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Featurez.com is a Dutch reportage- and documentary production company founded bij Sjoerd de Vries. For over 30 years Sjoerd offers journalistic-, fixer-, and production-services to international TV broadcasters, production houses, newspapers and companies.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Europe stops aid to Sierra Leone over refusal to extradite Dutch drug fugitive Bolle Jos

The European Commission has halted all aid to Sierra Leone over the African country’s refusal to extradite Dutch drug trafficker Jos Leijdekkers, Minister David van Weel of Justice and Security told t...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Netherlands demands hundreds of billions in EU budget cuts - DutchNews.nl

The Dutch government has co-signed a letter to the EU presidency demanding the bloc’s next budget, which is set every seven years, be dramatically scaled back. Prime minister Rob Jetten’s minority coa...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Germany targets money laundering network, Hells Angels in raids including Netherlands

Germany is currently undergoing a large operation against a money laundering network and members of the motorbike gang Hells Angels. Part of the investigation takes place in the Netherlands, Belgium, ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Netherlands “blocked” Machado’s efforts to return to Venezuela - DutchNews.nl

The Dutch government has been accused of blocking the return of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after two flights to Curaçao and Aruba were cancelled on the same day. Both flights we...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Two more suspects arrested for Overasselt fatal shooting

Two men from Amsterdam were arrested on Monday in connection with the fatal shooting in Overasselt on September 1. The suspects are 24 and 25 years old, the police reported. They are suspected of invo...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Dutch Foreign Minister: Russian Disinformation Will Become One Of The Key Challenges During Elections In Europe - Freedom

Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen stated that Russian aggression against Ukraine is ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Iranian regime stepping up pressure on Iranians abroad, including in Netherlands

The Iranian regime is stepping up pressure on Iranians living abroad. This month, it launched a platform urging Iranian citizens to provide information on “enemies of the state” abroad. Iranians in th...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

'It's extraordinary': Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Amsterdam urges health minister to rescue crack treatment study - DutchNews.nl

The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, has called on the government to step in to save an experimental programme to treat crack addicts with a medicine usually prescribed for ADHD. The inspectorate IG...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

ShinyHunters suspect conspired to commit two murders, Dutch police claim

A 24-year-old man, Pepijn van der S., who was arrested on September 15 in Amsterdam on suspicion of being part of the hacking group ShinyHunters, is also suspected of attempting to solicit two murders...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Smart car data risks: Dutch agency warns of spying

Dutch intelligence warns smart car data risks can expose locations and conversations to hackers or state actors. See which safeguards matter

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Netherlands expects to deport failed asylum seekers to third, non-EU country by end 2027

The Netherlands and four other European countries expect to send asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies to a “third country” outside the European Union by the end of next year, a spokesp...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Most major Dutch data centres keep energy usage secret: report - DutchNews.nl

Most data centres in the Netherlands do not make their environmental impact public, which conceals water and electricity usage, according to an investigation by Trouw and Lighthouse Reports. The Nethe...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Utrecht delays FVD committee member’s swearing-in amid far-right ties debate

The swearing-in of a Forum voor Democratie (FVD) member of a committee in Utrecht’s provincial parliament was postponed on Wednesday. Provincial representative Olivia Butterman of the Partij voor de D...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

esmmagazine.com

Dutch Sugar Tax Could Cost Treasury Hundreds of Millions | ESM Magazine

Dutch sugar tax plans could boost cross-border shopping and cost the treasury hundreds of millions, an EFMI study finds.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Appeals court: Dutch firm not liable for injuries to 1980s Iranian mustard-gas victims

The Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that Dutch company, Otjiaha B.V., previously called Melchemie, is not liable for supplying Iraq with mustard gas in the 1980s. Five Iranian nationals have sued the co...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

datacenterdynamics.com

Eurofiber and Delft Networks deploy dark-fiber between Rotterdam and Delft for quantum

The companies have deployed the entanglement-ready dark fiber connecting Delft and Rotterdam in a closed loop configuration

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Mother makes new appeal to bring Insiya home 10 years after Amsterdam girl's abduction

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Insiya Hemani's abduction from her grandmother’s Amsterdam apartment. Her mother, Nadia Rashid, is still fighting to bring her home. Today, she launched a new campa...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Different Dementia Types Respond Differently to Favorite Music

Music therapy may not affect every person with dementia in the same way, and new brain research may help explain why. Scientists in Amsterdam have found that Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dem...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Growing number of Dutch believe hitting wives acceptable: study - DutchNews.nl

More people in the Netherlands believe hitting a wife can be acceptable, according to a long-running survey of Dutch values by the University of Amsterdam and Tilburg University. Just over 84% of thos...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

9 in 10 people on food aid have to skip meals, Dutch Red Cross warns

A Dutch Red Cross survey finds 90% of food aid recipients are skipping meals as energy and fuel costs push 450,000 people into hidden food poverty.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

world-nuclear-news.org

Legislative amendment paves way for continued operation of Borssele

As the Dutch Senate approves an amendment to the Nuclear Energy Act, allowing a possible life extension of the Borssele nuclear power plant beyond 2033, the government said it has reached an agreement...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

Cabinet ready to slash Schiphol flights by 4 pct., overnight flights by 10 pct.

The government will cap Schiphol Airport’s flight movements at 478,000 per year, including a maximum of 27,000 night flights. That is a 4 percent reduction from the current volume of around 499,000 fl...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 5h

dailydutchnews.nl

Cross-Border Fuel Sales Up 20% as Dutch Seek Cheaper Prices

Cross-border fuel sales rise as Dutch drivers seek cheaper options in Belgium and Germany, impacting local stations economically.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Block US sanctions on ICC, EU lawmakers tell Commission

Automatically applying U.S. sanctions “stems from the time when we thought that the Americans were still our friends,” said Dutch lawmaker Dirk Gotink.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dutch police arrest security professional in ShinyHunters investigation | CBC News

A Dutch man whose journey from cybercriminal to reformed security professional was widely covered in the international media has been arrested ‌as part of an investigation into the hacker group ShinyH...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

asiapacificdefencereporter.com

EOS signs LOI with the Netherlands for high-energy laser weapon tech - Asia Pacific Defence Reporter

The Netherlands has signed a letter of intent with Electro Optic Systems (EOS) that covers further work on EOS’ Apollo High Energy Laser Weapon technology, whic...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Netherlands summons Israeli ambassador over removal of diplomats' status

Dutch diplomatic staff in Ramallah given 7 days to leave Israel, according to NOS | Anadolu

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nvidia’s AI Boom Has a Hidden Dependency: One Dutch Company - NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), ASML Holding (NASDAQ:

Nvidia’s AI chip boom ultimately depends on ASML, the only company making the most advanced EUV machines used in chip production.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Utrecht researchers develop new blood test to detect heart disease in women

Researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC) report that they are developing an AI-powered blood test that will be able to detect heart disease in women faster. Many women with heart disease...

Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Legal gambling association taking Meta to court, cites illegal gambling ads on Facebook

The industry group for legal gambling sites is taking Meta to court. The Dutch Online Gambling Operators Association (VNLOK) claims that nine out of 10 gambling advertisements on Facebook come from il...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Budget deal in sight after coalition agree to scrap welfare cuts - DutchNews.nl

Coalition parties D66, CDA and VVD hope to have a deal with the opposition parties finalised by Tuesday evening after talks over the weekend brought progress on the key issues of welfare and wealth ta...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

European Gas Prices Rally on U.S.-Iran Stalemate | OilPrice.com

Dutch TTF gas futures rose about 2% Monday as the U.S.-Iran stalemate keeps Qatari LNG offline and EU storage sits near 71% ahead of winter.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

thenationalnews.com

Israel's relations with Europe in tailspin over West Bank sanctions | The National

Netanyahu's far-right government has retaliated against UK and Netherlands as European allies intensify measures on settlements in occupied West Bank

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Netherlands developing high-energy laser weapon to counter drone swarms

The Netherlands is partnering with Australian defense technology company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) to develop a high-energy laser weapon designed to destroy drones and counter large-scale aerial att...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kosovo's lawmakers slam EU-backed court's war crimes verdicts of rebel leaders from war with Serbia

Kosovo’s lawmakers have unanimously condemned recent war crimes verdicts against four wartime rebel leaders, in a rare act of unity in the Balkan country that has been locked in a political crisis.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Child aged two is euthanised in Netherlands in first case of its kind

An investigation by the Committee for Late-Term Abortion and Termination of Life in Newborns and Children concluded that the doctor had acted with due care

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dutch river cruise stranded as Rhine falls to new record levels - DutchNews.nl

The river Rhine dropped to a new record low level at the weekend at the Dutch-German border, with no sign of fresh rainfall in the days ahead. The river measured 6.1m at Lobith, the point where it flo...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dutch Hospitals Cut Off Patient Access to Records After a Critical Software Flaw

Several Dutch hospitals took systems offline over the weekend, temporarily blocking patients from viewing their records, after a critical vulnerability in critical software was exploited by hackers.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Authors, journalists protest at Facebook headquarters over use of their work to train AI

Authors and journalists are protesting in front of the headquarters of Facebook Nederland on Tuesday against the training of AI models using their work. The action is scheduled just before the start o...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hospitals block access to patients’ records after cyber threat - DutchNews.nl

Some Dutch hospitals denied patients access to their medical records over the weekend because of security issues with the online gateway Citrix. The national cybersecurity centre NCSC advised hospital...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dutch motorists spent €1.5 billion at cheaper German, Belgian pumps

Dutch motorists filled up more often at German and Belgian gas stations in the first half of the year, according to new figures from De Nederlandsche Bank. At Belgian and German gas stations, Dutch ca...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

hydrogenfuelnews.com

Netherlands Lowers Green Hydrogen Electrolyser Capacity Forecast for 2030 amid Cost and Demand Pressures | Hydrogen Fuel News

The Dutch government has cut its 2030 green hydrogen electrolyser forecast to 1.2–1.5 GW from 3–4 GW, citing higher costs, network fees and uncertain demand, marking a shift in strategy.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Market watchdog calls for transparency on AI in price setting - DutchNews.nl

The Dutch consumer markets authority ACM has called for more transparency on the role of AI in setting ticket prices after an investigation found wide discrepancies in the amounts charged for airline ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

More than 46 Dutch drivers arrested in Croatia this year for people smuggling

This year alone, more than 46 Dutch nationals have already been arrested on Croatian soil for suspected people smuggling, after local police kept finding vehicles filled with irregular migrants on the...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Electric trucks are cheaper to operate than diesel in most markets, and offer two-year paybacks in some, new survey finds

Major new study finds that electric trucks are cheaper to operate than diesel counterparts in most markets, with two-year paybacks on offer.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When Sunday Driving Bans Hit The Netherlands In 1973, People Rode Horses On The Highway - Jalopnik

Bicycles, motorized bikes, rollerblades, and even horses were used to transport people when oil embargoes meant nationwide restrictions on driving.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Over 300 Dutch villages have lost their local supermarket since 2012

More than 300 villages in the Netherlands have lost their local supermarket since 2012, as rising costs, changing habits, and the tobacco ban hit small stores.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jetten’s D66 conference speech interrupted by Gaza hecklers - DutchNews.nl

Prime minister Rob Jetten’s speech to his D66 party’s weekend conference was interrupted by hecklers protesting against Israel’s military intervention in Gaza. Jetten was briefly led from the stage by...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Merwede Bridge on the A27 reopens after early finish of weight-cutting work

Work on the Merwede Bridge on the A27 near Gorinchem finished ahead of schedule, Rijkswaterstaat said, so the span opened sooner than planned. It was closed on Thursday evening. The closure had been o...

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