Dec 4, 2024 · The border controls that will start next week will by no means be a wall of Koninklijke Marechaussee officers at each of the around 840 border crossings in the Netherlands. Most of these will be unmanned because the Marechaussee simply doesn’t have the staff to deploy, the trade union Marver told the Telegraaf. “I hear strong language from The Hague about stricter controls,” said Sven ...

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Nov 11, 2024 · The Dutch government announced that new border controls aimed at addressing "irregular migration and human trafficking" will start on December 9. The Marechaussee will conduct these checks for a period of six months, confirmed Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber on Monday.Despite the fact that official asylum figures have fallen sharply in recent months, the Cabinet claimed an influx of asylum ...

Nov 19, 2024 · NSC parliamentarians Rosanne Hertzberger and Femke Zeedijk have resigned from the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Interim party leader Nicolien van Vroonhoven announced their resignation after the coalition party’s weekly meeting, saying they cited unrest in the Cabinet last week following riots in Amsterdam.

Dec 13, 2024 · “We are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years,” NATO chief Mark Rutte said about a war a coming war in his first major speech since taking the job. The alliance needs to “shift to a wartime mindset,” he warned. And more Netherlands residents seem to be giving heed and preparing emergency packs.

Nov 25, 2024 · The demonstration against planned cuts to higher education funding concluded in The Hague on November 25, 2024, with organizers estimating around 20,000 participants. Students, staff, and educators from universities and colleges across the Netherlands gathered at Malieveld to voice their opposition to the government's proposed reduction of over one billion euros in funding for higher education ...

Oct 15, 2024 · The police’s call center received multiple reports about the accident in the city center at around 1:00 p.m. on Monday. The woman was walking on Passeerdersgracht when the garbage truck hit her. Multiple emergency services responded to the accident, but it was too late to help the woman.

Dec 23, 2024 · The Dutch public health system is experiencing significant effects from climate change, with rising temperatures, increased UV radiation, and the spread of infectious diseases already taking a measurable toll, according to a report published Monday by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). "Climate change is already worsening health outcomes in the Netherlands ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Collective labor agreement (CLA) wages in the Netherlands increased by 6.9 percent in the third quarter of 2024, the highest quarterly rise since the late 1980s, according to preliminary data from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Employers’ contractual labor costs, which include wages and premiums, rose by 7.0 percent in the same period.