Author: NLtimes.nl

Utrecht’s city council made plans to increase the city’s population to 440 thousand inhabitants by 2040. In 2021, there were slightly more than 359 thousand people living in Utrecht.

After struggling under coronavirus-related alcohol restrictions last year, Heineken was making profits again in the first half of this year.

The Alliance of Event Builders said they are “disappointed and sad” but can comprehend the government’s decision to limit the maximum capacity of one-day festivals to 750 visitors until September 1

All seafarers in the port of Rotterdam can get vaccinated against the coronavirus from Monday.

There will be a silent march in Rotterdam on Tuesday for the 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to deat

Sifan Hassan won gold for the Netherlands on Monday in the five-thousand-meter run in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Hassan finished first with a time of 14.35,79.

The number of coronavirus patients in Dutch hospitals rose to 719 on Monday, the highest number since June 11.

While many in the Netherlands are experiencing the summer as too wet and somewhat on the cold side, this is actually what summers in the country look like on average, Buienradar meteorologist Willi

Netherlands residents who get the Janssen vaccine against Covid-19 will have to wait four weeks until they will be considered fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday.

Small one-day outdoor festivals will be possible again from August 14, under strict conditions, the caretaker Dutch cabinet decided on Monday.

As of Monday, Dutch people can apply for a new model identity card, which includes fingerprints on the chip and a QR code with the citizen service number (BSN) on the back.

Telecom company Delta is pushing 2 billion euros into installing fiber optics in the Netherlands.

Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan placed for the 1,500 meters semi-finals at the Tokyo Games in a spectacular fashion.

Lawyers Peter Schouten and Onno de Jong, who are representing key witness Nabil B.

Former professional football player Jerge Hoefdraad was shot at a party in a commercial building in Amsterdam on Sunday morning, sources told De Telegraaf.

All Netherlands residents aged 18 or older who have an appointment for their second Covid-19 vaccination in the second half of August or later, can bring that appointment forward by one week from t

The coronavirus pandemic and the social restrictions that came with it resulted in a decrease in most forms of crime in the Netherlands. But the number of murders were unaffected.

The cabinet will discuss on Monday how to continue with one-day festivals after August 13.

A 50-year-old man from Den Bosch was killed in a collision with two cars on Sunday morning. The driver of the other vehicle, a 43-year-old man from Geldrop, fled the scene.

The total number of Covid-19 patients in hospital rose for the 19th day in a row on Sunday. At the same time, the number of new patient admissions fell to a ten-day low.

The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna raised the prices for their Covid-19 vaccines in a deal with the EU, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The Netherlands will likely remain red on the European coronavirus map for one week longer, AD reported.

A seven-month-old baby was admitted to hospital with serious injuries on Wednesday in Harderwijk. The father of the child was arrested on Sunday.

Five people, including one police officer, were taken into custody for stealing 46 heavy weapons from the home of former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, local media reported on Saturday.

A driver from France ended up on the tramlines near the Mr.Visserplein in Amsterdam on Friday evening, police reported on social media under the headline “Olympic record”.

An eleven-year-old Syrian girl was found without any guardians by the NS employees on Saturday evening.

Sailor Marit Bouwmeester came in third at the Laser Radial on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics Games. It was not the first Olympic medal for the 33-year-old.

The remedy to the housing shortage in the Netherlands has long been to build more houses, but according to the research center, Platform31 the solution also lies in moving people to already constru

Starting on Saturday, stricter coronavirus measures apply for travelers from the Netherlands to Germany.

Multiple shootings took place during the early Saturday morning hours in Rotterdam. The first incident took place around 1:50 a.m. when shots were fired at a car on the Rose-Spoorstraat.

More students passed their final exams this year than before the pandemic, despite having to move from classrooms to their bedrooms or kitchen tables for much of the school year.

Workers have taken on more unpaid labor during the coronavirus crisis than they did in the years prior.

The Dutch Cancer Societ, known as KWF, offered their knowledge and support to the residents living near the Tata Steel location in IJmuiden.

A 90 percent chance of thunderstorms was predicted for Sunday by meteorological office KNMI. A code yellow was anticipated due to the possibility of heavy rainfall.

New daily coronavirus infections fell below three thousand on Saturday for the first time since July 6.

Many members of the LGBTQI+ community no longer see the Netherlands as the leading example of their acceptance.

The RIVM announced on Saturday they will be doubling their efforts to trace the coronavirus in the sewer system.

Delays on the national railway network due to staff shortages were expected by ProRail to last until October 1.

Beauty vlogger and makeup artist Nikkie de Jager from Uden announced she will pay ten thousand dollars, around 8,400 euros, for the gender reassignment surgery of one of her Instagram followers fro

The European banking sector achieved a higher score than three years ago in the 2021 EU stress test by the European Banking Authority (EBA) , despite the coronavirus crisis.

The 16-year-old Ajax player Noah Gesser and his 18-year-old brother died in a crash on Friday that occurred around 7:45 p.m. in IJsselstein.

A Dutch robot arm designed to assist astronauts in outer space was attached this week to the international space station ISS the NASA confirmed on Thursday.

The advice Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave during a press conference mid-July to refresh the air at home for 15 minutes every day was insufficient, university

Saturday will be the busiest day of the year on European highways, the Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB announced.

After a slow start in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo last week, with a number of promising athletes having to sit out the Games due to a positive coronavirus test, the Netherlands sho

An online meeting of the city council of Gennep, Limburg on July 19, council member Anieta Janssen was mostly unseen as she had apparently fallen asleep during the remote nighttime meeting.

Showers from Friday night will likely continue on Saturday morning, meteorological office KNMI announced. Rain in the north can develop into thunderstorms.

Dutch municipalities want to experiment with a new ballot paper that is easier and faster to count, and can also be counted electronically.

The police discovered a massive crystal meth lab in the Limburg town of Nederweert during the early hours of Friday morning.

Hospitals in the Netherlands recorded the lowest number of new hospitalizations for the treatment of Covid-19 in a week.