FILE - Austria's ski star Marcel Hirscher speaks during a press conference announcing the end of his skiing career in Salzburg, Austria, on Sept. 4, 2019. Eight-time overall World Cup
The average owner-occupied home cost 432,061 euros in the Netherlands in March, 5.4 percent more expensive than in the same month last year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Land Registry reported. Prices rose by 0.7 percent in March compared to February.
Persistent Covid infections in immuno-compromised patients can result in new variants which may be more difficult to combat, a team of Amsterdam UMC researchers had warned. Doctors discovered that the Omikron variant of the virus had mutated 50 times while inside the body of one patient who was 72 years old and suffering from underlying illnesses. He became infected in 2022, was hospitalised and continued to test positive for the virus until he died 613 days later. Doctors said that
The authorities are finding more cocaine laundries in the Netherlands, ranging from smaller facilities in a home to laboratories on an industrial scale. “There are more, and the trend is that they are occasionally larger,” public prosecutor Martin van Nes told EenVandaag. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is concerned about this trend.
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The Netherlands could end on top at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach in 2025 and the Winter Olympics in Milan a year later as retired Austrian skiing champion Marcel Hirscher announces his return to the sport as part of the Dutch team. Hirscher, whose achievements include two gold Olympic gold medals and seven world championships in the slalom and giant slalom categories, said goodbye to competitive skiing five years ago at the age of 30. The Austrian
A change in livery is also set to be met with a new official team name for
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in the Netherlands on a state visit. During his visit, President Tinubu is expected to engage in high-level meetings with Dutch government officials, business leaders, and representatives from various sectors. The discussions are expected to cover a wide range of topics, including trade, investment, security cooperation, and cultural exchange. “President Tinubu will engage in high-level discussions with the […]
One in seven people in the Netherlands go short of food or lack a balanced diet, according to a study compiled for the Red Cross. Some 4% of people said they did not have enough to eat, while 4% did not eat a varied or healthy diet and 6% struggled with both. The figures are almost unchanged since the last survey was carried out three years ago, research bureau Ipsos/I&O said. Food poverty is more common in migrant communities, families
The Disciplinary Board for Healthcare in Den Bosch banned the 55-year-old general practitioner Sebastiaan van P. from Brunssum from ever working as a doctor again. The man had raped several patients, convincing them that his actions were medically necessary.
The parliamentary inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is going to take three years, and it will be 2026 before public hearings are held, it emerged on Wednesday. A budget of over €7 million has been set aside for the inquiry during which prime minister Mark Rutte and former health minister Hugo de Jonge will be heard under oath. If MPs back the revised plan for the inquiry it will start in May. Closed interviews will take
Google will invest 600 million euros to construct a new data center on the industrial estate Westpoort in Groningen. This will be the tech company's fourth data center in the Netherlands, and the company reported that it has invested around 3.8 billion euros in the Netherlands thus far. Google already has a data centre at Eemshaven in Groningen. There are auxiliary facilities at Winschoten and in the west of the city. These complexes are known for using a relatively high amount of electricity.