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1. Council of State warns against repealing asylum law

   A bill to scrap the law that distributes asylum seekers more evenly across the country’s councils should not go ahead,...

2. Soldaat van Oranje musical closes after almost 16 years

   Soldaat van Oranje, the longest-running musical in the Netherlands, has given its final performance, ending a run of almost 16...

3. Man seriously assaulted after Amersfoort Pride

   A man who attended Pride Amersfoort was seriously assaulted early Saturday morning as he biked along the city’s Heiligenbergerweg around...

4. Potentially toxic “squishy dumplings” taken off store shelves

   Squishy dumplings – those colored stress balls in the shape of Asian dumplings sold in plastic iterations of bamboo steamers...

5. Aid groups abandon efforts around Ter Apel after stabbings

   The Red Cross and the Dutch Council for Refugees (Vluchtelingenwerk) have withdrawn their aid workers from the grounds around the...