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In recent years, fewer people were annoyed by graffiti on walls and buildings, vandalised bus and tram shelters and dog droppings in their neighbourhood. The decline was observed in urban as well as...

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A residential building that - from a construction-technical point of view - is intended for permanent residence by one private household.

Over the past decade, more mothers with young children have become active on the job market. Three quarters of mothers with young children were employed or actively seeking work in the third quarter...

Turnover generated by the transport sector in the second quarter of 2013 was 0.5 percent up from the same period last year. Airlines and courier firms were the main contributors to the positive...

Service provided to the population, laid down by the government. It is provided for free or for a fee below cost price and is characterised by the fact that it is financed mainly from the public...

Last year, car and motorcycle sales were nearly 17 percent down on 2008. The sales collapse is predominantly caused by the worldwide recession and the lack of trust as shown by consumers and the...

More than six in ten people in the Netherlands live within 5 km from a hospital. The Randstad region has the highest hospital density.

According to Statistics Netherlands’ autumn survey of investment expectations, Dutch manufacturers foresee a 24 percent rise in investment next year compared with 2010.

Retail sales improved 3.4 percent in April this year relative to April 2010.

Price developments in public transport were virtually on a par with developments in car costs between 2009 and November 2018. In this period, the cost of both types of transport rose more rapidly...

An average Dutch households paid 1.5 percent more for its gas and electricity in January 2008 than in the previous month.

Some 700 thousand people in the Netherlands say they have plans to live abroad for a period of at least eight months.

Authorities publishing open data have an obligation to protect the privacy of individual citizens and companies

The percentage of children suffering from dyslexia has risen slightly since 2001.

In school year 2008/’09, the number of students in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) who successfully completed courses in nursing and care disciplines, and courses training for...

Just over one in ten households in the Caribbean Netherlands comprise relatives in addition to the nuclear family. These extended families in one household are rare in the Netherlands. Nearly half of...