Europe Netherlands Equal opportunities are under scrutiny on Women's Day, as government plans to reduce parental leave benefits for higher income earners: the measure would disproportionately affect men, who often earn more than women, discouraging fathers from taking leave
Europe Netherlands About a quarter of Dutch freelancers report losing assignments as clients become more cautious under harder enforcement of self-employment rules, in effect since 2016 but now applied more strictly; findings come from a survey of over 3.000 entrepreneurs
Europe Netherlands Dutch producer Roshwita Bacha, better known by her stage name Roselilah, won a Grammy for her collaboration with the American rapper Kendrick Lamar; the song “Luther,” which also features singer SZA, received the award for Record of the Year
Europe Netherlands Smaller Dutch banks are those offering the highest interest rates in Europe; to attract savers they sometimes exceed the rates at major banks by one percentage point, according to site Geld.nl; in 2026 they are also boosting rates on fixed-term deposits
Europe Netherlands Over 2.500 flight have been cancelled - nearly 600 yesterday - and 70% of scheduled flights could be cancelled today, Eurocontrol said, as de-icing operations at Schiphol Airport are affected by consecutive days of winter weather and slow supply of liquid
Europe Netherlands Dutch farmers are disappointed over the fact that they will not receive a new exemption from EU manure regulations; the request was denied after the Netherlands benefited for years from a special exemption on the amount of manure farmers could apply
Europe Netherlands Canadian company Cronos has acquired for €57,5 million Canadelaar, the largest legal cannabis producer in the Netherlands, supplying government’s regulated cannabis experiment; it is the first time a foreign investor has taken over a Dutch cannabis grower
Europe Netherlands Coöperatie Laatste Wil, a right-to-die organization under fire for distributing the suicide drug X, has presented a new method for a “self-chosen end of life”: the suicide collar; CLW members care instructed to make collars themselves in a workshop
Europe Netherlands Experts warn Amsterdam’s proposed cable car over the IJ River may face financial problems and rely heavily on tourists; “sensitivity analysis” showed that with lower tourist flows or reduced ticket prices, the business case quickly turns negative
Europe Netherlands 20.000 Dutch men a year travel abroad with the intention of sexually abusing a child, a recent study commissioned by the Scientific Research and Data Center found; the anti-abuse organization Offlimits launched a campaign aimed at stopping the phenomenon
Europe Netherlands The city of Amsterdam will phased out collectiing individual bags of garbage put on the street and focus on more underground trash containers or other alternatives
Europe Netherlands Some 500 artworks from Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever offices are being auctioned-off as renovations will cut wall space; prices vary from a couple of hundred euros to tens of thousands for Karel Appel, Dick Bruna or Anton Pieck
Europe Netherlands About 2,4 million young people, nearly three-quarters of that age group, are members of a public library, the highest number ever, and more young adults have also become members according to KB, formerly known as the Royal Library