24-12-2009Web magazine
Last year, 4 thousand young people – nearly one fifth of all young participating in Halt programmmes − were referred to Halt in relation to fireworks offences.
10-12-2009Economic monitor
In November, 530 businesses and institutions (excluding single-owner businesses) in the Netherlands went bankrupt. This is approximately the same number as in October.
10-11-2009Economic monitor
In October, 500 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. This is 130 fewer than in September this year, but still substantially more than in October 2008
03-11-2009Web magazine
The total number of criminal cases against girls in the Netherlands disposed of by the public prosecutor’s office and judges more than trebled in the period 1995-2008: from just over 2,200 in 1995 to more than 6,800 in 2008.
29-10-2009Web magazine
Some 85 thousand people in the Netherlands lost their job in the first eight months of 2009.
29-10-2009Web magazine
The amount of damage caused by fires totalled 1 billion euro in 2008, the highest amount since 2003. The number of fires declined marginally relative to 2007, but fires claimed more lives.
13-10-2009Economic monitor
In September 2009, 620 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, i.e. over 100 more than in August this year.
08-10-2009Web magazine
Fire brigades arrive sooner at the scene in the case of chimney and indoor fires. Last year, the dispatch time, i.e. the time interval between receipt of the alarm in the emergency room and departure from the fire station has been reduced.
10-09-2009Economic monitor
In August 2009, 510 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, i.e. nearly 140 fewer than in July this year, but the number of bankruptcies was 220 higher than in August 2008.
08-09-2009Web magazine
Persons suspected of criminal activities one and a half times as often fall victim to criminal offences as people who have never been suspected of criminal activities.
20-08-2009Web magazine
In 2008, 13.4 thousand first requests for asylum were submitted in the Netherlands. One quarter of these requests concerned children younger than 18 years.
13-08-2009Web magazine
In the first six months of 2009, more than twice as many companies in the sectors trade and business services were declared bankrupt as in the same period one year previously.
12-08-2009Economic monitor
In July this year, 645 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, a decrease by more than 50 relative to June 2009. The number of bankruptcies has more than doubled compared to July 2008.
14-07-2009Web magazine
There were 1,571 women firefighters in the Netherlands on 1 January 2009. One year previously there were still 1,586. It is first time since 2000 that the number of female firefighters did not increase.
10-07-2009Economic monitor
In June 2009, 520 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. The number of businesses declared bankrupt in the first six months of 2009 almost equalled the total number of bankruptcies over the year 2008. In the period April-June, however, fewer businesses went bankrupt than in the first quarter .
16-06-2009Web magazine
Just over one in twenty of the Dutch population think that the risk of having their home broken into is high to very high.
10-06-2009Economic monitor
12-05-2009Web magazine
The number of children placed under guardianship has increased considerably in recent years. In 2007, 10.6 thousand children were placed under guardianship.
12-05-2009Economic monitor
29-04-2009Web magazine
15-04-2009Economic monitor
31-03-2009Press release
The Dutch popluation has been less affected by crime in recent years. At the end of 2008, one in four people in the Netherlands said they had been the victim of a criminal offence in the previous twelve months
10-03-2009Web magazine
In the period 1997-2008, the proportion of people reporting to be disturbed by road and rail traffic noise rose from 27 to 31and from 5 to 7 percent respectively.
10-03-2009Economic monitor
05-03-2009Web magazine
10-02-2009Press release
The number of bankruptcies declined by over 14 percent in 2008 relative to the previous year. The number of personal and one-person business bankruptcies declined considerably, but the amount of bankruptcies of companies and institutions increased in 2008.
10-02-2009Web magazine
Only 28 percent of crimes are reported to the police.
10-02-2009Economic monitor
16-01-2009Economic monitor
