ANPEa location of the UWV in Amsterdam NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 00:59 Fewer and fewer unemployed people are out of work for a long time, according to one analysis by Statistics Netherlands. Ten years ago, one in three unemployed people was unemployed for at least a year. Now that is only one in seven. In the second … Read more
NOSDowing to rising gas prices, households are less likely to turn on the heating NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 00:01 Gas consumption in the Netherlands has fallen again. Consumption in the first half of this year was 10 percent lower than in the same period a year ago. Industry, power stations and households in particular consumed less natural … Read more
NOS | Jeroen van Eijndhoven NOS Nieuws•morgen, 00:01 In one year, 21,000 extra people started working in healthcare. 155,000 employees in the care and welfare sector stopped, and 176,000 were added. A small plus in times of staff shortages in healthcare, where a total of 1.4 million people work. The number of outflows has recently … Read more
ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 02:46 Retailers sold less in the second quarter of this year, but made more turnover. That is entirely the result of price increases, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics. In the second quarter, turnover increased by 6 percent compared to the same period last year. In the same months, retail companies sold … Read more
ANPThe Hague rescue brigade in action in the North Sea NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 02:10 Last year, 105 people in the Netherlands died from drowning. This is evident from figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In total, this concerns 73 residents of the Netherlands and 32 non-residents, such as tourists or temporary employees. The number … Read more
Tim Zuidberg NOS News•morning, 00:07 Every day family or friends in the Netherlands receive the message that someone close to them has died by suicide. Tim Zuidberg (29) experienced this twice, in 2016 and in 2022. Two young men from his group of friends had taken their own lives. “There are so many emotions that … Read more
NOS/Jeroen SchutijserJanno Rook (24) from Bovensmilde has been living with his parents since 2020. NOS News•today, 00:06 Young people later start living on their own. This is evident from new figures from Statistics Netherlands. In 2011, more than half of the so-called young adults were already working when they left the parental home, in 2019 … Read more
Pexels NOS News•morning, 00:00 Cancer and cardiovascular disease are still the most common causes of death in the Netherlands, according to figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Last year there was again excess mortality. 14,500 more people died than expected. The excess mortality is therefore higher than the number of registered corona deaths … Read more
ANPWomen in training to become welders at Gasunie NOS News•today, 00:00 Working less than 35 hours a week is more often the norm for women than for men, and this starts immediately after completing a degree. This is evident from figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), which followed graduates in their first nine years on the … Read more
NOS/Image Works NOS News•today, 01:24 Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 9 percent in the past year compared to 2021. In addition, the so-called Urgenda target to reduce emissions by at least a quarter compared to 1990 has been met. This is evident from an initial estimate by Statistics Netherlands and RIVM/Emission Registration of greenhouse gas … Read more