The left-wing alliance of GroenLinks-PvdA will support efforts to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP, provided public services such as health and education are protected from budget cuts. Party ...

Five Dutch healthcare unions have handed MPs a petition of more than 15,000 signatures calling to guarantee the future of post-birth maternity care for mother and baby. The kraamzorg maternity care ...

Plans to screen master’s students and researchers working with “sensitive” technologies are unworkable, expensive and risk harming Dutch higher education, universities association UNL said on Tuesday.

Olaf Sleijpen will become president of Dutch central bank DNB on July 1, succeeding Klaas Knot, who held the position for 14 years. Sleijpen, 54, has had a long career at the bank and has served on ...

Regulations to curb nitrogen-based pollution are putting the Netherlands’ military readiness and Nato commitments at risk, according to a confidential report seen by the Telegraaf. The report, by ...

A prolonged period of hot weather is heading for the southern Netherlands, with parts of Limburg and Brabant likely to see a local heatwave starting this weekend, according to forecasts from ...

NSC’s executive committee has endorsed social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum as the party’s next leader following Nicolien van Vroonhoven’s decision to step down before the election in October. Party ...

Children under 15 should avoid social media, and parents are advised to limit their children’s daily screen time, according to new guidelines published by the caretaker government on Tuesday. The ...

The Dutch state pension (AOW) will increase to €1,612.44 gross per month for single pensioners from July 1, a rise of some €30, according to social insurance bank SVB. For couples, the pension will go ...

More beds for asylum seekers have been organised by local councils since legislation to distribute refugees more fairly across the country came into force, but targets are still not being met, ...

More Dutch adults are limiting their alcohol intake in line with official health advice and have cut back on smoking, according to a nationwide lifestyle survey. The 2024 edition of the national ...

This is an article which will try to make enemies of almost everyone I’ve ever worked with, says Luke Staden, founder of Staden Financial Management. When I first came to work in international ...