Setback for Damen as German navy cancels €18bn frigate contract
Troubled Dutch shipbuilder Damen has suffered a fresh blow after the German government cancelled an €18 billion order...
Day: June 25, 2026
Amsterdam’s “transport hub” for plumbers and painters flops
An Amsterdam experiment to encourage plumbers, painters and other handymen to leave their polluting vans on the edge...
Children “forgotten” in Dutch covid response, inquiry hears
Children were “forgotten” in the Netherlands’ response to the coronavirus pandemic and their rights pushed aside, the parliamentary...
Dutch spent 6% more on healthcare in 2025, bill tops €120bn
The Dutch spent €120 billion on healthcare last year, a rise of 6% on 2024, national statistics agency...
VU university teaching hospital to close, merge into AMC
Amsterdam’s VU university medical centre is to stop operating as a hospital in 2040 and will transfer all...
Warmest June night ever as events cancelled, wildfire risk
The Netherlands has had its warmest June night since records began, and the weather service KNMI said the...
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch use Ozempic to lose weight; Third without prescription
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Rijkswaterstaat extends nationwide heat measures, postpones A12 roadworks
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First euthanasia of terminally ill child confirmed in the Netherlands
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