The North Holland District Court has sentenced 45-year-old Salim B. in absentia to 28 years in prison for orchestrating the 2015 liquidation of Amsterdam criminal Eaneas Lomp in Krommenie. B. was also convicted for planning a failed assassination in Berlin and remains a fugitive after disappearing following his release from a Moroccan prison.
Maurits will be working for indebuurt Amsterdam during this year's King's Day, marking a change from his previous routine of starting the day late after King's Night. He emphasizes that the specific location of the celebration is less important than spending the holiday with friends.
The Jetten cabinet is facing early setbacks and criticism after asylum laws were rejected in the Dutch Senate. Additionally, opposition members have condemned the government's proposed plan for tackling the energy crisis as inadequate.
Columnist Henk Spaan questions who at Ajax was responsible for the departure of a striker now playing for AZ. In his weekly column, Spaan also provides performance ratings for several football players, including Bendeguz Kovacs, Jakob Breum, and Ricardo Pepi.
Dutch singer Gordon and the Rotterdam-based R&B group Re-Play have announced a new musical collaboration. Their upcoming single, titled 'Mi Lobi Yu', is set to be released on May 8th.
The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding the renovation of the central bank's Washington headquarters. This development removes a potential hurdle for the appointment of his successor, Kevin Warsh.