/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/data130343475-1f7184.jpg "Sick? Watching a little art works better than a fruit basket")
Sick? Watching a little art works better than a fruit basket
"A poem in the morning, and you look at your worries differently." With these words, the writer Adrian van Dis...
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What does NRC think | Minister Faber is getting away with a blunder again
This is the daily commentary from NRC. It contains opinions, interpretations and choices. They are written by a Group of...
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Rockband Muse, Comedian Trevor Noah and singer-songwriter Ane Brun say performances in Turkey
The mass protests in Turkey against the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the popular mayor of Istanbul, are also starting to...
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Health insurance premium will increase by two hundred euros per year due to halving deductible
The health insurance premium will increase by almost 200 euros by 2027 thanks to the halving of the deductible. This...
:format(webp)/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/stripped/data129942788-f6eb0c.jpg "From now on, the Child Protection Board will be prepared for the Hague court")
From now on, the Child Protection Board will be prepared for the Hague court
From 1 May, the Child Protection Board will be prepared in all cases to the court of The Hague. The...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/stripped/data130216819-f91324.jpg "Why wag dogs so much? – NRC")
Why wag dogs so much? – NRC
It is the ultimate happy dog image: the ecstatic crushing when you get home, or if you fill the food...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/03085145/web-0304BINbest.jpg "Meeting about the AZC arrival in Noord-Brabant terminated early after violence and fireworks")
Meeting about the AZC arrival in Noord-Brabant terminated early after violence and fireworks
A meeting about a new asylum seekers' center of up to 192 asylum seekers in the municipality of Best's municipality...
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Some mice have a best friend or girlfriend, learns this movingly beautiful booklet
Mice wash each other. Usually in two or three. A mouse that wants to be washed lies flat on the...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/stripped/data130289503-008f77.jpg "Downhill, the hands loose from the steering wheel … and there comes the fatal ‘speed wobble’")
Downhill, the hands loose from the steering wheel … and there comes the fatal ‘speed wobble’
Take a light cord or just a string, tie a heavy object like a key or sturdy nut and wave...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/data130250571-934d3c.jpg "Raad van State’s decision on pesticides can have national consequences – but the case has not yet exploded")
Raad van State’s decision on pesticides can have national consequences – but the case has not yet exploded
Six years and many inverted flags after the famous nitrogen ruling of 2019 threatens a new hot chemical issue. On...
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‘A big blow to the global economy’: Trading partners respond negatively, stock exchanges undermine
It is not for nothing that President Donald Trump waited on Wednesday until after closing the American stock markets with...
/s3/static.nrc.nl/images/gn4/stripped/data130253780-47f15b.jpg "Why we are called baker but not baker; The background of surnames")
Why we are called baker but not baker; The background of surnames
Since 1998 it has been possible to give children the surname of their mother instead of their father's. Since last...
