Persons subject to integration obligations must integrate within three years and if they do not obtain the integration certificate the government can fine them; the European Court of Justice will assess whether this is contrary to European standards

Resident Netherlands citizens - now around 18 million - will be 19 million in 2037 and 20 million in 2058, according to new Statistics Netherlands forecasts

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

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