While most Dutch people do not feel disadvantaged, a “significant minority” does feel that other groups are being unfairly favored over people like themselves, the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) found in a new study. The feeling of being…

Crypto entrepreneur Jean-Louis van der Velde has surpassed Heineken heiress Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken as the richest Dutch person in the world, according to the 30th edition of the Quote 500 - the annual list of the 500 wealthiest Dutch by the business…

The municipality of Rotterdam’s approach to landlords who charge excessively high rents is expensive and ineffective, the Rotterdam Court of Audit concluded. Since the implementation of the Affordable Rent Act in July 2024, the city has only managed to lower…

The Dutch football association KNVB has launched an integrity investigation into the football club ASV De Dijk. Club members accuse the board of fraud and money laundering, Het Parool reports.

The Netherlands will not participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after all. The Dutch public broadcaster NPO has decided to withdraw. Insiders told AD that this was due to significant criticism of the decision to participate with Israel while the…

The world’s wealthiest 0.1 percent, a group of 8 million people, emit more CO2 than nearly half of the global population. One super-rich person contributes nearly 400 times more to the current extreme weather conditions than someone from the poorest 50 percent…

Dutch households held 3.2 billion euros in cryptocurrency through domestic service providers at the end of this June, according to the figures published for the first time by the Dutch Central Bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). This, in turn, accounts for…

Amsterdam plans to increase residential parking permit fees in 2027, with the size of the increase varying per neighborhood. In some areas, monthly costs will more than double, raising questions about how the policy will affect residents and car ownership.…

The Rotterdam court acquitted 37-year-old Jalal O. on Tuesday of a drug lab explosion on Schammenkamp in Rotterdam that killed three people and caused a massive amount of damage early in 2024. There is insufficient evidence to convict O., the court said in…

KLM will not be flying from Amsterdam to Dubai until March 27 due to the war in the Middle East. KLM’s plan was to restart flights this autumn, but this has now been reversed, the airline stated on its website.Flights to Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia…

The woman who was attacked by a leopard is still in critical condition. The operation on the zookeeper went well, but her condition subsequently deteriorated so severely that doctors feared she would not survive. The attack happened on Saturday at Safaripark…

The police released new footage of the suspected perpetrator in the mistaken-identity murder of 30-year-old Jaison Baptista Lopes Sanches on a terrace in Rotterdam in October 2022. The police hope that the footage, combined with a few new details about the…

Dutch shipbuilder Damen plans to eliminate around 225 jobs in the Netherlands, out of a total workforce of 4,000 in the country, trade unions De Unie and CNV said. The company confirmed the restructuring, saying it would make its organization “simpler and…

A dead pilot whale in an advanced state of decomposition washed ashore in Egmond on Monday morning following storm Boelo this weekend and Austen earlier on Friday. So far this year, 12 different cetaceans species have stranded in the Netherlands, which is…

The juvenile court in Den Bosch convicted a 15-year-old boy on Tuesday for threatening a school shooting in March so that he could get the day off. The court sentenced the boy to 40 hours of community service, Omroep Brabant reported.

Dutch DJ Afrojack has shared footage of his backstage encounter with Queen Máxima on Instagram during the Amsterdam Dance Event. Afrojack, whose real name is Nick van de Wall, is seen standing in a room while Maxima is appearing in the doorway. They greet…