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Mandatory disability insurance could cost freelancers €195 per month

Mandatory disability insurance for self-employed people in the Netherlands will cost a maximum of 195 euros per month, according to a bill outgoing Minister Karien van Gennip of Social Affairs put online for public consultation.

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Dutch-Israeli MP fails background check and will not become Asylum & Migration Minister

PVV parliamentarian Gidi Markuszower will not become the Minister of Asylum and Migration on the expected first Cabinet of Prime Minister Dick Schoof. Markuszower, who is a member of the far-right PVV party, failed the security screening conducted by Dutch civilian intelligence service AIVD. The disclosure about the Tel Aviv-born MP, who was once arrested for illegal possession of weapons, was made by PVV leader Geert Wilders on Thursday evening.

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Dutch EU election turnout hits highest point since 1989, but fewer than half voted

An estimated 46.8 percent of eligible voters in the Netherlands cast a ballot in the 2024 European Parliament elections, according to an exit poll from Ipsos I&O and NOS. Once verified, that will be the highest figure since the 1989 election, when 47.48 percent voted.In the last European election in 2019, about 41.93 percent of the Dutch electorate voted. The total was even lower five years earlier, at 37.32 percent, and in 2009 the turnout was at 36.75 percent.

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Dutch government may have to pay back €12 million to the European Commission

The Netherlands may have to pay 12 million euros in subsidies back to the European Commission. It is regarding money for mobile scanners that Customs uses to check containers at seaports.An investigation is needed to determine the safety of these scanners, which means they could first be put into use after the Brussels deadline. "This leads to the risk that the subsidy granted will have to be paid back," said the Aukje de Vries, the Cabinet member handling the issue.

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Netherlands working on plan to prevent Russian sabotage in the North Sea

Netherlands working on plan to prevent Russian sabotage in the North Sea
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