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It’s been a rollercoaster year for NSC, but after realising that most rollercoaster rides end back down at the bottom, leader Pieter Omtzigt decides to take a break. As budget day draws near, BBB leader Caroline van der Plas threatening to quit after her own party’s agriculture minister unveils plans to buy out farmers. In the most unsurprising news of the year so far, we tell you how much more you’ll be paying for health insurance from January. Amsterdam has a whip-round for the world’s biggest Dutch birthday party, while Groningen’s plans to celebrate the end of gas drilling are undermined by bureaucracy. And the new owners of Scheveningen Pier explain how they aim to make it the pearl of the North Sea once more.

Ophef of the week: CDA youth treasurer implicated in €100k fraud

NOS begins daily news bulletins in easy-to-follow Dutch

Van der Plas sounds alarm as revenue from cigarette sales plummets

News

NSC chief Pieter Omtzigt takes a step back from active politics

Dutch right-wing government to unveil its new policies

Analysis: How Pieter Omtzigt went from political pitbull to Wilders’s lapdog

Dutch far-right calls for border checks, minister backs plan

German border checks are a “panic reaction”, Euregio chief says

Ministry expects health insurance premiums to rise by €10 a month

Children to get measles vaccine six years earlier under new RIVM schedule

Netherlands must do more for people with disabilities, UN report says

Amsterdam has €13 million budget shortfall for its 750th birthday party

Groningen puts gas shutdown celebrations on back burner

Owners plan to revive Scheveningen pier with hotel and conference centre

Sport

Dumfries scrambles point for Oranje in thriller against Germany