15 October 2026
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Art & culture
Cinemas pause Naza screenings ahead of October 7 anniversary
The Netherlands had its first TV broadcast 75 years ago
Israeli group disrupts Delft screening of Gaza documentary Naza
Golf to a Japanese garden: 13 great things to do in October
Scrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht
Ben Saunders, original winner of The Voice, found dead in lake
Sport
Hadj Moussa sinks Como as Feyenoord claim first CL group win
Alkmaar moves protest against Israeli fans amid safety concerns
PSV punished for missed chances as Leipzig claim narrow CL win
Feyenoord top Eredivisie as AZ left seething over denied penalty
Alkmaar mayor defends ban on Israeli club’s fans at AZ match
Netherlands narrowly beat Serbia in Nations League
Europe
NSC loses last seat in parliament as MEP Dirk Gotink quits party
EU halts aid funds to Sierra Leone over Bolle Jos extradition
Most major Dutch data centres keep energy usage secret: report
Netherlands demands hundreds of billions in EU budget cuts
Cabinet backs EU-wide minimum age for social media
Dutch intelligence service ranked third best in Europe
Society
Former Groningen mayor loses appeal against indecency conviction
Woman, 29, goes missing in Amsterdam on bike with unknown man
Court orders government to enforce rules on docking pigs’ tails
Privacy campaigners to ask court to ban sale of Meta AI glasses
Veilig Thuis asks for €70m as domestic abuse reports mount
One-way traffic on IJssel river lifted but “drought is not over”
Politics
Internationals lose right to IND payouts under new asylum law
Van Essen dismisses farmers’ alternative nitrogen emissions plan
Jetten attacks Trump’s diesel deal as “unwise” and pointless
Auditors: €9.5bn needed to put roads and railways on war footing
VeiligThuis denied plea for extra funding for domestic abuse
Senate votes to axe penalty payments for asylum applicants
Health
Two-thirds of women in NL feel unheard by healthcare workers
NL’s only legal medicinal cannabis grower goes bust
Cancer diagnoses set to rise by almost a quarter by 2045
Patients fear shortage of medicinal cannabis when rules change
Unhealthy food outlets dominate Dutch cities, say researchers
Fines for “advertising” slimming drugs triggered by competitor
Housing
Utrecht weighs tougher measures on landlords after lack of fines
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Buyers get more room to negotiate as housing supply grows
Rampant mortgage fraud used by gangs to buy up homes around NL
Five things every first-time buyer in the Netherlands must know
House price growth slows to 3.3%, transactions fall
Education
School textbooks overpriced and poor quality, watchdog warns
Education cuts loom if talks with unions on welfare reforms fail
Amsterdam university bans laptops and mobiles from lecture hall
More Dutch students studying abroad, Spain most popular choice
Far-right party school research was misleading, experts say
