The evidence to justify a declaration of a state of emergency around the asylum situation is “not completely finished” after all, Minister of Asylum Marjolein Faber said Tuesday afternoon.

The Netherlands has the best pension system in the world, according to the annual ranking by Mercer and Monash University.

Some said it would never last.

Some said it would never last.

From Switzerland’s Founderful to Italians Founders Fund and the Dutch Operator Fund, a new crop of European VC firms claim to operate as “entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs.” Although it might still be early to call it a trend, Swedish fund Node.vc has now joined this group, with €71 million in funding to deploy into startups across […]

The story of life.

The story of life.

Graffiti that changed the world.

Graffiti that changed the world.

The Oost Brabant court in Den Bosch

Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night. As a kind of apology for the nuisance, Waymo threw an ice cream party in Tung’s building and gave Tung, a software engineer, some promo codes […]

A garbage truck ran over a tourist on Passeerdersgracht in Amsterdam on Monday afternoon. The victim, a 69-year-old woman from the United States, died at the scene.

Meet Storio, a French startup that’s focused on providing smart energy storage for commercial and industrial customers. Founded in 2023, the startup raised a €5 million seed round earlier this year (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) and has signed its first client. Storio believes solar panels have a bright future. But the company […]

More and more Netherlands residents are struggling to combine their work and private life.