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Campus Fryslân in Leeuwarden to hold special ‘local solutions to global problems’ climate adaptation courses

Martini Tower to ring in curfew with centuries-old alarm bell

Groningen-based Chordify app got 73.7 million visitors in 2020

Gemeente Groningen to support struggling sports clubs

US Climate group suggests much of the Netherlands to be a new Atlantis by 2050

The “Toeslagen Affair:” why did the Dutch government resign last week?

Masters of chess: Jorden van Foreest played against world champion Magnus Carlsen

Asylum seekers’ details illegally shared with the police by The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA)

Crystal Meth lab found in old barn in Miedum (Leeuwarden)
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Digital ESNS festival reaches people from ‘124 countries’

The Northern Times’ ESNS 2021 highlights: Thursday and Friday

Drenthe backs subsidies to improve bee and butterfly numbers

The most wonderful time of the year…

NHL Stenden holding online Christmas celebrations for students unable to get home

City Central to host Boxing Day online games night

Groningen’s top restaurants get together and develop gourmet takeaway box

ESN organising Christmas events (online and offline) for Internationals

You are what you eat: gastronomic local delights
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People called ‘Wappie’ (traditional Frisian name) surprised with its new meaning

41st edition of International Film Festival Assen to be completely online

Rolling Stones exhibition in Groninger Museum extended

The show must go on: ESNS music festival starts Wednesday (online)

Drenthe’s two millennia-old horn blowing Boxing Day tradition

NNO and Groninger creatives to pay musical tribute to the city

A Coronavirus-proof Christmas in the North: Get into the holiday spirit despite the lockdown

Sinterklaas: treats, poems, and racist caricatures

Forum Groningen to show film as tribute to footballer Diego Maradona
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From a WhatsApp group to a community: BLOG offers a ready-made social space for Black Ladies in Groningen

Dutch student grades rise during pandemic whilst mental health suffers

New students in Leeuwarden get ‘Coronaproof’ introduction week

King visits Drenthe, ignored by window cleaner

The freshest of threads: send in your designs and become the next sustainable fashion sensation

“We were hoping to start making friends in the summer”

Party at home like a King with Temple this weekend

Heads in copper clouds: a Portuguese wanderer in Friesland

Vlieland football team suffers from serial prankster
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The RUG is one of the Netherlands’ best universities, so why do its teaching staff give such low-grade feedback?

Dutch trousers! Drents-born entrepreneur finds success in Canada with low-price equestrian gear

Could you Meet Your Future in the Digital World? Online career event for Internationals going live in February

The Northern Times’ guide for learning Dutch in the North

From Chile to the USA: Repak in Emmen eyes up the global market

Could you Meet your Future in Energy? Online career event for Internationals in the North

RUG Campus Fryslân and Wetterskip Fryslân team up for climate adaption competition

8,000 new students at Hanze

Fryske Akademy in Leeuwarden to receive EU subsidy for furthering ‘world-citizen’ education
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Central Bureau of Statistics: Inflation of 1.3 percent for last year

Economics

Central Bureau of Statistics: Inflation of 1.3 percent for last year

by Adriana Dancu

January 12, 2021

Prices in the Netherlands have increased by 1.3 percent due to inflation Translated by Adriana Dancu The value of goods ...

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Frisian residents are the happiest in the Netherlands, says CBS

Typical Dutch

Frisian residents are the happiest in the Netherlands, says CBS

by The Northern Times

December 2, 2020

The Dutch national statistics agency has looking into regional differences in happiness between 2013 and 2019 Translated by Thomas Ansell ...

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Dutch Cabinet: no new support for companies that pay bonuses

Economics

One in Twelve households in Friesland live in poverty

by The Northern Times

October 16, 2020

The Province sits fourth in the list of areas with the most poverty in the Netherlands, with the Province of ...

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Dutch economy likely to go into recession following COVID-19 outbreak

Economics

Dutch economy contracts at fastest rate since financial crash of 2009

by The Northern Times

But this time, it’s a single-celled virus causing the problem The Dutch economy shrank at a significant pace in the ...

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Gemeente Leeuwarden suffers from poverty problem, Groningen has second-highest number of low income families

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Gemeente Leeuwarden suffers from poverty problem, Groningen has second-highest number of low income families

by Thomas Ansell

December 10, 2019

Around 10 percent of children in Leeuwarden are at risk of poverty, whilst 14 percent of families in Groningen are ...

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Econ 050: inequality in the Netherlands

September 13, 2019

Welcome to Econ 050: Economics and business that matters to the Netherlands and the world. In each episode, Northern ...

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Northern cities to attract more inhabitants, whilst populations to fall out of town

Economics

Northern cities to attract more inhabitants, whilst populations to fall out of town

by The Northern Times

September 10, 2019

The population in the major northern cities will continue to grow in the coming years. This development will coincide with ...

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Natural green spaces, wetlands replacing agricultural land in the north

by The Northern Times

December 4, 2018

Between 2012 and 2015, the amount of land in many municipalities in the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland dedicated ...

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