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March 18, 2026

Day: March 18, 2026

Local elections: what you need to know to decide how to vote
Economy

Local elections: what you need to know to decide how to vote

On March 18, the Netherlands will go to the polls to elect more than 8,000 members for 340...

If you’ve got a vote in Wednesday’s local elections, use it!
Economy

If you’ve got a vote in Wednesday’s local elections, use it!

On Wednesday, the Netherlands goes to the polls to elect 8,554 councillors in 340 local authority areas. Among...

Fewer people classified as heavy or excessive drinkers in NL
Sports

Fewer people classified as heavy or excessive drinkers in NL

Fewer people in the Netherlands are now classed as heavy or excessive drinkers, and their number is now...

The Netherlands goes to the polls to elect 340 local councils
Sports

The Netherlands goes to the polls to elect 340 local councils

Polling stations across the Netherlands are now open for Wednesday’s local elections, in which some 62,000 people are...

Synagogue attackers were probably recruited, minister says
Sports

Synagogue attackers were probably recruited, minister says

Justice minister David van Weel has said there are strong indications that the four teenagers arrested after an...

JA21 leader in Amsterdam assaulted on the street after election debate
Health

JA21 leader in Amsterdam assaulted on the street after election debate

Image Kevin Kreuger - Credit: Gemeente Amsterdam / Gemeente Amsterdam - License: All Rights Reserved Crime Politics Amsterdam...

Netherlands in European top 3 for ketamine use
Health

Netherlands in European top 3 for ketamine use

Image Dutchman caught with two suitcases filled with ecstasy and ketamine in Bad Bentheim in Germany, on the...

Hopes that sunny, warm weather can prevent historically low election turnout
Health

Hopes that sunny, warm weather can prevent historically low election turnout

Image A woman enters a polling station in Amsterdam to vote in the European Parliament election on 6...