Chamber majority: 'Minister, send mpox vaccines to Africa'
Lower House calls for donation of smallpox vaccines to African countries with new variant of mpox virus, but Health Minister Agema wants to stick with current stock of 100,000 vaccines.
Report on working atmosphere at Rotterdam police public: 'Risk to citizens'
Report reveals problems at police team in Rotterdam-Centrum: shortage of personnel, social hardening and lack of diversity create unsafe working atmosphere and possible excessive use of force by officers.
Police find highly lethal drug nitazenes in the Netherlands for the first time
Deadly synthetic drug, nitazene, has been linked to 284 deaths in the UK since last year and is becoming increasingly prevalent in Europe. Recently, a drug bust in the Netherlands revealed that ecstasy pills were actually a powerful nitazene variant, causing concern for police and highlighting the ease of manufacturing and transportation of synthetic drugs.
In Gaza, vaccinating children against polio is a race against time
WHO has developed a plan to vaccinate 640,000 children under 10 years old in Gaza against polio, a highly contagious disease that has recently surfaced in the area. However, due to the ongoing conflict, it is uncertain how successful the vaccinations will be in reaching the target of 90% of children.
Free school meals remain, gift deduction less austerity
'Cabinet reaches agreement on budget: scaled-back expat scheme reversed, lower transfer tax and investment in police. Financial setbacks processed, purchasing power will increase next year.'
Municipalities critical of Faber emergency measure for Ter Apel registration center
The United Dutch Municipalities are surprised that no consultation has taken place for transferring asylum seekers to existing reception locations, when these reception locations are already nearly full, and COA fears that fewer than 2,000 people will be in the application center on Sunday.