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Storm Conall to hit the northern Netherlands with 130 kph winds
Nov 27, 2024 · The KNMI weather bureau has upped its warning about storm Conall to amber for the north of the country, saying winds of up to 130 kph are possible in northern coastal areas on Wednesday evening. The storm is likely to blow down trees and cause damage to buildings, particularly roofs, the agency said. The ANWB motoring organisation has also warned drivers to expect long delays and jams in the ...
European Rights Court split on Dutch family reunification cases
Dec 10, 2024 · The European Court of Human Rights issued two decisions over family reunification involving the Netherlands on Tuesday, siding with Dutch courts in one case but rejecting the conclusion in another. The pair of cases involved requests from Dutch citizens who had family members who were not Dutch and who wanted to move to the Netherlands. In 2015 Usha Kumari, an Indian national, applied to join ...
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Use of Sarco assisted suicide pod “illegal” in the Netherlands
Nov 29, 2024 · The use of the suicide pod Sarco in the Netherlands would be “socially undesirable” and unlawful, junior social care minister Vicky Maijer (PVV) said this week, following MPs questions in a debate about end-of-life care. Providing the means to help someone to take their own life is against the law in the Netherlands but campaigners from the right to die group Coöperatie Laatste Wil (CLW ...
Inburgering with Dutch News: how to celebrate Sinterklaas
Dec 2, 2024 · School surprises. Photo: ANP/ Hollandse Hoogte/ Richard Brocken. Food Food is an important part of Sinterklaas and the giving of speculaas (spiced biscuits, often in the form of the saint) dates back centuries. The sale of Sinterklaas goodies seems to start earlier every year, so make sure to buy your chocolate letters in time or you will find you are left with a choice of S or P (for Sint and ...
“No free riders” Dutch tell top UN court over climate change
Dec 10, 2024 · The Netherlands told the UN’s top court on Tuesday that without sufficient action to combat global warming, the Peace Palace may soon be an island. “There is no room for free riders on this planet,” René Lefeber, legal adviser to the ministry of foreign affairs, told the International Court of Justice at a ground-breaking case …
Budget includes good news for some high-skilled migrants
Oct 3, 2024 · The new Dutch government’s budget sent a clear message to highly-skilled internationals in the Netherlands: you are still welcome. The surprise decision to reverse a proposed major cut to the 30% ruling has gone down well with employers, tax advisors and internationals themselves. “The biggest news is that what was called the 30% ruling goes back to the old way of calculation for a full ...
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.
Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained
Feb 26, 2024 · Life and death: the biggest Dutch criminal trial explained February 26, 2024 Molly Quell Ridouan Taghi in court. Illustration: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / Aloys Oosterwijk. On Tuesday, February 27, judges in the Marengo trial – a mega process involving 17 defendants, six murders, and the alleged leaders of one of the most violent criminal gangs in Dutch history – will issue their verdict.