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Amsterdam wants one of its city districts to join national cannabis cultivation trial

Amsterdam put forward the city district of Amsterdam-Oost to participate in the national experiment to regulate the cannabis supply chain for coffeeshops, the municipality announced on Wednesday.

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Cable car over Amsterdam IJ River could depart from Westerpark area metro station

If a cable car is built over the IJ River in Amsterdam as proposed, it could feasibly depart from the Hemknoop metro station in the Westerpark neighborhood, said Amsterdam Alderman Melanie van der Horst in a letter to city council on Wednesday. The cable car would then stop at Minervahaven before continuing on to Softwareweg, located on the west side of the NDSM-werf in Amsterdam-Noord.

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Four prisoners found dead in Zaanstad prison last month

Four prisoners were found dead in the Zaanstad Judicial Complex last month. Three men took their own lives, and a woman died of natural causes, insiders told NH Nieuws. The four people died in various departments within the Netherland’s largest prison in Westzaan, director Obe Veldman confirmed to the newspaper.

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River Cruising: Why should seniors have all the fun?

Onboard and off the Emerald Luna there's plenty to do for all ages

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River Cruising: Why should seniors have all the fun?

River Cruising: Why should seniors have all the fun?
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1.1 million Netherlands residents alive today experienced Liberation Day

An estimated almost 1.1 million Netherlands residents who are still alive today experienced the liberation in 1945. That amounts to 6.2 percent of the population, according to an ANP analysis of the most recently available Statistics Netherlands population figures for 2022.

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Public welcome at homes of WWII resistance fighters and Jewish people this week

From Saturday, houses in 18 cities can be visited where Jews or members of the resistance lived and worked before, during and just after the Second World War. Stories of the residents are shared in the houses, which look back on the resistance and Jewish life during the war. The memorial program Open Jewish Houses - Houses of Resistance will last until May 5.

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Dutch municipalities increasingly setting demands for which asylum seekers they take in

Dutch municipalities are increasingly setting requirements for which asylum seekers they’re willing to shelter. They’d rather take in women and children, and not single men, unaccompanied children, or people from “safe” countries, NRC reports based on its own research. That’s discrimination based on nationality, age, and gender, experts pointed out to the newspaper.

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Climate activists arrested as police break up protest in Amsterdam city hall

The police ended an Extinction Rebellion protest in Amsterdam city hall on Thursday evening. The authorities asked the climate activists to leave just after 9:00 p.m. About an hour later, the police cleared the hall. Some of the activists left on their own accord; others did not. The police arrested at least five protesters.

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Barlinnie closure: Time running out for Scotland's most notorious jail

Teenager Anthony Joseph Miller’s last words could scarcely have been more gut-wrenching.

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