Europe Netherlands The government has earmarked €11 million for an 'action plan' against sexual harassment and violence, saying that 22% of women and 6% of men have been victims of sexual violence
Europe Netherlands In 2022, the Dutch population grew almost twice as fast as in the previous year, Statistics Netherlands reports; with birth and death rates remaining virtually unchanged, the population growth can be entirely attributed to foreign immigration
Europe Netherlands An extreme right-wing group calling itself White Lives Matter has claimed responsibility for projecting racist slogans on the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam during the New Year festivities
Europe Netherlands Labour Party and GroenLinks withdrew some of their objections to the government's plans to reform the pension system, paving the way for the legislation to be passed in the Senate
Europe Netherlands The country is confident that it will meet the national gas storage targets set by the European Commission to ensure security of supply next winter
Europe Netherlands A citizens' initiative calling on politicians to remove abortion from Wetboek van Strafrecht, Dutch penal code, was delivered to Tweede Kamer with almost 94.000 signatures, more than double the number needed to put the topic on Tweede Kamer's agenda
Europe Netherlands Dutch parties are divided over the government's new asylum bill which, if adopted in its current form, would provide financial compensation to municipalities offering accommodation to asylum seekers
Europe Netherlands Nearly six million chickens and other birds have been culled in the last year in the Netherlands to contain an outbreak of bird flu
Europe Netherlands The Amsterdam Dance Event set a new record of 450.000 participants, in over a thousand dance initiatives organised along five days in 200 locations
Europe Netherlands About half of the children of immigrants say that the country is not welcoming for people with different backgrounds and many of them directly experience discrimination, according to new research by government's socio-economic think tank SCP
Europe Netherlands According to ABN Amro's annual Welfare Monitor, the health of healthcare workers deteriorated sharply last year, scoring almost 20% lower than in 2020
Europe Netherlands The Silja Europa, a cruise ship that will accommodate 1.000 asylum seekers between now and February, arrived in Velsen-Noord, in the province of North Holland, on Wednesday
Europe Netherlands Train operator NS has agreed with unions on a 9,25% wage settlement over 18 months, ending the dispute that sparked a series of train strikes in recent weeks