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Manchester City 3-3 Feyenoord: Late rally earns unlikely point
Nov 26, 2024 · Feyenoord pulled off a stunning comeback to earn a precious point in the Champions League as Manchester City self-destructed in the last 15 minutes. The English champions appeared to have taken total control of the match when Erling Haaland slammed in his second goal of the night and his 44th in the competition after eight minutes of the second half. Even when Anis Hadj-Moussa pounced on a ...
Thousands demonstrate in The Hague against education cuts
Nov 25, 2024 · The current government wants to cut €1 billion from spending on higher education, including stop funding grants for young researchers. MPs are due to debate the education cuts later this week and, according to the Volkskrant, there is now a majority against the plans in the upper house of parliament. The senate earlier put paid to plans to increase value added tax on culture, sports and books.
Three arrested after youths rampage in Amsterdam Nieuw-West
Nov 12, 2024 · Riot police were called out to deal with disturbances in Amsterdam Nieuw-West on Monday evening, after a group of youths went on the rampage, setting off fireworks and throwing stones at police. According to the Parool around 100 youngsters were involved in the riot, which began shortly after 7 pm. They built barricades with wood and poles from market stalls and smashed the windows of a tram ...
Dutch women win all seven European speed skating titles
Jan 8, 2024 · Dutch speed skaters again dominated the European speed skating championships in Heerenveen this weekend, picking up 22 of the 42 medals and sweeping the board twice. The Dutch women won all seven golds open to them and the men three. Marijke Groenewoud was queen of the competition with three gold medals, collecting the third on Sunday with a powerful finish in the mass start. Earlier on Sunday ...
Dutch author makes Booker Prize shortlist with The Safekeep
Sep 17, 2024 · Yael van der Wouden has become the first Dutch author to be included in the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist for her post World War II novel The Safekeep. The book is “a remarkable debut about obsession and loss, set in an isolated Netherlands house,” the judging panel said of the book. “The author draws us into a world as carefully calibrated as a Dutch still-life.” Van der Wouden ...
Dutch health insurance: what you should do now to stay on top
Nov 14, 2024 · It’s time to start thinking about whether you should change health insurance company next year. All the insurers have now published their rates for 2025, so what are the big changes, and what, in particular, should you beware of? All Dutch health insurance companies have announced their premiums for 2025 so that means you can now switch to a different company. Premiums have risen this year ...
Police have so far 45 people on radar for Amsterdam violence
Nov 18, 2024 · Amsterdam police have picked out photographs of 45 people who are suspected of involvement in the football-related violence in Amsterdam 10 days ago, and trouble almost a week later in the west of Amsterdam. Nine of them, all with Dutch nationality, are in custody, police chief Janny Knol told current affairs show Buitenhof on Sunday. Knol told broadcaster NOS later some of the suspects are ...
What’s all the fuss about poverty in the Netherlands?
Oct 30, 2024 · The richest Dutch are getting richer, adding 5% to their wealth last year, according to the latest edition of the Quote 500 rich list. The Netherlands may be one of the most prosperous countries in the world, but some 3.1% of the population, or 540,000 people, are still classified as poor. Over a million are living just above the official poverty line, often with no savings or buffer assets ...