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WEB1 day ago · Compromise on the table: Train ticket prices could rise 6%, not 12%, next year. More news stories daily than any other English news source about the Netherlands.
Full list of Dutch coronavirus restrictions starting November 28
WEBThe Netherlands will enforce an evening lockdown for three weeks beginning on Sunday, November 28. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge unveiled a package of measures including the lockdown, expanded use of face masks, and stricter social distancing obligations in an attempt to bring about a 20 percent cut to the number of times people come in contact with each other.
Moscow Times relocating to Netherlands as Russia tightens media ...
WEBMar 7, 2022 · The main editors of the Russian online newspaper The Moscow Times will be working from the Netherlands for the time being, founder and publisher Derk Sauer said to the Volkskrant. "At least we hope so," he said. "Because we are still in Moscow, and it is getting more difficult to get out of the country."
Netherlands celebrating freedom with festivals, 5 May concert
WEBMay 5, 2023 · The Netherlands is celebrating Liberation Day on Friday. Liberation festivals are happening in 14 cities, and the day is traditionally concluded with the 5 May concert on the Amstel in Amsterdam, which the Royal Family also attends. The 96-year-old British veteran Marie Scott lit the National Liberation Fire in Wageningen just after midnight. Scott is the first female veteran to light the fire ...
Half of Dutch would take the train less if NS hikes ticket prices by …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Around half of train passengers would use the train less if NS implements a 10 percent increase in ticket prices next year, Hart van Nederland found when surveying 2,017 members of its panel.Of the respondents who sometimes travel by train, 54 percent will do so less often if NS hikes the fares. The same is true for 45 percent of people who use the train on a regular basis, for example, for ...
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 …
Netherlands among worst nations for human trafficking, but …
WEBOct 18, 2022 · The number of reported cases of human trafficking in the Netherlands has decreased in recent years. Last year there were 791 reports, compared to 1,013 in 2020 and 1,372 in 2019. But according to CoMensha director Ina Hut, human trafficking has not decreased. “The problem of human trafficking is much bigger than the number of …
Hague court orders Shell to cut emissions by 45 percent in first of …
WEBMay 26, 2021 · The District Court in The Hague issued a landmark ruling ordering multinational oil and gas company Shell to drastically cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. The court ordered the British-Dutch company to reduce net emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels. This gives Shell more room to achieve its goal by also using strategies which compensate for expelled emissions, such as ...
Trump's import duties, resulting trade war will have big impact …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Import duties proposed by Donald Trump could have a major impact on the European and Dutch economies if the Republican wins the American presidential elections later this year. Rabobank economists warn of this in a report. “Dutch exports will initially be affected because Dutch products will become more expensive for …
Netherlands hitting 18 million residents today | NL Times
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The Netherlands will pass the 18 million inhabitants mark on Thursday, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) estimates. Eight years ago, the Netherlands reached 17 million residents. The growth from 16 to 17 million Netherlands residents took 15 years. According to CBS, the current population growth is mainly due to foreign migration. New inhabitants mainly come from Ukraine and Syria.