23-12-2010Web magazine
Since the introduction of adoption legislation in 1956, more than 55 thousand children have been adopted in the Netherlands.
07-12-2010Economic monitor
In November 2010, 580 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies is quite a lot higher than in October, when 537 business and institutions went bankrupt.
23-11-2010Web magazine
02-11-2010Web magazine
Most crimes experienced by the Dutch population are not reported to the police. Victims report only about a third of offences to the police and only a quarter are actually officially recorded.
12-10-2010Economic monitor
In September this year, 450 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, a decrease by 60 relative to August.
07-10-2010Web magazine
Residents of multicultural neighbourhoods are relatively positive about police performance.
09-09-2010Economic monitor
In August this year, 530 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, an increase by 25 relative to July. The number of bankruptcies was more than 10 higher than in August 2009.
09-09-2010Web magazine
Last year, 31.7 thousand marriages were dissolved in Dutch courts, slightly fewer than in 2008, when 32.9 divorces were legally terminated. The decrease appears to be temporary as the number of divorces increased again over the first six months of 2010.
26-08-2010Web magazine
The number of court-ordered debt restructuring schemes pronounced in accordance with the Act on Debt Management Natural Persons was 20 percent higher in the first half of 2010 than in the first half of 2009.
19-08-2010Web magazine
Over the first six months of 2010, the number of bankruptcy declarations dropped by 6.7 percent relative to the same period in 2009. The number of private individuals and one-man businesses declared bankrupt declined by 5 percent and the number of companies and institutions declared bankrupt declined by 7.5 percent relative to one year previously. Altogether, nearly 1.8 thousand private individuals and one-man businesses and more than 3.2 thousand companies and institutions went bankrupt.
12-08-2010Web magazine
Residents of the four major cities in the Netherlands are least likely to feel safe in their own neighbourhood. City centres in particular make people feel uneasy.
10-08-2010Economic monitor
In July this year, 500 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, a decrease by nearly 170 relative to June.
13-07-2010Economic monitor
In June this year, 635 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, an increase by more than 230 relative to May.
08-07-2010Web magazine
Dutch police forces recorded more than 1 million criminal offences in 2009. This puts registered crime at the same level as in the previous year.
24-06-2010Web magazine
In 2009, one in every forty women were subject to unwelcome sexual advances; 20 percent occurred in the workplace. Only 10 percent were reported to the police.
08-06-2010Economic monitor
In May this year, 420 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, a decline by more than 70 relative to April. May is the second month in a row to show a significant decline in bankruptcies.
12-05-2010Web magazine
Nearly 2 thousand people convicted of a criminal offence in the Netherlands applied for amnesty in 2009. This is half the number who applied ten years ago.
23-04-2010Press release
Last year, the Dutch population aged 15 years and older faced 6.3 million offences, an increase by 0.4 million relative to the preceding year.
13-04-2010Web magazine
In recent years, fewer children were adopted in the Netherlands. Over the period 2004-2008, the number of adoptions was almost reduced by half.
13-04-2010Economic monitor
In March this year, 640 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, i.e. an increase by more than 70 compared to the preceding month.
13-04-2010Web magazine
Although the media and the public are mostly interested in criminal court cases, the number of cases heard by civil court judges is much higher. Dutch civil courts handled 1 million cases in 2008, more than 1.5 times as many as in 2001.
09-03-2010Economic monitor
In February this year, 560 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies increased by more than 70 compared to January.
02-03-2010Web magazine
The number of debt management plans imposed by Dutch courts was 19 percent higher in the fourth quarter of last year than twelve months previously.
12-02-2010Press release
More than 10.5 thousand bankruptcies were filed in 2009, the highest number ever in the span of one year. The bankruptcy rate was particularly high in the first six months of 2009. Overall, the bankruptcy rate was 54 percent higher than in 2008, when 6.8 thousand bankruptcies were registered.
12-02-2010Economic monitor
In January 2010, 480 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies was reduced by nearly 70 relative to December 2009.
11-02-2010Web magazine
Last year, nearly 15 thousand first-time requests for asylum were submitted in the Netherlands, an increase by 11 percent relative to 2008. More than half of asylum seekers came from Iraq or Somalia.
04-02-2010Web magazine
02-02-2010Web magazine
Spending on security governance in the Netherlands rose by more than 6 percent per year on average in the period 2002-2008. This was nearly one and a half times the growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the same period.
12-01-2010Economic monitor
In December 2009, 540 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands went bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies was reduced by more than 40 relative to November.
