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Column | As a person – NRC
The highlight yesterday in the Johan Cruijff Arena did not take place during, but after Ajax-FC Twente. Or actually there...
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/s3/static.nrc.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19003644/ANP-527972834.jpg "Trump loses in Romania, but can still win in Poland")
Trump loses in Romania, but can still win in Poland
The pro-European Nicusor then is the surprising winner of the Romanian presidential election. The liberal mayor of Bucharest had 54...
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First ExitPoll points to Pro-European Nicusor as the winner of Romanian presidential elections
The pro-European, central, independent candidate Nicusor, then the Romanian presidential election seems to be winning. This is evident from the...
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Trzaskowski, party member of Tusk, has a slight lead in first election results
The first round of the presidential election in Poland has Rafal Trzaskowski, the current mayor of Warsaw and candidate of...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/data132485381-ff49e9.jpg "Sinner is back and immediately reaches the final in Rome – he takes it against Alcaraz")
Sinner is back and immediately reaches the final in Rome – he takes it against Alcaraz
It could have been a perfect end of a week that was already quite successful for Italian tennis. After Jasmine...
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« The Israeli government couldn’t have done anything better, » says Cidi’s 50-year anniversary
In fact, the information and documentation Israel already existed for fifty years in 2023. But then they did not come...
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Ajax is a leader for six minutes, but then news comes from Rotterdam
The moment that the song is on Sunday in the Johan Cruijff Arena, Francesco Farioli drops down the knees. The...
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For many it is the first time they demonstrate-the Gaza demonstration in The Hague was massive
The red -dressed crowd of crowds started fifteen minutes ago: the Malieveld in The Hague is slowly flowing in the...
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The asylum youngsters who did not go to the Efteling are also not at the fair. ‘Amazing that things are going wrong here in the village so quickly’
Chris (16), butt behind his left ear, black bomber jacket, stands with friends and his little brother in front of...
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Cannes strong but morbid: you laugh at home
No nude or voluminous ball dresses on the red carpet, only five super yachts in the bay and Variety He...
The pooping glasses of Peru help climb the cloud forest – and this biologist helps the bears
In the middle of the spooky cloud forest of Peru, where knotty trunks are covered with ferns and moss and...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/data132455468-0295a6.jpg "Gerard Soeteman was the screenwriter of impressive films about the powerless pursuit of ‘little people’")
Gerard Soeteman was the screenwriter of impressive films about the powerless pursuit of ‘little people’
There will not be many Dutch people who have never heard a rule from Gerard Soeteman. "What kind of treatment...
