Supermarkets in the Netherlands try to waste as little food as possible each year, especially during the holidays. Fortunately, more and more supermarkets are donating their leftover produce to local food banks, but this also means less supply for the food banks in the long run.
Economic interest over environment and health: new records reveal how the Ministry of Economic Affairs provided million-dollar subsidies to chemical company DuPont in the 1980s while ignoring potential environmental and health problems.
Passengers film the chaotic evacuation after a passenger plane's engine caught fire during landing. Witnesses recount the panic and praise the calm personnel who managed to evacuate them safely.
A tragic accident in a small village has taken the life of a 21-year-old man and left a 19-year-old man seriously injured. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested and the community is in deep mourning.
Code orange and yellow issued for large parts of the Netherlands due to rapidly approaching storm Henk with very heavy wind gusts up to 110 km/hour. Flooding in several areas due to high water levels and measures are being taken to mitigate this.
This year, the Dutch bought 105 million euros worth of fireworks, slightly less than last year. Sales of category F1 fireworks decreased, while sales of category F2 fireworks remained the same. Police confiscated a total of more than 60,000 kilograms of fireworks this year.