France's 2030 Winter Olympics organising committee has decided to negotiate only with the Netherlands about staging the long-track speed skating at Thialf in Heerenveen. A definitive decision is expected at the end of June.
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.
NS will give 1,000 low-income residents of Amersfoort a free train pass valid for six months, as part of a trial to design a permanent travel pass for people on low incomes.
Around 30 young members of the Jonge Democraten were inside the building when a firework bomb came through the letterbox. No one was injured, but PM Rob Jetten, who leads D66, calls the attack a deliberate act of intimidation.
The Dutch supermarket chain will equip security guards with bodycams in four stores in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, after years of growing aggression against staff. Privacy regulators have previously warned that bodycams in shops are a last resort.
