NL Times | Netherlands news in English
WEB6 days ago — Court case postponed against a woman whose baby was killed by her dog. More news stories daily than any other English news source about the Netherlands.
Top stories - NL Times
WEB3 days ago — Eight years since Amsterdam girl was kidnapped by her father; mother again asks for help. 29 September 2024 - 11:51. Crime.
Collective wage increase equals record from 2023; Highest ... - NL …
WEB20 hours ago — The wages in collective bargaining agreements increased by 6.8 percent in the third quarter compared to the same quarter last year. That is equal to the record increase in the last quarter of 2023 when collective bargaining wages saw the biggest rise in over 40 years, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported. Of the three sectors, private sector wages rose the most, with an increase of 7.3 percent.
Student housing shortage increasing in most cities | NL Times
WEB20 hours ago — As a result, “the housing situation in most student cities will worsen in the coming years,” said CBRE. The company expects major problems in the short term in well-known student cities like Groningen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Tilburg, but also in smaller cities such as Zwolle, Haarlem, and Den Bosch. The Netherlands has …
Politics - NL Times
WEBSep 26, 2024 — Cabinet bends to union’s national strike threat, will negotiate early retirement deal. 25 September 2024 - 12:00. Politics.
Full list of Dutch coronavirus restrictions as of January 26
WEBJan 25, 2022 — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced a lighter set of coronavirus restrictions during a press conference on Tuesday. In doing so, they relaxed most remaining lockdown restrictions to their mildest point since the outbreak of the Omicron variant, even as Covid-19 hospitalizations may be on the rise for the first time in seven weeks, and daily coronavirus ...
Wilders hints Dutch coalition will fall if emergency asylum measure …
WEB2 days ago — Dutch far-right political party PVV is continuing to insist that the Cabinet must declare the asylum situation in the Netherlands to be a state of emergency, and use extreme powers to sidestep Parliament and force a much stricter approach to limit the number of asylum seekers coming into the country. Such emergency measures must be introduced "one way or another," as agreed by the PVV, VVD ...
Netherlands will be hard-hit by climate change with “more …
WEBOct 25, 2021 — The risks of climate change have also increased for the Netherlands, the KNMI warned in a new research report. The sea level on the Dutch coast may rise faster than previously expected, and the risk of extreme downpours in the summer will increase. Our country may also be faced with drought more often than expected in …
Ruling parties want to more than double Netherlands' green …
WEBApr 13, 2022 — The Climate Agreement target is for the Netherlands to have 4 gigawatts capacity to produce green hydrogen by 2030. The VVD and D66 want to increase that goal to at least 8 gigawatts of power generated by wind turbines at sea. The electricity produced is then used to make hydrogen via electrolysis. The Netherlands should also import green ...
Climate change poses serious health risk for people in the …
WEBSep 6, 2021 — The Dutch medicine journal NTvG joined 200 other medical journals worldwide in their call for world leaders to intensify their effort in combating climate change, NOS reported. Climate change poses an immediate risk for public health, the experts said. “Climate change and the decline in biodiversity is a much larger problem than the pandemic”, NTvG editor-in-chief Olde Rikkert told NOS ...