Former top official Dick Schoof told a parliamentary inquiry committee that the Dutch government failed to adequately reach citizens who were critical of COVID-19 and vaccination policies. He stated that insufficient effort was put into communicating with these groups during the pandemic response.
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service for sexually assaulting two women at a swimming pool in Zandvoort. The court found him guilty of inappropriately touching one victim and pulling down the bikini bottom of another during an incident last year.
The new municipal executive of Beverwijk is set to begin its term after the city council discusses the "Beverwijk in Balans" coalition agreement. Four new aldermen will take office following the formal review of the policy plan.
Migration Minister Bart van den Brink stated that a technical outage in the Eurodac asylum system is not currently causing issues in the Netherlands. While the system for exchanging fingerprint data between EU member states is down, data is still being collected at Ter Apel and will be uploaded once the outage is resolved.
Firefighters are searching for potential victims in the rubble twelve hours after an explosion at Osdorpplein in Amsterdam. Authorities cannot yet rule out further casualties as emergency services have not been able to safely enter the building.