The Dutch government will require all Dutch passengers and crew of the Hondius to quarantine at home for six weeks once back in the Netherlands. The Andes variant of the hantavirus has been added to the official list of notifiable diseases.
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.
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.
