‘Men who shot Dutch tourists targeted drug boss’
The target of the gunmen who shot and killed a Dutch tourist yesterday in a restaurant in Colombia was believed to be a Brazilian drug criminal. …
Municipality
‘Plan Minister for Construction of Social Rental Housing Unachievable’
Municipalities in the Netherlands need to make more work of social housing. Minister Hugo de Jonge wants the housing stock of municipalities to consist of 30 percent …
Cabinet continues to struggle with asylum reception, hopes set on new ‘coercive law’
The cabinet continues to struggle with the reception of asylum seekers and status holders. In a letter to the House of Representatives there are a few …
Too little money for promised 800 euro energy compensation
The pot of money that municipalities get from the Empire to give poorer families 800 euro energy allowance is ‘almost not sufficient’ to give everyone who …
Senate calls cabinet to stop mega data center Zeewolde
The Senate wants the cabinet to stop the construction of the controversial mega data center of Meta (parent company Facebook) in Zeewolde. A motion to that …
The canvas seems to fall for mega data center Zeewolde
The arrival of the mega data center in Zeewolde has become very uncertain. Minister De Jonge of Housing and Spatial Planning wants to get rid of …
‘The youth care is sick’, and in Lelystad they try to do something about it
From Monday, we will be allowed to vote for the municipal elections. With the war in Ukraine, local issues seem equally far away, but municipalities are …
We want hundreds of thousands of new homes, but who wants them nearby?
The cabinet is pulling out billions to build 100,000 additional homes each year from 2024. But the question is, where should they come? Building plans are already encountering …
Rotterdam stops keeping benefit recipients, is the end of controversial law near?
Can you keep people with benefits or police records from certain districts or streets? Nine cities in the Netherlands do this by applying the so-called Rotterdam …
Corona support package for entrepreneurs will stop on 1 April
Entrepreneurs will no longer be able to use the corona support package from 1 April. The cabinet is calling it quits because the corona measures have expired. …
‘Scrap plans second Kaagbaan Schiphol for housing building’
The plot of land reserved for Schiphols second Kaagbaan must be released for other uses. Thats what D66 finds in the House of Representatives.
MP Boucke: “…
More and more people are voting locally, but does the difference make?
In the municipality of Druten in Gelderland, the locals are the service. The city council counts seven local parties. There is only one councilor from a …
‘Expansion of the electricity network must be faster to achieve energy transition’
According to network manager Tennet, the expansion of the electricity network is far too slow. If it doesn’t go faster, the energy transition is compromised, …
State Supreme Court: Citizen must be given more rights
After the surcharge affair and growing critical, the Council of State (rvs) sees opportunities for improvements. Where in cases that citizens bring against the government now …
Municipalities angry after unveiling about non-compulsory emergency shelter asylum seekers
Municipalities forced by the government to set up emergency shelter for asylum seekers respond unpleasantly surprised to the news that there appears to be no legal …
Blokhuis finds way to give government support to Thialf
It was in question for a while, but Thialf still gets the government support that the House of Representatives had asked for. This is what divorcing …
Ed van Thijn (87), PvdA-coryfee and former mayor of Amsterdam, died
Former PvdA politician Ed van Thijn died at the age of 87 in his hometown of Amsterdam, the city of which he has been mayor for years. …
Thialf seems saved: Parliament majority vote for million euros in support
A majority of the House of Representatives wants the outgoing cabinet to make 1 million euros available once for Thialf skating rink. With the money, the skating …
GroenLinks and PvdA do not want together in largest municipalities
GroenLinks and the PvdA are not taking steps for more far-reaching cooperation in the twenty largest cities. This is evident from a tour of Nieuwsuur. There …
Students with disabilities will receive equal allowance anywhere next year
From 1 April 2022, students with a medical disability will receive the same student allowance everywhere. A majority in the House of Representatives supports an amendment to the …
Fifteen municipalities provide assistance with mortgage arrears faster
Fifteen municipalities will begin a trial in January to help homeowners more quickly who are no longer able to pay their mortgages. Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Arnhem …
Municipality seems to see stadium project: Lets talk about it
The Rotterdam City Council could revive the Feyenoord City project, says Cceit journalist Marcel van der Kraan. Feyenoord pulled the plug on the long-time dormant stadium …
Samos Jungle is deserted, only cats are left
On the mountain side above the town of Vathy on the Greek island of Samos, there is a migrant camp. Theres no more people, just cats. …
Despite urgent call, half of the asylum shelter requested ‘in the picture’
The twelve provinces have not yet succeeded in meeting the urgent call of the cabinet to clear up 100 additional shelters each to relieve the application centre …