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Amsterdam to face traffic chaos in 2025 as events and work clash
Dec 19, 2024 · A combination of large-scale building work and special events will bring traffic around Amsterdam to a standstill next year, the infrastructure ministry’s roads department has warned. One in five cars will have to stay put or Amsterdam will become inaccessible to private vehicles., the ministry said. Planned for next year are work on the rail network and roads as well as events such as the ...
Anti-Semitism in the Netherlands: lessons from the Holocaust
Dec 13, 2024 · The new right-wing Dutch government wants to make sure that everyone who does an integration course in the Netherlands learns about the Holocaust and its victims. When asked to explain why, housing minister Mona Keijzer caused outrage when she claimed on a chat show earlier this year that “anti-Semitism is almost part of the Islamic culture” in some countries. Only last week, the Dutch ...
The Dutch dominate speed skating: what you need to know
Nov 8, 2024 · The Dutch dominate international competition in long track speed skating and it’s no surprise to find the Dutch taking all three medal positions in some events. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happening this weekend? The speed skating season starts with Dutch qualification competition for the World Cup tournament at the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen. The races Riders race on a 400 ...
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10 things you need to know about the end of World War II in the ...
May 3, 2015 · The Netherlands celebrates 70 years since the end of World War II on May 5. But, of course, the war did not end in a day. Here’s an overview of the main events leading up to May 5 and beyond. Dolle Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday) On September 4, 1944, Dutch prime minister-in-exile Pieter Gerbrandy broadcast the news that Breda had been liberated. ‘The hour of freedom has struck,’ he proclaimed ...
Surprise! Your Christmas parcel might make it by spring
Dec 22, 2024 · Surprise! Your Christmas parcel might make it by spring December 22, 2024 Brandon Hartley Photo: Brandon Hartley. Christmas is almost with us. The kids are on winter break, the smell of oliebollen is filling the air, and the streets are clogged with delivery trucks.. You’re bound to encounter frazzled PostNL, Amazon, FedEx, and other delivery workers everywhere you go.
Quality of life is highest in some rural Dutch areas: CBS
Dec 9, 2024 · Rural areas in Utrecht, the Eindhoven region and the centre of Overijssel score highest for quality of life in the Netherlands, the latest CBS monitor has shown. In general, people in rural areas enjoy a better quality of life compared to city dwellers, CBS said, despite a marked difference between the three highest-rated rural areas and the northeast of Groningen and Drenthe. The CBS defines ...
Minister finalises 3 laws for “strictest refugee regime ever”
Dec 18, 2024 · Minister finalises 3 laws for “strictest refugee regime ever” December 18, 2024 A protest sign about a refugee centre. Photo: S Boztas. Immigration minister Marjolein Faber has finalised three pieces of legislation that will be put to the vote in Friday’s cabinet meeting, broadcaster NOS has reported.. Ministers have already given their informal blessing to the plans, sources in The ...
Eyewitnesses film Maccabi fans causing trouble in Amsterdam
Nov 10, 2024 · Eyewitnesses film Maccabi fans causing trouble in Amsterdam November 10, 2024 The police out in force in Amsterdam on Saturday evening. Photo: Robin Utrecht ANP. Footage has emerged of Thursday night’s violence in Amsterdam which shows a group of Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters close to the city’s main railway station pulling iron pipes from scaffolding to use as weapons.