicion of raping teenager in Nieuwegein
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Brug 721 crosses the Christoffel Plantijngracht. The footbridge over the canal is located in the Piet Wiedijkpark, a park in the Osdorp neighborhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. June 2018
Crime
YouTuber’s ‘prank call’ led suspect to fatally shoot Syrian teen bystanders: Prosecutors
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Power lines at sunset
PoliticsBusiness
No new energy grid connections in Utrecht province despite housing shortage
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Three women at Amsterdam's Muiderpoort Station discover most trains are not running because of a strike. 9 Sept. 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Gov't considering public transport discount card to encourage less fuel consumption
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A woman walks by two homes for sale on the Javastraat in Amsterdam-Oost in July 2023.
Business
Home prices climbed 5% in March; Price increases still levelling off
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Chinese National flag hanging at the street lamp during holidays in Longgang, Shenzhen, China.
Politics
Chinese companies are selling satellite technology to Russia, says Dutch intelligence
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Close-up of a judge’s gavel
Crime
Court rules lower than prosecution recommendation in sexual abuse case of seven girls
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Asylum and Immigration Minister Bart van den Brink (CDA) after the Dutch Senate voted down a package of stricter asylum measures. 21 Apr. 2026
Politics
Dutch Senate shoots down stricter asylum law, but approves two status system
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Empty beds in a shelter
Health
Schools increasingly seeking aid for homeless kids