The closing of schools leads to major problems
Thinking back to when many of us were adolescents, the news of school closing would have been music to most of our ears. Not…
Thinking back to when many of us were adolescents, the news of school closing would have been music to most of our ears. Not…
Each crisis has its winners and losers and, during this pandemic one clear winner has particularly stood out, as a recent survey has shown:…
In 1992, the Dutch sociologist Henk Becker pigeon-holed four distinctive generations in Dutch society in the late twentieth century: the Pre-War generation (born 1910-1930);…
If a survey was conducted today asking people to choose just one thing that in their opinion is harming our planet the most, it…
With the introduction of the second lockdown in December 2020, several Dutch industries are facing the looming spectre of bankruptcy. Two industries have been…
The year 2020 is one for the history books as it changed many aspects of our lives; the mortgage market was no exception. Never…
A trip to Amsterdam may be a post-COVID dream plan for many visitors, but if they are expecting to engage in some recreational weed…
On 18 January, Lilianne Ploumen became the new leader of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), following the resignation of her predecessor…
On 15 January, two months before the March elections, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the resignation of his cabinet in response to the fallout…
Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews Mr. Jan van Zanen, Mayor of The Hague Former posts: Deputy Mayor of Utrecht (1998-2005); Mayor of Amstelveen (2005-2013); Mayor of…
After a long dispute about her fate, the Cabinet has allowed Buba the circus elephant to stay with the Freiwalds, the famous German-Dutch family…
We have seen people shop for some unusual things during this pandemic. Home cooking and baking became a trend, yeast became high in demand….
A new statement from the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV), which protects the Netherlands from threats that could disrupt society, shows…
By 2020, society is significantly more sensitive to questions of equality and discrimination than ever before. However, the COVID-19 crisis has affected both employers…
ABN Amro has announced that it will cut up to 15 per cent of all jobs, amounting to more than 2,700 jobs, in the…
The expression stating that “there is nothing above Groningen” (er gaat niets boven Groningen) points to both its geographical location and a metaphorical one:…
It’s that time of the year again! But this year “that time of the year” will not be the usual affair. We won’t be…
United Wardrobe, the leading online second-hand clothing platform in the Netherlands, has been taken over by its international competitor Vinted. The world of second-hand…
Moving away from one’s home and family is always difficult; even when it’s one’s own decision. While there is so much to look forward…
Unpluq, a physical-digital key designed to help reduce smartphone addiction, launched on the market by the end of last October. The Dutch startup was…
It’s no surprise that the coming holidays represent one of the busiest seasons ever for PostNL. In preparation for the expected dizzying increase in…
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced everyone to make concessions in daily life. From the economy to social interaction, education and even home life, every…
When Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant asked young Dutch designer Bas Timmer (30) to describe what it felt like to become one of Time Magazine’s…
The drug mafia has penetrated the Rotterdam port. Criminals hide drugs in shipping containers, then break in to retrieve the drugs once the container…
People who test positive for the coronavirus in the second wave appear to have less serious symptoms compared to the people treated during the…
When working from home and online education first arrived as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people felt the change of pace felt…
Higher education students around the country are fed up with the lack of in-classroom education they are being able to take due to corona…
The Female Board Index for 2019 has been published and it shows some progress in the Netherlands. The share of female directors and supervisory…
The old Dutch proverb says: ‘Beter een goede buur dan een verre vriend” [it’s better to have good neighbour than a distant friend]. In…
Vacation is over, summer is just about over, school’s back in session. Yes, autumn is upon us! Though the general call to avoid crowded…
Since Covid-19 seems to be here to stay for the near future at least, a focus on the ‘new normal’ requires us to shift…
There has been an increase in the number of reported Covid-19 infections in the Netherlands. The pandemic is seeing a resurgence not just in…
Perched on the North Sea, one resource the Netherlands has a lot of is wind. Already since the Middle Ages, while other European countries…
Bees are an essential animal for both the ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. Sadly, as a result of human activities, the quantity of bees and…
In recent weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has surged in the Netherlands, with hundreds of new infections discovered daily. While the Dutch have embraced working…
The European Union has a new budget deal. After four days of intense negotiations and lots of political posturing, European leaders in July agreed…
Over the past decades, the Dutch generally considered racism a concept associated with other countries, the United States for example. For a very long…
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, summer 2020 will be very different to what we’re used to. From 15 June, travel restrictions to some countries…
Monitoring of the unborn baby at home every day with a CTG scan. It is possible for pregnant women with a medical indication who…
For over a hundred days now, the coronavirus has been governing the lives of Dutch people, keeping them away from friends and family, closing…
When the Consumers’ Association (Consumentenbond) conducted research on the online privacy of customers of banks in the Netherlands, the findings exposed that many new,…
As the Netherlands is slowly emerging from the worst of its lockdown, some teachers, pupils and parents have been taking stock and looked at…
The first wave of Covid-19 infections is behind us and the Netherlands, as many other countries, is relaxing its corona measures. Now that the…
Lina: Can I register for the Dutch language course? Ahmad Abo Rashed: Of course! Lina: But I can’t attend the classes… Ahmad Abo Rashed:…
The global impact of Covid-19 has been, and still is at this point, far-reaching and all-consuming. However, now that the initial wave of health…
After the driest spring ever recorded, not much rain is expected this summer either, according to reports from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). Warm…
Extraordinary investigation officers (boas) are officers who help the police to supervise local order and safety, such as environmental inspectors, traffic wardens or security…
With the lockdown in the Netherlands, almost every age group and lifestyle in Dutch society has been affected in some way. The elderly in…
Many laboratories around the world have been working round the clock to find an efficient vaccine to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus….
Optimist International School has taken its first steps towards becoming a member of Language Friendly Schools. What is a Language Friendly School? A Language…
Pupils, students, teachers and parents are at home en masse because of the strict corona measures. How do you arrange education? This requires enormous…
When a friend approached Fabian de Leede to see if he could help covert snorkel masks into medical masks through 3D printing, he had…
The novel Coronavirus or Covid-19 is by now the worst pandemic the world has faced in over half a century. After the first cases…
After schools closed due to the Corona pandemic, many schools have lost contact with some of their students, as revealed by the Association of…
Around the world, governments have temporarily closed educational institutions in a coordinated effort to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to UNESCO…
What will the Netherlands, and the world at large, look like ‘post-corona’? Will it be business as usual, out-of-business or business 2.0? In what…
Due to the measures taken amid the corona crisis, on 27 April the Netherlands celebrated king Willem-Alexander’s 53rd birthday at home. The national holiday,…
On 15 March the Dutch government announced a series of regulations intended to slow the spread of Covid-19 in the Netherlands. Many businesses have…
As the corona crisis continues, some of its effects on the Dutch healthcare system have been brought to light. Not only have there been…
By now it’s a familiar sight: members of political party 50Plus fighting between themselves. On 26 April, chairman Geert Dales announced the resignation of…
The risks of spreading Coronavirus has forced Dutch authorities to take the necessary safety precautions in ensuring public health. One of the most far-reaching…
Empty supermarket shelves in recent weeks make it easy to forget that the Netherlands typically has a food waste problem. Recently released data from…
As this edition of the Holland Times went to press, the prevailing advice for safe cycling in the Corona crisis was moving from outdoors…
Not all that long ago, sports fans were faced with difficult choices. In the February issue of the Holland Times, the headline read, “2020:…
As reported earlier in the Holland Times, about 8,500 Dutch parents have been wrongfully accused of childcare allowance fraud by the Belastingdienst (Tax and…
The Netherlands has adopted social distancing en masse since 12 March. The situation has had, and will likely continue to have, a massive economic…
As the corona epidemic is sweeping the world, each affected country deals with the onslaught in its own way. Rather than coordinating and taking…
“Bad news has been overwhelming us, and it makes sense that we are all starting to feel despondent. Nevertheless, there is also good news…
The COVID-19 outbreak, and its development as a pandemic throughout the last few months, has forced governments around the world to advice or enforce…
As hopes for an avoidance of a pandemic scenario across Europe tumbled over the last fortnight, economists have been just as quickly scrambling to…
On 10 March 2020, the largest e-tailer in the world, Amazon, was officially launched in the Netherlands. This meant the final step for the…
On 4 February the Dutch Railways (NS) made the first test trip with its new direct service from Amsterdam to London. The new direct…
As more houses are being built and renovated in the Netherlands, the demand for plumbers is also on the rise. House owners with leaks,…
Edition 31 January, by Seringe S.T. Touray The depoldering of the Hertogin Hedwigepolder will begin early this year, reported Omroep Zeeland in December 2019….
Edition 31 January, by Raphael Perachi Vieira In the last few weeks, several mail bombs and letters containing threats were sent to organisations in…
Edition 31 January, by Louis Gore Langton Maastricht University has reportedly been forced to pay a significant sum to a criminal cyber group after…
Edition 31 January, by Femke van Iperen Dutch ministers want predictable immigration numbers. Others say it’s time to look at the bigger picture. This…
Edition 31 January, by Phoebe Potter Work and income In the field of work and income, most of the changes coming in for 2020…
Edition 27 December, by Juan Ālvarez Umbarila Fewer and fewer ATMs can be found in the streets of the Netherlands these days. The…
Edition 27 December, by Geetanjali Gupta The maximum speed limit of 130km/hour is slated to go down to 100km/hour in the Netherlands from mid-March,…
Edition 27 December, by Sagar Harinarayan Tata Steel Europe plans to cut 3000 jobs during an organization-wide restructuring. The company is embarking upon a…
Edition 27 December, By Stephen Swai An initiative against racism in football stadiums in the Netherlands is expected to be rolled out in January…
Edition 27 December 2019, by Priyanka SharmaThe history The tradition of bonfires at Scheveningen and Duindorp goes as far back as 200 years. In…
Edition 27 December, by Phoebe Potter New statistics have confirmed that women in the Netherlands are still earning less than men. In figures that…
Edition 27 December 2019, by Johannes Visser The Netherlands is facing a serious shortage of cops, nurses and teachers and things are only getting…
Edition 31 October 2019, by Johannes Visser ‘Very serious national measures are needed to counter the high levels of nitrogen emissions within the Netherlands….
Edition 31 October, by Stephen Swai Hundreds of farmersdrove to The Hague by tractor to protest against what they called unfair treatment by the…
Edition 31 October 2019, by Seringe S.T. Touray Derk Wiersum, lawyer of crown witness Nabil B. against infamous cocaine-dealing criminal Ridouan Taghi, was murdered…
Edition 31 October 2019, by Stephen Swai Relief for middle- and high-income groups The total burden on citizens will be reduced by 4.4 billion…
Edition 31 October 2019, by Johannes Visser The city of The Hague last month lost its mayor and two aldermen in very quick succession….
Edition 31 October 2019. by Femke van Iperen Praising words, a royal award and a lot of speculation This September, Marianne Thieme resigned as…
Edition 31 October 2019 Optimist International School had it’s fi rst offi cial evaluation by the Inspectorate of Education which shows the team is…
Edition 31 October 2019 Childcare opens ‘The Pines’ their seventh location in The Hague region. Located on the premises of Tennis Park WW in…
Edition 31 October, by Femke van Iperen First victim of teacher shortage in the Netherlands? This September it was announced that an Amsterdam Montessori…
Edition 31 October 2019, By Lorre Luther On 5 July, various Dutch teachers’ unions sent a letter to Arie Slob, Minister for Elementary and…
Edition 28 June 2019, by Johannes Visser A heroic troublemaker or decorated yet delusional blowhard? The jury is not out on the Dutch ex-commando…
Edition 28 June 2019, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro This summer, a group of biodiversity enthusiasts will attempt to discover new species of wildlife right in…
Edition 28 June 2019, by Lorre Luther A Volkskrant investigation conducted earlier this year revealed that at least 60 Dutch municipalities engage in Wi-…
Edition 28 June, by Stephen Swai Changes in the air It seems that many Dutch people are unaware of how care for the elderly…
Written by Marla Thomson Warning bells are ringing again for the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to address the status of the…
Edition 28 June, by Seringe S.T. Touray While irregular migration continues to be a major topic in Europe and around the world, more than…
Edition 28 June 2019, by Benjamin Roberts While on 6 June 2019, European leaders stood shoulder to shoulder commemorating the 75th anniversary of the…
Edition 28 June 2019, by Femke van Iperen Following nine years of ‘polderen’ between the government and all relevant parties, on 4 June a…
On March 20, the Netherlands witnessed a momentous, record-breaking and greatly influential election. A political earthquake has turned the Dutch Senate into a place…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Bárbara Luque Rain, wind or thunder have never stopped life in the Netherlands, and let’s be honest, there is…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Megan Janicke Groundwater in the Netherlands has dropped to extremely low levels. Now, reports of sagging and sinking homes…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Lorre Luther Every Saturday afternoon, worshipers flock to De Krijtberg, a picturesque Catholic church in the heart of Amsterdam,…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Femke van Iperen ‘Satisfactory to good’ The latest Dutch National Quality Monitor for Childcare report shows a positive picture…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Seringe S.T. Touray “Things are happening at the school which are not good for democracy and for integration,” said…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Femke van Iperen A step in the right direction? Opinions vary. As public concern around plastic and its devastating…
From the moment it received city rights in 1245, Haarlem grew into one of the most important cities in Holland. Today, the city has a…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Johannes Visser On Monday 18 March, the Netherlands went through a day of physical and psychological terror. A man…
Edition 19 April 2019, by Megan Jancike Made-in-Holland electric freight vehicles, known as ‘stints’, will soon make their way back to the Dutch roads….
Edition 8 March 2019, by Stephen Swai Regardless what you might think of him, there is a never dull moment when it comes to…
Edition 8 March 2019, by Stephen Swai According to the results of a study by the Erasmus MC hospital, published in scientific journal PLos…
Edition 8 March, by Lorre Luther Joram van Klaveren, a former member of Geert Wilders’ Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) recently announced his conversion…
Edition 8 March 2019, by Lisette Bosman Source: onlinecasinoground.nl Government budget for 2020 contains tax income from remote gambling Two (online) gambling bills have recently…
Edition 8 March, by by Johannes Visser One name hangs like a dark cloud over Dutch contemporary history, still being written: Srebrenica. It epitomizes…
Edition 8 March 2019, byMegan Janicke Hundreds of asylum-seeking children who were previously denied residency in the Netherlands could now be granted the right…
The results are in! Big 7 Travel, the international travel media company, has announced its ultimate ‘best of’ lists for Amsterdam. The lists range…
Edition 8 March 2019, by Seringe S.T. Touray Every four years, the Provincial Councils of the twelve Dutch provinces elect for the members of…
Edition 8 March, by Bárbara Luque Fuelled by the December protests in France, originally aimed at rising petrol costs, which involved tens of thousands…
Edition 8 March 2019, by Juan Alvarez A National Student Protest for a Better Climate took place on Thursday 7 February in The Hague….
Edition 8 March 2019, by Bárbara Luqe Recently, municipalities have struggled to fill the educational needs of expat children in Dutch schools. Public schools,…
The Netherlands has a problem. Thousands of migrant workers receive unemployment benefits that they are not entitled to. Most of them are Polish seasonal…
Written by Phoebe Potter Illegal Conceived as a shipyard, the ADM – Amsterdamsche Drydock Company NV – has been through a vibrant history. On…
Written by Bárbara Luque Alanís In an attempt to make streets safer for everyone, the Netherlands is now applying legal pressure to combat street…
Edition 1 February, by Marla Thomson Travel by train in Europe is – not surprisingly – on the rise. Local, regional and now international…
Written by Stephen Swai It seems that Groningen Airport Eelde, the Netherlands’ smallest passenger airfi eld, is in trouble following recent bad news. On…
Edition 1 February 2019, by Johannes Visser The Dutch government recently published its expanded blacklist of tax-avoiding countries. Some of the countries on the…
Written by Stephen Swai Whenever there is a crisis, interesting things happen. Take for example the Breunion Boys. This pro-European Union boy band has…
Written by Benjamin Roberts In the last couple of years, the Netherlands has been reminded again of its age-old problem. With a growing population…
Written by Seringe S.T. Touray Autumn was in full swing in The Hague last year, the last residues of summer fading, parks filled with…
Edition 1 February, by Femke van Iperen The continued tensions around the welfare of the large grazing animals inhabiting the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve reached…
Edition 1 February 2019, by Johannes Visser The Netherlands has a new climate agreement. There is just one problem: the green side of the…
Edition 1 February, by Juan Alvarez Less than 20 km away from Eindhoven, in Helmond, an all- Dutch start-up is designing an electric car…
Connor James Murphy (39 years old) living in Amsterdam is missing since January 13th in the early morning (approximately between 1 and 2 o’clock)…
Edition 28 December 2018, by Jeroen Spangenberg Marcel Boekhoorn, a Dutch billionaire, who became rich by the sale of telecom provider Telfort, announced in…
Edition 28 December 2019, by JohannesVisser A force of nature is whirling through Dutch media land. Like a proper media storm, whenever it passes…
Edition 28 December, by Megan Janicke Summer days are already fading into distant memory, but the impact of those record-setting hot and dry months…
Edition 28 December, by Johannes Visser Wisdom comes with age? Not when it comes to politics, it turns out. The Netherlands has a rich…
Edition 28 December, by Johannes Visser The end of the year is nigh and the holidays are around the corner. For New Year’s Eve…
Edition 28 December 2018, by Johannes Visser Talks between employers’ organizations and workers’ unions on a new pension system have crashed, after seven years…
Edition 28 December, by Benjamin Roberts In late November, the director of the Dutch national railways (NS), Roger van Boxtel, announced that NS would…
Edition 28 December, by Lorre Luther After more than 13 years of debate, theDutch government approved a limited burka ban last summer. On June…
Edition 28 December, by Bárbara Luque How crazy do you need to be to enjoy a dive into the freezing North Sea waters in…
Edition 29 November 2019, by Phoebe Potter To add to Eindhoven’s already illustrious record as a city close to the centre of the design…
Edition 29 November 2018, by Femke van Iperen Dutch researchers are gathering data on the migratory routes of birds in order to help mitigate…
Edition 29 November 2018, by Marla Thomson On Monday, October 29, 2019, the IT Campus at Rotterdam’s RDM (Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij or Rotterdam Dry…
Edition 29 November 2018, by Sagar Harinarayan At the moment, Brexit is the biggest source of uncertainty in the European financial sector. In case…
Edition 29 November, by Bárbara Luque There’s no question the Dutch know how to keep their spirits warm in the cold winter days. In…
Written by Stephen Swai It is the end of the road for two hospitals, MC Slotervaart and IJsselmeer Hospitals, after both were declared bankrupt…
Edition 30 September, by Stephen Swai xWith business confidence on its highest level since the end of 2008, companies in the Netherlands are struggling to…
Edition 30 September, by Geetanjali Gupta Imagine dreaming of a big future with a great job and financial freedom, only to realize that it will…
Edition 30 September, by Bárbara Luque Alanís The title of world champion of drugs is not one that the Netherlands wanted. Is it fair to…
The Dutch dividendbelasting (dividend tax) is about to be abolished and the country is up in arms. Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the measure…
Edition 30 September, by Juan Álvarez Umbarila An initiative bill has been proposed in parliament that would allow childcare organizations to refuse unvaccinated children…
Edition 30 September 2018, Johannes Visser He did it again. Eminent agitator Geert Wilders has made a big splash and upset lots of people, while…
Edition 30 September 2018, by Marla Thomson Promises made by the government to Dutch students in 2015, when it abolished the student scholarship grant and…
Edition 30 September 2018, by Femke van Iperen Mayor Halsema ready to tackle overcrowding in Amsterdam nightlife districts The recently-appointed Mayor of Amsterdam Femke…
Edition 30 September 2018, by Jeroen Spangenberg The mayor of the municipality of Laarbeek in Brabant province, Frank van der Meijden, received death threats…
Edition 30 September, by Phoebe Potter With the wealth of interesting and varied locations for events on offer in the Netherlands, wading through these…
Edition 30 October 2018. by Benjamin B. Roberts In today’s aviation industry, it’s a doggy-dog world. With the budget airline Ryanair, a one-way ticket…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Bárbara Luque Alanís Queen Máxima has been working a side job for several years now. Since 2009, apart from…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Juan Álvarez Umbarila Last September, the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations took place in New York. Like…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Lorre Luther On Prinsjesdag 2018, the Dutch government announced an important change in the duration of the 30% tax…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro in cooperation with the Indian Embassy Many hundreds of different nationalities and ages including over 20 Ambassadors…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Phoebe Potter A major new study commissioned by the Dutch Institute for Human Rights has uncovered major flaws in…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Sagar Harinarayan On Thursday 4 October, seven men were detained by police in Arnhem and Weert on suspicion of…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Marla Thomson The Irish budget airline Ryanair announced on October 1 that it would be closing its base at…
Edition 30 October 2018, by Anastasiia Myronenko It has become an essential part of our everyday life. It makes everything easier, faster, more efficient….
Edition 30 October 2018, by Lorre Luthe Last month, fifteen highly-educated refugees from Syria, Uzbekistan, Sudan and elsewhere found themselves back in the classroom….
Edition 30 October 2018, by Femke van Iperen Great possibilities for expats wishing to further their education Known for being the first non-English-speaking country…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Anastasiia Myronenko One of the most powerful existing painkillers, Oxycodone (also known as OxyContin or Oxynorm), was introduced to…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Bárbara Luque Alanís On Monday July 23, the Amsterdam hospital UMC, along with nine other Dutch hospitals, immediately stopped…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Jeroen Spangenberg Getting in shape with professional guidance might be a better idea than trying to lose weight on…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro In collaboration with the Indian Embassy, The Hague One day wellness festival concludes with soul shanti concert…
Edition 30 August, by Lorre Luther After Wilko Siderius moved from Beekbergen to Leeuwarden early in 2018, he attempted to find a local family…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Phoebe Potter A nursing home doctor who performed euthanasia on an incapacitated 74-year-old woman with dementia has been reprimanded…
Edition 30 August, by Stephen Swai According to a study by Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH), loans for homeowners to make their houses more sustainable…
Edition 30 August, by Femke van Iperen Primary school pupils in the Netherlands are facing a shortage of nearly 1300 teachers in the new…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Stephen Swai EBS has won the concession to provide public bus transport for the Haaglanden area, from 25 August…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Johannes Visser Amsterdam has a new mayor. She is the Dutch capital’s first female mayor, and the first from…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Phoebe Potter With all due pomp and celebration for a metro line that has taken more years and more…
Edition 30 August 2018, by Jeroen Spangenberg Globally the temperature is rising, but the Netherlands has far outpaced the global trend at an alarming…
Warning: this article may contain triggers for victims of physical and sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised. Edition 29 May 2018, by Michelle Havard…
Edition 29 May 2018, by Seringe S.T. Touray Business Insider puts the Netherlands in the top ten out of nineteen hottest housing markets in…
Edition 29 May 2018, by Anastasiia Myronenko Equality and tolerance, highly discussed in the media and society, are still concepts that require a lot…
Written by Benjamin Roberts Five years ago, when the Dutch Crown Prince, Willem Alexander ascended the Dutch throne, he became the first king in…
Edition 29 May 2018, by Bárbara Luque The Netherlands has recently acquired a doubtful reputation on Facebook thanks to the numerous messages filled with…
Written by Femke van Iperen No consensus on ‘Oostvaardersplassen´ When the area of the Oostvaardersplassen was created in 1968, and its first large grazers…
Edition 29 May 2018, by Marla Thomson Going back to the weeks and months of the formation of the current Dutch government, the discussion…
Edition 29 May 2018, by Lorre Luther On April 26, 2018, the Dutch House of Representatives debated a proposal that would allow employers to…
Edition 29 May 2018, by Phoebe Potter For Groningers it has been a long time coming. Eric Wiebes’ phone call to Eelco Eikenaar at…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Anastasiia Myronenko Beyond any doubt, childcare has been a highly discussed topic in the Dutch society and Dutch politics…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Phoebe Dodds Unlike its neighbour Germany, in the past few years the Netherlands has embraced consumers’ desire for a…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Tiffany R. Jansen The purpose of the new facility is two-fold: to cater to the needs of Ben &…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Irene Kroezen, coordinator Mediation Bureau. In Europe and worldwide we are counting more and more international relationships. This is…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Hendrik Ike The Dutch coalition government has agreed to inject an extra 1.5 billion euros into the national defence…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Max Oprey Sombre memorials and joyous celebrations will once again sweep the Netherlands across May 4 & 5 as…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Nadine Bujold I wanted to write about my grandfather Florian Patrick Pattenaude who went by the name of Pat…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Bárbara Luque In the last years the Netherlands has suffered from an acute shortage of district nurses, jeopardizing home…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Nanda Jagusiak Her majesty Queen Máxima opened the expertise centre for endometriosis in balance in HMC Bronovo On Thursday…
Edition 26 April 2018, by Johannes Visser On March 21, a little over half of the Dutch electorate took to the polls to vote…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Stephen Swai The Dutch government has appealed against the decision of The Hague District Court on the climate case…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Johannes Visser For those of you non-Dutch readers trying to learn the Dutch language, God bless and good luck….
Edition 28 June 2018, by Femke van Ieperen Equality and inclusion have traditionally played a key role in the Dutch educational system. It is…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Anastasiia Myronenko For immigrants, life often presents a number of intricate situations. The rules are often complicated and can…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Benjamin B. Roberts The loss of a child is the worse grief a person can suffer. However, when the…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Lorre Luther In the last week of May, a judge ruled Volkert van der Graaf, the man who shot…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Geetanjali Gupta It is righty said that “if all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate, but if…
Edition 28 June 2018, byJuan Álvarez Umbarila The Dutch railway network is already one of the busiest in the world. Yet with a booming…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Max Opray Vegetarian food is the next big thing at Dutch festivals, with major events offering more and more…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Phoebe Potter For many, the decision taken by the government at the end of March to stop extracting natural…
By Benjamin B. Roberts If the 1960s Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll generation, Flower Power, and counter culture movement could all be rolled…
Edition 22 March 2018, written by Sagar With its massive successes in the past few years, Netflix has become the leading online television network,…
Edition 22 March, by Hendrik Ike Willem Holleeder is one of the Netherlands most notorious criminals, having earned a national, and indeed international profile…
Written by By Phoebe Dodds When the smoking ban came into place in the Netherlands almost ten years ago, the government offered an alternative…
Edition 22 March 2018, by Femke van Iperen Diversity and resilience in the Bijlmer The eighth edition of The Passion will take place on…
Edition 22 March 2018, by Stephen Swai The opening of the Lelystad Airport has been delayed from April 2019 until sometime in 2020. The…
Edition 22 March 2018, by Bárbara Luque On February 22, European Day of the Victim, the Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker announced new…
Edition 22 March, by Marla Thomson On February 28, the Lower House of the Dutch parliament voted 76 to 69 to abolish the direct…
Editioin 22 March 2018, by Juan Álvarez Umbarila Well, yes and no. Last February 22nd, the House of representatives (the lower house of the…
Edition 22 March 2018, by Johannes Visser Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has a problem on his hands. His liberal VVD (People’s Party for…
Edition 28 December 2017, by Anastasiia Myronenko After long and challenging negotiations between the manufacturer and the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport,…
Edition 28 December, by Benjamin B. Roberts In 2011 an amazing breakthrough was made in HIV research. After a new problem solving game was…
Edition 28 December 2017, by Phoebe Dodds New year, new you, right? If you’re like most people, your new years resolutions will include a…
Edition 28 December 2017, by Johannes Visser One in four people in the Netherlands suffers from a brain disorder. To combat this ‘epidemic’, about…
Edition 28 December 2017, by Stephen Swai With the scarcity of employees in the job market and improved economy, many employers are giving permanent…
Edition 28 December, by Max Opray The owner of a Terneuzen cannabis business that was once the biggest in the Netherlands has been convicted…
Edition 28 December, by Lorre Luther In the last months of 2017 a limited number of passengers flying out of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport had…
Edition 28 December 2018 The British School in The Netherlands hosted its first ever Tedx event and it certainly was a day full of…
Edition 28 December, by Hendrik Ike Last month the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment announced that childcare centres will have to register,…
Edition 28 December, by Johannes Visser The Dutch are world champions in complaining about all that is not right, as well as finding solutions…
Edition 28 December, by Benjamin B. Roberts In the Netherlands, the Dutch national police force is not a mirror image of Dutch society: 22%…
Edition 26 January 2018, by juan Álvarez Umbarila A commonplace amongst expats in the Netherlands is that Dutch food is neither particularly diverse nor…
Edition 26 January, by Benjamin B. Roberts Whoever thought about purchasing a Tesla and was only put off by the short travel radius of only…
Written by By Lorre Luther The first paycheck of 2018 brought welcome news for most employees in the Netherlands— more take home pay. The…
Edition 26 January, by Marla Thomson January 1 of this year saw The Netherlands take its seat at the 2018 session of the United…
Edition 26 January, by Stephen Swai Following the falling number of asylum seekers,The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) is losing…
Edition 26 January 2017, Anastasiia Myronenko Anyone who has ever been in the Netherlands for New Year’s Eve (Oud en Nieuw) has experienced the…
Edition 26 January, by Phoebe Potter Permission from King needed Following a definitive court case in The Hague, companies using the word ‘Royal’ in…
Edition 26 January 2018, by Bárbara Luque On Thursday January 4, drivers from regional carriers around The Netherlands took a stand against their established…
Edition 26 January 2018, by Johannes Visser The Hague – Political newcomer Thiery Baudet has been crowned Dutch Politician of the Year 2017. The controversial…
Edition 30 November 2017, by Juan Álvarez Umbarila Winter has begun. Warm, bright days are now far behind us. In addition to cold temperatures…
Edition 30 November 2018, by Sagar Harinarayan Shift work is very common in jobs based in factories and laboratories. If a manufacturing process in…
Edition 30 November 2017, by Stephan Swai Finally, the Third Rutte Cabinet has rolled out its healthcare plan. The plan, which touches on a…
Edition 30 November 2017, by Marla Thomson After 7 months of meetings, negotiations and compromising the new Dutch Government was finalized on 26 October…
Written by Sagar Harinayan DAF has been selected by the UK’s Department of Transport and Highways England, to participate in a two-year truck platooning…
Edition 28 September, by Sagar Harinayan The dairy industry has always been a major contributor to the flourishing Dutch economy. Large numbers of livestock are…
Edition 28 September 2017, by Benjamin Roberts Last month at the grand opening of Birò’s new showroom, Pex Langenberg, Rotterdam’s municipal council member for mobility,…
Edition 28 September 2017, by Phoebe Dodds Here in Holland, citizens are no strangers to hearing about how lucky they are, from the standard…
Edition 28 September, by Johannes Visser Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte is a man who likes to pride himself on breaking records at record-breaking…
Edition 28 September, byLorre Luther Dutch couples are increasingly turning to registered partnerships when they decide to make their relationship official. In 2016, almost…
Edition 28 September, by Storm Gibbons Dutch public broadcaster BNNVARA has decided not to air a documentary on Groenlinks party leader, Jesse Klaver. The documentary,…
Edition 28 September 2017, by Jeroen Spangenberg This summer news got out that many eggs in the Netherlands contained fi pronil. The scandal is…
Edition 26 October 2017, by Bárbara Luque The Netherlands have a new government with a whopping sixteen new ministers of state. About five of…
Edition 26 October, by Lorre Luther On September 29th of this year, the Botlek bridge near Spijkenisse malfunctioned for the 100th time. Around six o’clock…
Edition 26 October 2017, by Bárbara Luque On October 5, the National Monitor of Student Housing (Landelijke Monitor Studentenhuisvestiging 2017) reported the shortage of…
Edition 26 October, by Johannes Visser “I have to step up, stepping down won’t fix anything.” These were the words of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, fi ve…
Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro interviews the President of EUROJUST, Mrs. Michèle Coninsx In addition to her role of President of Eurojust, Ms. Coninsx is National Member…
Edition 5 September 2017, by Sagar Harinarayan Over the past two years, the Dutch economy has fl ourished. According to RaboResearch, the gross domestic product…
Edition 5 September 2017, by Phoebe Dodds The Netherlands enjoys a good reputation internationally when it comes to healthcare: the country is often favourably compared…
Edition 5 September, by Jeroen Spangenberg The sixth edition of the Amsterdam City Swim will take place on September 3rd. – raising money once again…
\ Edition 5 September 2017, by Storm Gibbons Philip Morris International (PMI), the largest tobacco company outside of China, launched their controversial IQOS ‘heat stick’…
Edition 5 September, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro On Tuesday, 8 August the Peruvian Sail Training Ship, the “Buque Armada Perunana Unión“ arrived at the Port of…
Edition 5 September, by Hanna Fillingham Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, GVB and the NS are all now using gender neutral language Last month, the NS announced…
Edition 5 September 2017, by Benjamin Roberts In the seventeenth century, English tourists visiting the Dutch Republic complained that the country stank like tobacco. Historically,…
Edition 18 May 2017, by Hanna Fillingham The Holland Times looks at the current housing problem in The Netherlands and speaks to young professionals…
Edition 18 May, by Peter Sharpless A year on from the shocking revelation that the tenants of the Waterfront Stage in Rotterdam were suspected…
Edition 18 May 2017, by Cathy Leung The expected ban on beer bikes from the centre of Amsterdam has been pushed back to 1st…
Edition 18 May 2017, by Johannes Visser Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs) may soon be out of town and out of sight. At stake is…
Edition 18 May 2017, by Johannes Visser No white smoke has yet been detected over Binnenhof, the center of power in Dutch politics in…
Edition 18 May 2017, by Megan Yanicke There’s a push in Dutch Parliament to bring communications protections up to date with the way most…
Edition 18 May 2017, by Jeroen Spangenberg Rotterdam has proven its international standing due to its outstanding architecture such as the Erasmus bridge, the…
Edition 20 June 2017, by Jeroen Spangenberg The low lands, Pay-Bas, the country with dikes and dams, the country between England, France and Germany,…
Edition 20 June 2017, by Sagar Harinarayan Imagine: A police officer is on patrol duty. She is driving in a shady neighbourhood, with small…
Edition 20 June 2017, by Manasa Bandaru The number of cargo thefts from trucks in the past year increased significantly in the Netherlands….
Edition 20 June 2017, by Benjamin B. Roberts When demographers and sociologists speak about the growing numbers of Baby Boomers, we are inclined to…
Edition 20June 2017, by Phoebe Dodds Amsterdam is known as a must-see destination to visit before you die, but the flip side of this…
Edition 20 June 2017, by Megan Yanicke A group of entrepreneurs are jumping on a potential new market in the Netherlands: large scale cannabis…
Edition 20 June 2017, by Peter Sharples Reports of child sexual abuse in Dutch football clubs keep rising. So far, four clubs are implicated,…
Edition 20 June 2017, by Johannes Visser It’s not easy being a tax-man in the Netherlands service a taxing affair these days. It’s one…