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WEB2 days ago · First conviction: Man fined €100 for sexually harassing woman on Rotterdam street. 2 October 2024 - 12:28. Business.
Doctors call on government to do more against childhood obesity
WEB11 hours ago · The government is doing too little to combat overweight and obesity in children, health organizations and doctors complain. They believe it is too easy for young people to get hold of unhealthy food and are therefore calling for action.In an urgent letter, the doctors and organizations say fast food is increasingly being sold around schools. …
Almost half of Dutch people are optimistic about the European …
WEB2 days ago · Dutch people are more optimistic about the European Union (EU) than the average EU inhabitant. Almost half of the Dutch people (48 percent) are positive about …
Politics - NL Times
WEBNetherlands again urges Dutch to leave Lebanon as other countries start evacuations. 1 October 2024 - 09:02. Politics.
Netherlands facing another antibiotics shortage as winter …
WEB2 days ago · With winter approaching, medicine wholesalers expect the Netherlands will again face antibiotic shortages. The government said it wanted to build up extra stocks after last winter’s shortages.But so far, little has come of it, the trade association of wholesalers, BG Pharma, told AD.. There isn’t much wholesalers can do without the government, …
Number of expats getting 30% tax cut nearly doubled in five years
WEB2 days ago · The number of expats in the Netherlands who benefit from the 30 percent ruling has increased by around 85 percent in the past five years. The tax cut now costs the Dutch government over 1 billion euros per year, Follow the Money reports based on figures from the Ministry of Finance.. The 30 percent ruling means that knowledge migrants …
Health - NL Times
WEB4 days ago · First health insurance price hike of 2025 confirmed: DSW monthly premium set at €158.50. 24 September 2024 - 09:35. Health.
New Covid-19 variant quickly spreading through NL; …
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Officially, the subvariants are called KP.2, JN.1.7, but to keep things simple, scientists have named the group as a whole the FLiRT variant. The new COVID-19 variant FLiRT is rapidly spreading through …
Wilders hints Dutch coalition will fall if emergency asylum measure …
WEB5 days ago · Dutch far-right political party PVV is continuing to insist that the Cabinet must declare the asylum situation in the Netherlands to be a state of emergency, and use extreme powers to sidestep Parliament and force a much stricter approach to limit the number of asylum seekers coming into the country. Such emergency measures must be …