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Members of Parliament reacted with incomprehension to a warning message from the NL-Alert system that was sent to people in Noord-Holland about the severe storm that struck on Wednesday. People were directed to Twitter for news and updates about the storm, while that medium has been inaccessible to people without an account since last weekend.

Planes will not be allowed to land at Schiphol Airport between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. due to anticipated bad weather on Wednesday. The airport expects cancellations and delays "due to a combination of strong wind gusts, rain and poor visibility." KLM already cancelled 207 flights as of Tuesday night. A Schiphol spokesperson said that it will not possible for aircraft to land, which will then have an impact on departing air traffic. She elaborated to say it is due to the flight schedules. When an aircraft cannot arrive at Schiphol, the same aircraft cannot depart later.

The European Union’s Entry-Exit System (EES), which aims to enhance internal security and modernise external border management, will start its operation just a few months from now. The Entry/Exit System (EES) will be an automated system that will be used to register travellers from third countries each time they cross an EU external border, SchengenVisaInfo.com […]

A temporary art installation set up for the commemoration of Keti Koti in Eindhoven has been destroyed, Eindhovens Dagblad reported on Sunday. The individuals responsible for this act have yet to be identified.

NS president Wouter Koolmees hopes that from 2026 a rush-hour charge will apply to train tickets on busy routes, he said in an interview with de Volkskrant. However, Koolmees did not say how much more expensive the tickets should be. "We are still at the beginning of the discussion, also with politics.".

The 4.8% rise excludes season and flexi tickets – these will remain frozen at current prices.

The Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the police are "ready to enforce the laughing gas ban," the OM reported on Saturday. Since January 1 of this year, it has been illegal in the Netherlands to transport, sell, manufacture, or possess laughing gas for recreational use. However, enforcement of this ban has not yet occurred. Last November, the police said they were in favor of a ban, but that a few problems needed to be resolved before enforcement was possible. Among other things, a solution had to be found for the transportation and destruction of seized laughing gas.

Ladies and gentlemen, here in the Oosterpark, on the Museumplein, in Suriname, in the Caribbean part of our Kingdom, or wherever in the world you are tuning in, "Within the city of Amsterdam and its jurisdiction, all men are free, and none are slaves." These are the words of a Dutch legal provision from 1644.

Police, coastguard and ambulance crews were called to Loch Ryan port at around 5.50pm on Saturday.

As violence erupts again on Thursday afternoon, Paris announces it will shut bus and tram services by 21:00 local time.

The proposals would have restricted fishing and other human activities in some coastal areas.

Smoke from wildland fires in Canada traversed the Atlantic Ocean and drifted over European countries including Portugal and Spain.