2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (382+ words) This week, thousands of secondary school students will receive lessons on how to safely deal with things like sexting and social media. The lessons are part of the Week of Love, annually organized in the run-up to Valentine's Day to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (303+ words) In the Netherlands, dozens of parents say their babies became sick after drinking Nutrilon infant formula, leading the company to issue a major recall. The recall follows concerns that the products may contain elevated levels of the toxin cereulide. The…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (239+ words) Snapchat now has over 6 million monthly active users in the Netherlands, equating to roughly one in three Dutch residents. The app is particularly popular among young people, a spokesperson said. He says the app reaches nine out of ten Dutch…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (390+ words) Childhood poverty is a persistent problem in the Netherlands. Last year, Stichting Leergeld, a foundation that supports families in need with school supplies, helped 200,000 children. And a recent study commissioned by the Ministry of Public Health found that thousands of…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) Vocational students in the Netherlands enrolled in work-study programs will soon be entitled to the statutory minimum youth wage. The proposal comes from outgoing Education Minister Robbert D. Bruins of the New Social Contract (NSC) party and is intended to make…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (484+ words) Students are having an even harder time finding a home in the run-up to the next academic year. In the past quarter, there were fewer than 5,800 student homes - homes of less than 25 square meters - available on the market. That is…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (430+ words) The Dutch cabinet plans to formally apologize to all children and young people who were harmed by the childcare benefits scandal, even as thousands of affected parents have still not been compensated. Demissionary NSC State Secretaries David Struycken (Legal Protection)…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (407+ words) About one in six Dutch girls and young women aged 13 to 25 have experienced unwanted sexual behavior at school or in education. This is one of the results of a representative survey by Ipsos I&O among 1,060 school-going girls and young…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (441+ words) The Dutch childcare benefits scandal played a central role in the forced removal of children from their homes, according to a report led by Mari'tte Hamer. At least 3,532 children were taken from their families as a result of financial turmoil…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (820+ words) Europol is very concerned about organized crime recruiting teenagers via social media to carry out violence. In its quadrennial threat assessment on organized crime, the European policing service described this "violence as a service" as a new and serious threat…...