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

War in Ukraine and growing numbers of migrants coming to the Netherlands have increased the urgency to create new housing, the Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning wrote in an action plan sent to the House of Representatives

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

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

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