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Use of Sarco assisted suicide pod “illegal” in the Netherlands
2024年11月29日 · The use of the suicide pod Sarco in the Netherlands would be “socially undesirable” and unlawful, junior social care minister Vicky Maijer (PVV) said this week, following MPs questions in a debate about end-of-life care. Providing the means to help someone to take their own life is against the law in the Netherlands but campaigners from the right to die group Coöperatie Laatste Wil (CLW ...
Storm Conall to hit the northern Netherlands with 130 kph winds
2024年11月27日 · The KNMI weather bureau has upped its warning about storm Conall to amber for the north of the country, saying winds of up to 130 kph are possible in northern coastal areas on Wednesday evening. The storm is likely to blow down trees and cause damage to buildings, particularly roofs, the agency said. The ANWB motoring organisation has also warned drivers to expect long delays and jams in the ...
European Rights Court split on Dutch family reunification cases
2024年12月10日 · The European Court of Human Rights issued two decisions over family reunification involving the Netherlands on Tuesday, siding with Dutch courts in one case but rejecting the conclusion in another. The pair of cases involved requests from Dutch citizens who had family members who were not Dutch and who wanted to move to the Netherlands. In 2015 Usha Kumari, an Indian national, applied to join ...
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Inburgering with Dutch News: how to celebrate Sinterklaas
2024年12月2日 · School surprises. Photo: ANP/ Hollandse Hoogte/ Richard Brocken. Food Food is an important part of Sinterklaas and the giving of speculaas (spiced biscuits, often in the form of the saint) dates back centuries. The sale of Sinterklaas goodies seems to start earlier every year, so make sure to buy your chocolate letters in time or you will find you are left with a choice of S or P (for Sint and ...
Police leak leaves data of 62,000 officers in hands of hackers
2024年9月30日 · Police are continuing to investigate the impact of a data leak last week in which hackers obtained the “work-related contact data of all police officers”. The Dutch national police force employs some 62,000 officers. According to an email sent to staff at the weekend, police chief Janny Knol an “office account” was hacked revealing names, email addresses and phone numbers. How the ...
Budget includes good news for some high-skilled migrants
2024年10月3日 · The new Dutch government’s budget sent a clear message to highly-skilled internationals in the Netherlands: you are still welcome. The surprise decision to reverse a proposed major cut to the 30% ruling has gone down well with employers, tax advisors and internationals themselves. “The biggest news is that what was called the 30% ruling goes back to the old way of calculation for a full ...
Dutch author makes Booker Prize shortlist with The Safekeep
2024年9月17日 · Yael van der Wouden has become the first Dutch author to be included in the prestigious Booker Prize shortlist for her post World War II novel The Safekeep. The book is “a remarkable debut about obsession and loss, set in an isolated Netherlands house,” the judging panel said of the book. “The author draws us into a world as carefully calibrated as a Dutch still-life.” Van der Wouden ...
Eyewitnesses film Maccabi fans causing trouble in Amsterdam
2024年11月10日 · 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.