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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 · 1h

Netherlands To Supply Ukraine With Spare Parts And Ammunition For F-16s — Jetten - Freedom

The Netherlands will help Ukraine with maintenance, spare parts, and ammunition for ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 1h

U.S. denies asking Netherlands to block Venezuelan opposition leader's return

The United States denies having asked the Netherlands or other countries to block the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from returning to her country. That is “untrue,” said Secretary ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 1h

malwarebytes.com

Another ShinyHunters suspect arrested

The net is tightening around the Shiny Hunters cybercrime group following the reported arrest of a second member.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 1h

Failed asylum seekers who won’t leave will face 6 months in jail amid housing shortage

Failed asylum seekers in the Netherlands who actively obstruct their deportation could soon face up to six months in prison. Asylum Minister Bart van den Brink presented a bill to that effect on Wedne...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 1h

MPs back age verification plan for online adult services ads - DutchNews.nl

Dutch MPs have backed a plan to introduce compulsory age verification for websites advertising sexual services, to protect children from exploitation. An amendment tabled by opposition parties JA21 an...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 1h

Two men traveled from Copenhagen for failed assassination attempts in Amsterdam, Haarlem

The Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects two men of traveling from Copenhagen to the Netherlands to commit assassinations in Amsterdam and Haarlem, it was said during the first preliminary hearing...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 2h

newseu.cgtn.com

Rice idea: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

Rice had never been harvested in the Netherlands – but it may solve a huge problem

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 2h

Researchers Project a 25% Increase in Cancer Diagnoses and Deaths in the Netherlands Over the Next 20 Years

Researchers project that cancer diagnoses and deaths in the Netherlands could increase by about 25% over the next twenty years, mainly due to an ageing and growing population.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 2h

Viral videos of mice at Schiphol spark outrage among travelers

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is currently under intense scrutiny following viral social media videos showing mice openly running around its departure halls. While the airport has historically dealt with...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 2h

Vion eyes Dutch slaughterhouse sale

Vion plans to sell one of its pig slaughterhouses in the Dutch group's domestic market due to declining volumes.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 2h

Dutch government making hybrid heatpumps mandatory from 2029

From 2029, the government will make it mandatory for homeowners replacing their central heating boilers to install a smart hybrid heat pump, Minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan of Housing announced on...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 2h

Dutch museum returns ancient vase to Sicily after provenance investigation

Allard Pierson voluntarily returns 3rd-century B.C. Centuripe pyxis | Anadolu

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

Swedish Patriot missiles to be sent to Poland to bolster NATO's eastern flank

Sweden will send Patriot air-defences and around 100 troops to protect the Rzeszów-Jasionka logistics hub used to route aid to Ukraine. The mission starts on 1 December and will last seven months. #Eu...

Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

EU ruling forces Netherlands to process 140,000 shelved Ukrainian asylum applications

An EU Court of Justice ruling requires the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) to evaluate over 140,000 previously shelved asylum applications from Ukrainian refugees, placing severe ad...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

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Thousands of European Wind, Solar Power Systems Exposed Online: Dutch Researchers

Thousands of administrative systems at wind and solar power parks in Europe are exposed to the internet, potentially giving attackers access to interfaces

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

courthousenews.com

Russia handed $192 million bill for Crimea bank and airport losses

More than a decade after Russia took control of Crimea, Ukrainian bank and airport investors won over $192 million in compensation, with interest stretching back to 2014.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

Skyrocketing number of AI-generated images depicting child sex abuse

The number of AI-generated images of child sexual abuse online is rising rapidly, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warned. This is also happening in the Netherlands, Offlimits told NU.nl.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

Shepherds turn to dogs to defend sheep from wolves on the Veluwe - DutchNews.nl

Shepherds in the Veluwe region have come up with a novel solution to deter wolf attacks by hiring Italian mountain dogs to guard their sheep. Stichting Schapedrift Ermelo, a volunteer organisation tha...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

Amsterdam climate company gets €1 mil. gov’t investment for CO2 project in Iceland

State investor Invest International is providing the Amsterdam climate tech company Skytree with €1 million for the development of a CO2 project in Iceland. The company plans to use the loan to build ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

theguardian.com

‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court

Neighbours say crowds drawn to Fabel Friet are clogging the picturesque canal street and attracting litter, gulls and rats

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

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LNG Tank commissioned at Gate Terminal in Maasvlakte - Container News

The construction and commissioning of a fourth LNG storage tank at Gate Terminal on Maasvlakte has been completed.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

Dutch cabinet to ban phones for the entire school day from 2027

The Dutch cabinet aims to ban mobile phones for the entire school day from January 2027, and proposes new rules on kid-influencers and social media age limits.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

Dutch tax authority will ditch Microsoft 365 in favor of on-premises and open source

It is attempting to reduce its reliance on Microsoft, but it won't cut it off entirely. It'll still rely on tools like Outlook.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

The Government Wants to Combine Buses, Taxis and School Transport to Fight Regional Decline

The government is investing €300 million a year to stop public transport declining in the regions, with ideas including self-driving buses and central booking hubs that combine different transport.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Tesla is browbeating the EU to approve its 'Full Self-Driving' tech. The pressure is working

Tesla is involved in a campaign to secure EU approval for its Full Self-Driving technology. The automaker faces criticism regarding the validity of its safety research and claims. European regulators ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 8h

greenqueen.com.hk

Dutch Consortium to Advance Continuous Precision Fermentation for Alternative Proteins

Dutch public-private partnership EcoFerm Consortium aims to develop continuous precision fermentation technologies to scale up alternative proteins economically.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

euromaidanpress.com

Russia is out to break Ukraine's economy this winter, Jetten says—and the Netherlands will help keep Ukraine's drone-hunting F-16s in the air - Euromaidan Press

Ukraine is finding ammunition for its F-16s “literally all over the world,” Zelenskyy said on 5 October.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cinemas pause Naza screenings ahead of October 7 anniversary - DutchNews.nl

Cinema screenings of the Israeli documentary Naza, which investigates the war on Gaza, is being suspended from most Dutch cinemas from Tuesday until the weekend so that they do not coincide with the c...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bulgarian, Dutch Foreign Ministers Discuss EU Budget, Black Sea Security

Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova held a working lunch on Monday with her Dutch counterpart Tom Berendsen to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, deepening political dialogue, European issues and...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Patients fear shortage of medicinal cannabis when rules change - DutchNews.nl

Patients who rely on medicinal cannabis are worried about supplies running out when the government ends its contract with the only Dutch licensed grower next year. The health ministry is not renewing ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anti-asylum riots fueled by instigators from outside municipality, mayor says

Instigators from outside the municipality likely fueled anti-asylum protests in Opheusden and Kesteren, reported mayor Jan Kottelenberg of the municipality of Neder Betuwe, which covers the towns. Fou...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Russian journalists trying to reach audiences back home from abroad - The World from PRX

Russian journalists living outside of Russia are trying to get news back to their home audiences amid the war in Ukraine.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Booking goes to court to force staff to go to the office - DutchNews.nl

Website Booking.com has asked a court to order its employees to work at least two days a week in the office to settle a long-running internal dispute. The company’s works council has refused to sign o...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alkmaar reaffirms decision to ban Israeli supporters from attending a match against AZ

Away supporters of the Israeli club Hapoel Be’er Sheva will not be welcome at the upcoming football match against AZ in Alkmaar. That emerged Monday evening during a specially requested emergency deba...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unhealthy food outlets dominate Dutch cities, say researchers - DutchNews.nl

The food in 10 major Dutch cities has become less healthy over the past decade, according to new research by Amsterdam UMC. Health executives from the 10 cities have written to health minister Sophie ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New Red Line protest planned for November

In a little over a month, on November 8, another Red Line protest will take place in the Netherlands. Thirteen organizations, including Amnesty International, Oxfam Novib, and Save the Children, want ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Netherlands wants Tata Steel to stay, but demands cleaner steelmaking | Company Business News

The Netherlands wants Tata Steel to retain steelmaking at IJmuiden, but cleaner operations are a condition as talks over up to €2 billion in government aid enter an extended phase.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hackers offer 1 million stolen Flink records to the highest bidder after extortion fails

Cybercriminals are offering stolen personal data from one million customers and over 10,000 employees of the grocery delivery service Flink, RTL reports. The organization, called the LPG Group, report...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

dailydutchnews.nl

Regional transport coordination: 3 self-driving bus trials

The cabinet proposes regional transport coordination and three self-driving bus trials to help residents outside cities reach hospitals and other services.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Less than half of Dutch municipalities reported findings of studies into Nazi loot

Following Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague’s example, 150 other Dutch municipalities launched investigations into the expropriation of Jewish-owned real estate during the Second World War. But only...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

recyclinginternational.com

Smart rare earths processing supports electronics recycler’s global growth • Recycling International

Growing to maturity in just 16 months is possible as Paladin EnviroTech, the new kid on the ITAD and electronics recycling block, has proved. What began

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Large majority of Dutch young people feel unsafe, including 83% of girls and young women

A large majority of Dutch young people feel unsafe in their daily lives, with girls and young women particularly affected, children’s rights organisation KidsRights found in a study involving 1,980 yo...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

renewablesnow.com

Lhyfe to explore green hydrogen supply to Dutch biomethanol facility

France’s Lhyfe (EPA:LHYFE) will assess the potential long-term supply of renewable hydrogen to a Dutch biomethanol production facility developed by sustainable raw materials producer Perpetual Next.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dutch payments company Mollie launches bank transfer service to rival iDEAL and Wero

Payment provider Mollie is introducing a new online payment tool that, according to the FD, is set to compete with iDEAL, Wero, and international players such as Mastercard and Visa. The service, call...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Donor countries may demand back €14.5 million over failed ammo deals

Estonia may have to repay €14.5 million to Denmark and the Netherlands from its own budget, after donor money was used in failed advance payments for ammunition for Ukraine, Postimees reported.

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Study: Aging bridges, locks could cost Netherlands 20 billion euros by 2035

The Netherlands is facing up to 20 billion euros in economic losses by 2035 if it does not add funding and change how it replaces aging bridges and locks, the Economic Institute for the Construction I...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Polymarket goes to court to overturn Dutch gambling ban - DutchNews.nl

US prediction platform Polymarket has gone to court in The Hague to overturn a Dutch ban on its services, arguing that it sells financial products, rather than bets. The company confirmed the case to ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dutch government to completely ban smartphones from schools

The Dutch government wants to ban smartphones from schools, both during lessons and during break times, as part of an approach to protect children better online. This measure should protect them again...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hans Anders to stop selling camera glasses over privacy concerns - DutchNews.nl

Eyewear chain Hans Anders will stop selling Meta camera glasses following demands from privacy advocates concerned about the so-called “pervert glasses”. The devices, the most popular version is sold ...

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Dutch News Feed @featurez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Netherlands has 1,100 fewer bus stops than six years ago

Over the past six years, over 1,100 bus stops have disappeared in the Netherlands, a decrease of nearly 3 percent. There are fewer stops now than in 2020, particularly in the northern provinces and in...

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