ANPPhoto for illustration: a squatted house in Amsterdam It is difficult to understand in times of great housing shortage: houses that are empty for months or sometimes even years. According to Statistics Netherlands, in 2022, 60,000 homes will be vacant for more than a year. Amsterdam has the most vacant homes and is experimenting with … Read more
ANP There is again disagreement within the cabinet about the distribution law. Sources around the coalition report this News hour. The elaboration of the law was to be sent to the House of Representatives by today at the latest, but that deadline has not been met. The VVD would not agree with the way in … Read more
ANPAnjet Daanje receives the Libris Literature Prize 2023 Writer Anjet Daanje has received the Libris Literature Prize for her novel The song of stork and dromedary. Professor and historian Beatrice de Graaf, chairman of the jury, announced the winner tonight in the Felix Meritis culture house in Amsterdam. The jury unanimously chose the “novel of … Read more
ANP Coen Nij Bijvank news editor Coen Nij Bijvank news editor Working ten, twelve or even fourteen hours and then not getting paid overtime. Chefs who chastise you for a mistake. Drug use to cope with the long working days. It is all too common in the hospitality industry, and certainly in top restaurants, says … Read more
News hourGeneral practitioner Marinka van Dijk is struggling to keep her practice running Sonja Pleumeekers news editor Judith Pennarts news reporter Sonja Pleumeekers news editor Judith Pennarts news reporter Quick measures are needed to prevent general practitioner care and district nursing from coming to a standstill. The Council for Public Health and Society (RVS) warns … Read more
ANPMirjam Sterk, CDA deputy in Utrecht It is up to the provinces in the nitrogen dossier. That is what Prime Minister Rutte and Deputy Prime Ministers Kaag and Hoekstra said last night after the days-long crisis consultations in the cabinet. But those provinces say they are bound hand and foot. “Saying that we can get … Read more
News hour today, 4:51 pm•Amended today, 5:15 pm The six nominees for the Libris Literature Prize 2023 have been announced, for best Dutch-language novel of the year. They are the Dutch Anjet Daanje, Oek de Jong, Donald Niedekker and Peter Zantingh and the Flemish Yves Petry and Peter Terrin. The jury, led by historian and … Read more
NOS | Jeroen van Eindhoven They are back from a (temporary) absence: energy contracts whose price is fixed for a long time. Due to the energy crisis, these were hardly available last year, but now that gas prices are falling somewhat, that is slowly starting to change. For the time being, suppliers only offer them … Read more
ANP On Wednesday, February 22, the day after President Vladimir Putin’s big speech, a shocking photo was shared in a Telegram channel of the Russian paramilitary Wagner group. The photo shows dozens of bodies, side by side on the ground, some still in their combat uniforms, others naked, all badly battered. These are all Wagner … Read more
AFP Gambian refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos Saskia Dekkers correspondent Europa Saskia Dekkers correspondent Europa It is the elephant in the European chamber: only twenty percent of all asylum seekers in the EU that have exhausted all legal remedies are returned to their country of origin. The remaining people, eighty percent, roam the … Read more