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The In Between Gavels Edition - Week 40 - 2024
An unnamed "foreign power" hacked into the Dutch police database this week, with cybersecurity experts pointing the finger squarely at Russia. Mark R…
1 year, 8 months ago
The We Love To Visit Your Wonderful Windmills Edition - Week 39 - 2024
What started out as an asylum crisis became a fast-track route to disaster this week as Geert Wilders hinted he could torpedo the coalition if his pl…
1 year, 8 months ago
The High As A Parachutist In Brabant Edition - Week 38 - 2024
The horse-drawn carriages rattled through the streets of The Hague as usual, but in other ways it was a new-look Prinsjesdag. Finance minister Eelco …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Circle Party Visible From Space Edition - Week 37 - 2024
It's been a rollercoaster year for NSC, but after realising that most rollercoaster rides end back down at the bottom, leader Pieter Omtzigt decides …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Baby Boom War Room Edition - Week 36 - 2024
Cabinet ministers returned from their summer break this week and got stuck into late-night budget talks. Pieter Omtzigt was accused of sabotaging his…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Dick and Denzel Are Coming Home Edition - Week 28 - 2024
New prime minister Dick Schoof stepped up onto the world stage this week, calling in on Ursula von der Leyen before heading to the Nato summit in Was…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Gamekeepers Turned Egg Poachers Edition - Week 27 - 2024
Dick Schoof's honeymoon period turns out to be even shorter than Joost Klein's Eurovision campaign as the new coalition's first debate descends into …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Rutte Gets A Great Replacement Edition - Week 26 - 2024
Several opposition parties stayed away from this week's ministerial hearings, fearing it would become a political circus. It turned out to be a game …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Expats Have Snatched All Our Herring Edition - Week 25 - 2024
Exhausted and bedraggled after six months of bruising negotiations, the four parties in the new coalition this week hauled themselves over the start …
2 years ago
The Mossad, Máxima and Mickey Mouse Edition - Week 24 - 2024
After months of slow progress, the formation of the next government hits warp speed as the new asylum minister resigns before he can be appointed. An…
2 years ago