Podcast: The You Cannot Vote For Henk Krol Edition
With a week to go until the local elections, we provide a Dutch News crash course in how to vote and find your way through the jungle of local parties. Rob Jetten’s cabinet rules out emergency measures to cut fuel prices, while pressure grows to keep the Groningen gas fields open. Chip manufacturer ASML unveils plans to expand its campus in Eindhoven. The Council of State tells the government to think again on Schiphol flights. And in sport, Max Verstappen hopes to rally in Nuremberg after crashing out in Melbourne.
Ophef of the week: Anti-tourism campaigners flood Amsterdam with fake election posters (De Kanttekening)
Unique house straddling Dutch-Belgian border could be turned into pub (Omroep Brabant)
Water engineers uncover 4,000-year-old burial mound in Drenthe (RTV Drenthe)
Local election news
Housing and safety main issues in local election: poll
Local election watch: city updates, voting aids and debates
Local elections: who can vote and what are the issues?
Other news
Netherlands sends air defence frigate to eastern Mediterranean
Middle East war impact on Dutch economy very uncertain: CPB
Dutch to release one-fifth of their oil reserves as pump prices rise
Motorists heading over the border to Belgium to save on fuel
ASML gets green light for new campus creating 20,000 jobs
Council of State tears up Schiphol flight limit plan
A27 expansion near Utrecht falls foul of nitrogen emissions limits
Former NCTV worker found not guilty of spying for Morocco
Sport
Jeroen Kampschreur wins first Dutch gold medal of Paralympics
Max Verstappen to drive “bucket list” 24-hour race at Nürburgring
Ajax draw Grim conclusion as PSV close in on Eredivisie title
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