Climate change, pollution and a growing population are putting the country's drinking water at risk, the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure warns. It wants a binding national strategy and higher prices for heavy users.
Two sweeping asylum bills head for a Senate vote on 21 April. If passed, they would abolish permanent residence permits, restrict family reunification and criminalise undocumented stay: reshaping what it means to settle in the Netherlands.
ABN Amro warns that fixed energy contracts protecting food producers are about to expire, just as the sector remains heavily dependent on natural gas. Meanwhile, the gap between organic and regular food prices has widened sharply.
Europol says criminal gangs across Europe are increasingly recruiting children as young as 13 through Snapchat, Telegram and gaming platforms to carry out shootings, bombings and other contract violence, a phenomenon it calls "violence as a service."
The Dutch cabinet presented its fatbike plan on Friday, including a minimum age, a mandatory helmet for under-18s on all electric bikes, and powers for municipalities to create fatbike-free zones.
