Europe Netherlands Around 40% of people who receive disability benefits from the UWV social security agency because they cannot work for health problems have psychiatric problems; the national statistics office CBS counted 365.000 men and 394.000 women in 2020
Europe Netherlands Resident Netherlands citizens - now around 18 million - will be 19 million in 2037 and 20 million in 2058, according to new Statistics Netherlands forecasts
Europe Netherlands Sifan Hassan, Olympic marathon champion, was chosen as the World's Best Athlete for 2024 during the World Athletics Association awards gala in Munich, the first Dutch athlete to receive this honour
Europe Netherlands More than 1.100 religious leaders in the Netherlands have signed a petition against the 'strictest refugee policy ever' of the Dutch government
Europe Netherlands The Dutch government is pushing ahead with its plan to introduce free childcare - or almost so - for working parents in 2027, despite the growing shortage of staff in the sector