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Dutch right-wing cabinet in crisis, party leaders join talks
Nov 15, 2024 · Dutch right-wing cabinet in crisis, party leaders join talks November 15, 2024 MInisters at the Catshuis where crisis talks are underway. Photo Remko de Waal ANP. The Dutch cabinet was thrown into crisis on Friday afternoon after a junior minister resigned, apparently because of discriminatory comments made by other ministers at Monday’s cabinet meeting.
Germany brings in border controls, Dutch aim for minimum impact
Sep 9, 2024 · Germany brings in border controls, Dutch aim for minimum impact September 9, 2024 Photo: Odi Busman. Germany is planning to bring back some form of border controls on a temporary basis in an effort to reduce the number of non-EU nationals arriving in the country by road, train and plane.. The Netherlands shares a 570 kilometre border with Germany on land and at sea, and thousands of people ...
Dutch plan to build new village 4.5 metres below sea level
Oct 14, 2024 · A Dutch local council is pressing ahead with plans to build a new village of 8,000 homes in the lowest part of the country, despite rising sea levels and increased flooding. Cortelande, as the new village has been named by popular vote, will be located 4.45 metres below NAP in a local authority area named Zuidplas, which literally means “southern pond”. NAP stands for Normaal Amsterdams ...
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 ...
Dutch to slash English university courses, curb foreign students
Oct 16, 2024 · Some 20% of bachelor students come from abroad and this is leading to “ shortages of student accommodation, overcrowded lecture theatres and pressure on students, ” Bruins said.. At the same time, the minister said the major shortages on the Dutch labour market make it necessary to attract talented international students. More also needs to be done to encourage them to stay in the ...
Government use of AI unregulated and open to risk: audit office
Oct 17, 2024 · The Dutch government is using or has tested 433 AI-based systems and around half of them have not been properly assessed for “dangers”, the national audit office said on Thursday. Some 167 systems are currently being experimented with and 120 systems are in regular use. But just 5% have been listed in an official register of algorithms which was introduced in the wake of the childcare ...
First Dutch clinics to treat Long Covid patients ready to open
Oct 29, 2024 · Three clinics specialising in the treatment of Long Covid will open their doors on November 1 at teaching hospitals in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Maastricht. Family doctors can refer patients, many of whom have struggled with Covid-related symptoms for the last four years, from that date. Some 1.3 million people still suffered from the consequences of an infection with the virus after three ...
Asylum situation is a crisis, PVV minister states: Telegraaf
Aug 21, 2024 · The Netherlands is facing an asylum crisis and that is the official standpoint of the new government, migration minister Marjolein Faber is quoted as saying by the Telegraaf. Faber, a minister on behalf of the far-right PVV, made the comments ahead of today’s budget talks at the prime minister’s official residence. She was responding to a Telegraaf claim that almost 40,000 family members ...