NL Times

08/10/2025

A new vaccine offers better protection against human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cervical cancer and other cancers. The Dutch Health Council therefore advises replacing the current vaccine “to further increase the effectiveness of vaccination.”

07/10/2025

The court in Dordrecht sentenced 22-year-old Mitchell P. from Hellevoetsluis to ten years in prison and involuntary psychiatric treatment (TBS) on Tuesday for the murder of 59-year-old Elise Veldboer from Brielle. P. confessed to stabbing the woman to death on May 30, 2024, in the Ravense Hout recre...

07/10/2025

The Dutch economy risks losing billions of euros as data center expansion comes to a halt, De Telegraaf reported, citing a new ING analysis.

07/10/2025

The seal that was found at an illegal rave in Borgsweer, Groningen, in June is now healthy and will be released into the sea. She will be released into the Wadden Sea on Saturday, according to the Seal Center Pieterburen, which is now based in Lauwersoog.The seal was a newborn when police found her....

07/10/2025

The Dutch Labor Inspectorate has issued fines totaling 432,000 euros to two companies in the Westland region and a temporary employment agency in Poland. One of the companies, an agricultural business, had illegally employed 32 workers through the agency and another Dutch company.The Labor Inspector...

07/10/2025

The parents of a 17-day-old baby who died from malnutrition were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by judges in Den Bosch on Tuesday. The newborn died in February 2024 after being fed a diet comprised primarily of mushrooms. The parents were given a two-year prison sentence, which was suspend...

07/10/2025

07/10/2025

Mei Li Vos of GroenLinks-PvdA has defeated two other candidates to become the new chair of the Eerste Kamer, also known as the Dutch Senate. She replaces Jan Anthonie Bruijn. The VVD member stepped down earlier this month to serve as caretaker Minister of Health.

07/10/2025

Shell, the oil and gas group, announced in its third-quarter update that it will take a $600 million (€513.6 million) write-off on its Rotterdam biofuels plant, a project it has now permanently abandoned.

07/10/2025

The woman and child found killed in an apartment in Terneuzen on Monday evening were a 29-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter. The child’s father is “certainly not a suspect” at this time, a police spokesperson told ANP.The police interviewed the father as a witness. They also interview...

07/10/2025

There is unrest within the VVD party about the upcoming elections and the impending loss they expect the party to suffer, RTL Nieuws reports based on often anonymous conversations VVD members had with the broadcaster’s political reporters. No one wants to get rid of Dilan Yeşilgöz as party leade...

07/10/2025

A Filipino crew member of the Dutch cargo vessel MV Minervagracht has died from injuries sustained in last week’s Houthi attack in the Gulf of Aden, shipping company Spliethoff told NOS on Tuesday.