Housing minister Stef Blok is looking into withdrawing the rule giving approved refugees priority in social housing, he told MPs on Thursday.
Housing minister Stef Blok may withdraw the rule giving approved refugees priority in social housing, he told MPs on Thursday.
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Polish journalist and DutchNews.nl contributor Malgorzata Bos-Karczewska has been awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit for her tireless work in supporting the Polish community in the Netherlands. Congratulations!
Journalist Malgorzata Bos-Karczewska is fascinated by the Delta Works and feels more Dutch than Polish at times.
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Three in four people who choose to die have terminal cancer, but there's been an increase in those choosing to die due to sever psychiatric problems.
There was a 10% rise in the number of euthanasia cases in the Netherlands last year, taking the total to 5,306,
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Former Labour politician and chairman of the Council for Public Administration Jacques Wallage feels that refugees shouldn’t be the victims of the ‘us’ and ‘them’ mentality fostered by politics.
Former Labour politician and chairman of the Council for Public Administration Jacques Wallage feels that refugees shouldn’t be the victims...
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Blockade ends, refugees arrive in the tiny village of Oranje.
Two buses carrying asylum seekers to a holiday camp next to the tiny Drenthe village of Oranje arrived at their...
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    • Lin Ned i hope they are more grateful than the refugees near malden.. they don't like their accommodation, the wood smell of the trees and the lack of a refrigerator.. i thought being safe in a country and receiving food and bed would be enough in an emergency. but they are demanding more. this is not the behaviour of real refugees and this paints a bad picture for the genuine people in need.
    • Jennie Sharpe I might sound very ignorant but I can't understand why it's mostly men? They are escaping the war yet their wives and children are left behind surly if it's that bad all the family should be together.
On the Amsterdam Mamas podcast, they interview one of the Syrian refugees to the Netherlands.
This is not the episode that we thought we would be making just a few short weeks ago.
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Politics, high end art and differing opinions over how (or if) to do restoration on old works are all having an effect on two wedding portraits painted by Rembrandt.
The cultural spat between The Netherlands and France has no winners but the losers will almost certainly be the two...
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The Letter for the King has been translated into English, finally and may also become a TV show.
The books interview: why has it taken so long for The Letter for the King to be translated? The million-selling Dutch children’s author reflects...
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A number of AH To Go stores have self scanners, but now a full-sized store in Amsterdam has them.
Albert Heijn has opened a new supermarket in Amsterdam where customers have to scan their shopping and pay the bill...
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Dutch sand sculptors have taken a childhood fantasy to a new level by creating the world's first real-life "sandcastle hotel", complete with a drawbridge and turrets.
Dutch sand sculptors have taken a childhood fantasy to a new level by creating the world's first real-life "sandcastle hotel", complete with a drawbridge and turrets.
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Without all the water, and the resulting deluge of dairies, the Netherlands might well be filled with short people eating croissants for breakfast.
While researching a book on ‘Why the Dutch are Different’, Ben Coates realised that an amazingly large number of the...
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