Princess Laurentien opens European School The Hague
Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands will open the high school building of the European School in The Hague on Friday 1…
Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands will open the high school building of the European School in The Hague on Friday 1…
Busy hallways, full libraries, lively discussions about group assignments and what to do next weekend – student life is flourishing again in the Netherlands….
Last September, Suriname’s president Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi paid an official visit to the Netherlands, the first in more than a decade of tense relations…
New law shakes things up The Balanced Labour Market Act (WAB) was established in 2020 and was intended to increase the position of flex…
Already six months have passed the Dutch national elections in March 2021, and there is still no majority coalition and thus no new cabinet….
As if authored by Kafka himself, foreigners and Dutch nationals returning to the Netherlands have landed in a bureaucratic nightmare. According to Dutch law,…
Demand for vaccination? Ever since corona vaccination has become available for everyone, there have been various instances in which businesses have required their employees…
On July 5, a press event took place at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk in anticipation of the launch of the ESA’s European Robotic Arm…
In an effort to bring up a solution to the housing shortage in the Netherlands, Rabobank has plans to build a total of 12,000…
This July, the Netherlands’ National Programme for the Regional Energy Strategy (NPRES) announced that nearly all the sustainable energy strategies of the 30 separate…
The objective has been set: by 2030, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted must be decreased by 55%. The ultimate end goal is to have no greenhouse gas…
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Hugo de Jonge recently announced that corona testing is free for citizens going on holidays in July and…
Imagine having a mobile app that acts as a vaccination certificate? With nearly two million apps available for download worldwide, the grim age of…
With the Delta variant of Covid-19 looming on the horizon, Dutch pediatricians announced in late June that teenagers aged 12 to 17 should also…
The current student loan system in place in the Netherlands is receiving increasing amounts of criticism for several reasons. Critics claim that the structure…
Like every year, certain changes to the laws and regulations have gone into effect as of 1 July. The biggest changes, that will have…
Though nearly four months have passed since the national election, the formation of a government is still not complete. The three parties at the…
After a long, grueling 15 months, with the last 6 of them feeling the longest, life seems to be returning to normal, and not…
Last month we were all wondering when the rain and low temperatures would stop and give way to the much-awaited spring. It was a…
The scarcity of face masks at the start of the corona crisis in 2020 led to questionable trade practices in order to supply enough…
The Dutch cabinet is planning a one-time injection of 8.5 billion euros into the framework of the National Education Program (NPO). Out of this…
The formation of the new Dutch cabinet continues to be at a stand-still with no viable solutions in immediate sight. Since the mid-March elections,…
Corona virus has changed so much in our lives. For over a year now, things are nothing like they used to be. Needless to…
Despite all the uncertainties about the upcoming summer vacations, the number of bookings for holidays is on the rise in the Netherlands. On travel…
According to recent figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), more women in the Netherlands are now in jobs that pay the highest salaries. CBS, which…
The pandemic also came bearing gifts. One of them is a general decline in rent prices in Amsterdam. On average, in the last year…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a surge in mental health problems in young people has been observed. After extensive research, experts are voicing…
The Netherlands entered its first lockdown on 15 March 2020 – since then, the country has lived and worked under social distancing and gathering…
Festive outdoor grazing at Campina farm with top skater Patrick Roest Today is the official first day of spring. Campina traditionally ushers in the…
KLM recently announced plans to launch a package-travel division, KLM Holidays, to sell vacations directly to consumers. The company will offer travelers packaged vacations…
A person is subject to Dutch tax when that person is a Dutch tax resident. A Dutch tax resident is a person whose life…
On 17 February, the two Ministers of Education Ingrid van Engelshoven and Arie Slob announced extra financial support for the education system. The COVID-19…
When moving to the Netherlands with children, your first plan might be to send your kids to an international school. International schools offer curriculums…
There finally seems to be light at the end of the dark tunnel that is the corona pandemic. The Netherlands commenced vaccinating its citizens…
The most important election in the Netherlands will take place on 15-17 March 2021, where voters will choose the new members of the House…
A coalition of 34 organizations in the Dutch housing and construction industry has put forward an Action Agenda for the building of one million…
On 17 February, the two Ministers of Education Ingrid van Engelshoven and Arie Slob announced extra financial support for the education system. The COVID-19…
Believe it or not, according to the Dutch National Bank (DNB), in 2020 the Dutch managed to hoard an astounding 42 billion euros extra…
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….