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Amsterdam to face traffic chaos in 2025 as events and work clash
Dec 19, 2024 · A combination of large-scale building work and special events will bring traffic around Amsterdam to a standstill next year, the infrastructure ministry’s roads department has warned. One in five cars will have to stay put or Amsterdam will become inaccessible to private vehicles., the ministry said. Planned for next year are work on the rail network and roads as well as events such as the ...
After 10 years in the spotlight, Klaas Dijkhoff is to quit politics at ...
Oct 10, 2020 · Klaas Dijkhoff, current leader of the right-wing Liberal party VVD in parliament and considered by many to be Mark Rutte’s heir apparent, is quitting politics at the March general election. Dijkhoff, 39, told the NRC in an interview he had decided to leave two years ago. Politics, he said, is ‘demanding and addictive’ but it is also ‘lots of talking and meetings’. ‘There is little ...
10 things you need to know about the end of World War II in the ...
May 3, 2015 · The Netherlands celebrates 70 years since the end of World War II on May 5. But, of course, the war did not end in a day. Here’s an overview of the main events leading up to May 5 and beyond. Dolle Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday) On September 4, 1944, Dutch prime minister-in-exile Pieter Gerbrandy broadcast the news that Breda had been liberated. ‘The hour of freedom has struck,’ he proclaimed ...
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Names of Nazi collaborators online from 2025 - DutchNews.nl
Feb 16, 2023 · The names of people who were suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II will become freely available to the public as the digitalisation of the 300,000 names in the special archive begins. The Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (CABR) contains the names of those suspected of having collaborated with the Germans in some form, betrayed fellow citizens, were a member of ...
Eyewitnesses film Maccabi fans causing trouble in Amsterdam
Nov 10, 2024 · Eyewitnesses film Maccabi fans causing trouble in Amsterdam November 10, 2024 The police out in force in Amsterdam on Saturday evening. Photo: Robin Utrecht ANP. Footage has emerged of Thursday night’s violence in Amsterdam which shows a group of Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters close to the city’s main railway station pulling iron pipes from scaffolding to use as weapons.
The Dutch dominate speed skating: what you need to know
Nov 8, 2024 · The Dutch dominate international competition in long track speed skating and it’s no surprise to find the Dutch taking all three medal positions in some events. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happening this weekend? The speed skating season starts with Dutch qualification competition for the World Cup tournament at the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen. The races Riders race on a 400 ...
Dutch women win all seven European speed skating titles
Jan 8, 2024 · Dutch speed skaters again dominated the European speed skating championships in Heerenveen this weekend, picking up 22 of the 42 medals and sweeping the board twice. The Dutch women won all seven golds open to them and the men three. Marijke Groenewoud was queen of the competition with three gold medals, collecting the third on Sunday with a powerful finish in the mass start. Earlier on Sunday ...
Dutch e-bike maker Stella goes bankrupt, shops shut
Nov 9, 2024 · Dutch e-bike maker Stella has gone bust, three days after filing for court protection from creditors, because it can no longer meet its financial obligations. The shops and service points have been closed and curator Frans van Oss has promised to give customers who have paid for a bike but not yet received it clarity by November 15. Several potential buyers have come forward and talks are ...