Households with a middle income had more money left over in 2023 than four years earlier, while prices rose sharply in the intervening years. This was mainly due to higher wages and effective government measures. However, the differences between households are large. Expenditure on fixed costs rose from 21,000 to over 23,000 euros in four […]
A year after a part of the parking garage of the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein collapsed, the municipality has given permission to clear the debris. The cause of the incident is still unknown. The hospital reports on Monday that the municipality has approved an amended demolition plan submitted by garage owner Primevest. The hospital
Sem Steijn has been elected Player of the Year of the Eredivisie season 2024/2025. The 23-year-old midfielder succeeds PSV striker Luuk de Jong. PSV attacker Renate Jansen won the election for women. Steijn received the honorary award after an impressive Eredivisie season for FC Twente, in which he scored 24 times. The midfielder trumped the
Three new tombs have been discovered at the Dra Abu al-Naga necropolis in Luxor. According to Egyptian archaeologists, these are the tombs of important local officials. The oldest tomb is over 3,500 years old. The archaeologists were able to determine for whom the structures were made based on the hieroglyphs in the tombs. One of
The controversial aid organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was unsuccessful on Monday in distributing the first food packages to the population of Gaza, Israeli media report. Sources within the Israeli army tell news site ynet that there are “operational problems.” The situation will be reviewed again on Tuesday, those same sources report. Other sources tell Israeli
A motorist drove into a crowd in the English city of Liverpool on Monday evening. Tens of thousands of soccer fans are celebrating Liverpool’s national title there. A police spokesperson says that around 7:00 PM (Dutch time) a report came in about a “traffic collision” with “a number of pedestrians.” It is not yet clear
The designer drug 3-MMC, also known as “poes” (pussycat), is becoming increasingly popular in the Netherlands. However, drug testing locations are seeing that this drug also increasingly contains substances other than the actual 3-MMC. And that creates extra risks. “For a number of years, we have seen that 3-MMC is on the rise,” Laura Smit-Rigter
The Public Prosecution Service demanded prison sentences of twelve and sixteen years on Monday against the two men suspected of the death of Tonny ter Horst. The victim was shot dead in 2000. Ter Horst was shot dead on October 9, 2000, at the age of 34 by two fleeing robbers in the Gelderland village
The fourth suspect in the fatal explosion on Tarwekamp in The Hague, following two co-defendants, has expressed regret for his involvement. Mourad B. did so during the second non-substantive hearing of the criminal case. On December 7 last year, the Mariahoeve district of The Hague was startled around 6:15 a.m. by the explosion in a
Spain must prepare for extreme heat, especially inland. In the second half of this week, temperatures could rise to around 40 degrees Celsius. Spain has had a relatively cool and wet period. But according to weather service AEMET, that is now definitively over. On Monday, the mercury rose to 38 degrees Celsius in the Guadalquivir