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Over the centuries, windmills built to drain peatland for agriculture have been causing the ground to steadily sink. I's unclear who's in charge of fixing the problem.

More pig farmers have signed up to close down their businesses than there is government subsidy to help them, sources have told the Financieele Dagblad. 

It’s not all windmills, bicycles and canals. Known for its open culture, driven work ethic and the fastest broadband speed in Europe, the Netherlands is a haven for startups. Ranked at no.

Les poulets et les poussins ont été les principales victimes en 2019.

As we start a new decade, how did the Netherlands fare in the last one? Statistics Netherlands has the answer for us.

La Cour suprême des Pays-Bas a confirmé vendredi un jugement obligeant l'État néerlandais à renforcer ses mesures de réduction d'émissions de gaz à effet de serre d'au moins 25 % d'ici 2021

Protesting farmers will not block supermarkets' distribution centers on Wednesday, the lawyer representing action group Farmers Defense Force (FDF) promised in court on Monday in summary proceedings filed by supermarket chains' organization CBL. According to the lawyer, the FDF never planned to block distribution centers and cause supermarkets to have empty shelves the week before Christmas, NOS reports.

The low-lying country has centuries of experience managing water. Now climate change is threatening to flood it completely.

Rotterdam council wants to slash the number of fast food outlets in the city as part of a package of measures to combat child and adult obesity and improve the general health of its residents. 

Dans la ville de Zwolle aux Pays-Bas, un incubateur lauréat d'un prix européen et axé sur le développement durable fait pousser des start-up en encourageant des dirigeants d'entreprise à développer l'activité dont ils rêvent dans les bioplastiques.

During the 2019 Smart City Expo in Barcelona, the City of Rotterdam and the developer, Lightwell, launched the CENT-R, a multifunctional and modular unit that is set to become the standard platform for all smart city applications in the Netherlands’ second largest city.  

Organisers of the go-slow demonstration say a better beef price is needed to sustain rural Ireland.

If substantial investment is not made into climate-proofing the Dutch rail network, the consequences will be felt in the form of more rail traffic disruptions in the near future, according to ProRail. Especially extreme heat and heavy rain can cause problems, Onno Hazelaar and Stefan Jak of ProRail said to Trouw.

Le Pays-Bas est le deuxième pays exportateur mondial de produits agricoles, grâce à des kilomètres de serres. Nos équipes ont pu visiter ces installations spectaculaires, mais peu écologiques.

La ville d’Utrecht s’est dotée d’abribus végétaux pour offrir un refuge aux abeilles et permettre le développement de la biodiversité en milieu urbain.

The Dutch population is expected to continue growing in the coming decades, largely due to immigration. In 2024 the population of the Netherlands is expected to cross the 18 million mark. The 19 million residents milestone will likely follow in 2039. By 2060, the Netherlands will count nearly 19.6 million residents, according to the latest forecast by Statistic Netherlands.

A package of urgent measures to reduce the level of nitrogen emissions and ground contamination was approved during a Tuesday night vote by senators in the Eerste Kamer, the upper house of Dutch parliament. The bill allows for tighter nitrogen regulations on construction projects, the reduction of nitrogen emissions from livestock, and the accelerated improvement and restoration of Natura 2000 nature sites.

Almost one in five samples of fruit and veg in Dutch shops contains remnants of hormone disrupting chemicals despite EC rules, an investigation by food watchdog NVWA has found. 

A l'heure où le réchauffement climatique complique la lutte contre les risques d'inondations aux Pays-Bas, dont environ un tiers de la surface se trouve en dessous du niveau de l'eau.

Aux Pays-Bas, une enseigne de supermarché propose désormais à ses clients des "caisses tranquilles" pour ceux qui ont le temps.

In 2018, Dutch cocoa bean imports stood at 1.1 billion kg, more than half of which came from Ivory Coast. This makes the Netherlands the largest importer of cocoa beans in the world