Unofficial municipal election results are in
Voters in Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen turned out in strong force Wednesday for their respective municipal elections. Hundreds of candidates ...
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Housing, poverty and inclusion: Groningen municipal candidates make their pitches
The worsening housing crisis, access to jobs, and the region’s friendliness to internationals were the central issues at Monday’s municipal ...
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English-language election debate to take place in the Groningen Forum
On Monday February 28, candidates from over a dozen political parties will face each other in a debate on the ...
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Dutch politicians ponder impasse over new government
The Netherlands is well-known for taking its time in creating a new coalition government, and 2021 is no different by ...
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Dutch government coalition talks paused after D66 minister tests positive for Coronavirus
Kasja Ollongren, the outgoing/incoming Interior Minister and Deputy PM, had been working with VVD grandee and upper-house leader Annemarie Jorritsma ...
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Dutch elections 2021: Rutte’s VVD as largest party, Kaag’s D66 the big winner
With most of the Netherlands (apart from Rotterdam) having now tallied their votes, Mark Rutte’s VVD is the largest party, ...
Read morePoll: progressive and pro-European parties set to capture most of Groningen’s student vote
The poll has been conducted amongst students at the RUG by the UKrant The progressive liberal party D66, the new ...
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Groningen chapter of VVD youth calls for COVID-safe pub terrace trial
“Groningen should be first city in the Netherlands to open terraces safely with the use of new technology” The youth-wing ...
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Political parties in Groningen want a debate in the city council about protest squatters
Three political parties in the Groningen city council have decided to ask official questions about the squatters’ action at Heykens ...
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Student association the Hanze Studentenbelangen Vereniging gives sharp criticism of squatters’ action in Groningen and of the “non-acting government”
The Hanze Studentenbelangen Vereniging has distanced itself from a group of students who squatted a building yesterday at the Heykens ...
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