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
Europe Netherlands According to the Centre for Crime Prevention and Security, a rising number of sex workers are working secretly from home to be more cost-effective, despite it being far more dangerous
Europe Netherlands The hot weather is causing cockles in the Wadden Sea to die off in huge numbers, further endangering the survival of birds that depend on them for food, experts have said
Europe Netherlands The national statistics agency CBS has stated that an increasing number of people have left the central urban belt of the Netherlands, moving to rural areas
Europe Netherlands The Netherlands is no longer a world leader when it comes to the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community, as this year it ranked 13th in the annual Rainbow Europe index of the human rights organisation Ilga Europe
Europe Netherlands The country will not extend residence permits to non-Ukrainians who had a temporary residence permit in Ukraine before leaving the country to "ease the burden on municipalities"
Europe Netherlands Gambling advertisements will be severely restricted as of 2023 and a ban on sponsoring sports team jerseys will be introduced in 2025, as stated by the Minister of Legal Protection
Europe Netherlands Young transgender people, some even as young as 14, are buying drugs online to start transitioning on their own as waiting times for official treatment are very long; waits can be longer than 3 years, NOS reports after interviewing over 700 people
Europe Netherlands A new night train connecting Amsterdam and Barcelona is planned; proposed by the start-up European Sleeper, it could be launched by December 2023 or earlier, according to the company's application to the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority