Groningen extends deadline for energy assistance
Winter heating assistance through the low-income energy aid package is still available, the municipality of Groningen announced January 4. The ...
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Don’t miss out – Groningen households invited to apply for energy assistance
The municipality of Groningen is encouraging households and individuals to see if they are eligible for the government's low-income assistance ...
Groningen announces additional energy assistance measure
The Netherlands, just like many countries around the world, is facing rising goods and energy prices, inflation and cost of ...
263 victims of the ‘Toeslagenaffaire’ recorded so far in Leeuwarden
The ‘Toeslagenaffaire’ saw the Dutch tax service persecute innocent, mainly dual-national people, for benefit claims they were entitled to Translated ...
Dutch government falls following report into benefit claim affair
Mark Rutte’s third Cabinet was dissolved this morning, two months before the Dutch elections Translated by Thomas Ansell As reported ...
Gemeente Leeuwarden suffers from poverty problem, Groningen has second-highest number of low income families
Around 10 percent of children in Leeuwarden are at risk of poverty, whilst 14 percent of families in Groningen are ...
Unemployment numbers down, but vacancies remain unfilled
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits in the north continues to decline, yet companies are having a hard time ...
No discounts to LF2018 events for benefits recipients
Although there are many free performances and activities Leeuwarden-Fryslân 2018 programme, ticket prices for Capital of Culture year events cannot ...
Unemployment down, jobs up in Friesland
Unemployment continues to decline in Friesland. According to the most recent figures from the Dutch unemployment agency UWV, there were 14,000 ...