Despite claims that expats with unlimited budgets are driving up rents and house prices, many earn so little they would qualify for social housing it if was available, according to the results of a new survey by the International Community Advisory Platform. While 43% of the 1,668 survey respondents said they had gross household income of more than €5,000 a month, 25% had an income of less than €3,000 a month – which means they are entitled to live in...

Police intervened to close down illegal gatherings at a string of locations across the country this weekend, as people broke the rule allowing no more than two adults to come together outside. In Veen, in Brabant, groups of youngsters again set cars on fire and lit fireworks in the third night of disturbances in a row. The gathering took place despite warnings from the local mayor, who urged people to ‘be sensible’ and avoid police intervention. In Uddel in Gelderland,...

Counting down to the new year with ten people in one’s living room is considered an offense this year. That is reason enough for the police to check people’s homes on New Year’s Eve, according to Wilbert Paulissen, police chief of Oost-Brabant. “Officers have really not been ordered to verbally apprehend people who congratulate each other on the street on New Year’s Eve. We are also not going to try to take all fireworks away,” says Paulissen. According to him, the police will deploy their…

Ferry services between Britain and the Netherlands were closed to all but freight travel on Sunday evening, as the UK was virtually cut off from mainland Europe following an outbreak of a more infectious form of coronavirus. Ferries to Vlaardingen, Hoek van Holland and IJmuiden were limited to lorries and their drivers only, and there were reports that some ordinary passengers had been removed from ferries in the UK before they were allowed to sail. ‘The cabinet is aware of...

AMSTERDAM UPDATE! So many updates for you all today! 😁 As stated above, our Amsterdam store will be coming under Kelly’s Management in…” • Dec 17, 2020 at 2:17pm UT