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3 days ago · Most trains in Amsterdam, Schiphol and the surroundings will not run Wednesday morning. Netherlands to implement land border controls from Dec. 9. More crimes targeting Jews reported in Amsterdam; City Council confirms Tuesday debate. Healthcare, hospitality workers face most inappropriate behavior, especially women.
Netherlands to implement land border controls from Dec. 9
2 days ago · The Dutch government announced that new border controls aimed at addressing "irregular migration and human trafficking" will start on December 9. The Marechaussee will conduct these checks for a period of six months, confirmed Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber on Monday.Despite the fact that official asylum figures have fallen sharply in recent months, the Cabinet claimed an influx of asylum ...
Wednesday rail strike will seriously impact many more Dutch cities …
1 day ago · The consequences of the strike at ProRail traffic control posts in Amsterdam and Alkmaar on Wednesday morning will be even greater than NS previously reported. The carrier announced on Tuesday that the “impact area” has been expanded and that fewer trains will also run between Utrecht Centraal and the central stations in both Eindhoven and ...
Young adults increasingly politically active in the Netherlands
4 days ago · The likelihood of over-25-year-olds taking part in political campaigns from 2020 to 2023 was also slightly higher than before. As with young adults, participation in unconventional actions also increased among the over-25s, while participation in conventional actions fell slightly. At 41 percent, young adults took part in unconventional actions ...
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Government-assigned research shows that China is ... - NL Times
Oct 30, 2024 · China is trying to silence Dutch journalists in China as well as Chinese dissidents in the Netherlands, researchers at the Leiden University have discovered. The methods employed vary from “spreading propaganda and misinformation, to far-reaching intimidation of journalists and their sources, personally targeted smear campaigns, cyber infiltration, and identity fraud: in the Netherlands ...
Over half of Dutch pleased with government's asylum plans
Oct 28, 2024 · Over half (57 percent) of Dutch voters are happy with the package of measures the government presented to reduce the number of people seeking asylum in the Netherlands. Among voters for the coalition parties, three-quarters are happy with the plans. But only 43 percent of Netherlands residents think the government will manage to actually implement the measures, RTL Nieuws reports after ...
New Covid-19 variant quickly spreading through NL; Biggest …
Jul 22, 2024 · Officially, the subvariants are called KP.2, JN.1.7, but to keep things simple, scientists have named the group as a whole the FLiRT variant. The new COVID-19 variant FLiRT is rapidly spreading through the Netherlands, and the amount of coronavirus particles in the sewage is now even higher than in the “Dancing with Jansen” summer of 2021.
Europe asks Netherlands to set more ambitious climate targets
Sep 24, 2021 · In December last year, the EU countries agreed upon a target to have greenhouse gas emissions 55 percent lower in 2030 than they were in 1990. The Netherlands is one of the countries who argued for this target. This is only possible if the member states set and reach more ambitious climate targets themselves, and they are obliged to do so.