In the media
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Richard de Mos acquitted – and now? 01 May 2023
The acquittal of Richard de Mos and his fellow party member has caused quite a stir in the Netherlands. Can De Mos simply return to local politics now...
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Rowie Stolk on NPO Radio 1 about passport alerts 26 April 2023
In the Netherlands, anyone who loses their passport or ID card too often can be added to the Passport Alerts Register. As a result, a passport applica...
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Wouter Hins on NPO Radio 1 about revoking licence of Ongehoord Nederland 26 April 2023
The Dutch public broadcasting organisation NPO has asked State Secretary for Culture and Media Gunay Uslu to revoke the licence of Ongehoord Nederland...
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Bart Schermer on how to negotiate with cybercriminals 21 April 2023
Hackers have got their hands on data from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). Lockbit, a collective of cybercriminals, is after the money. Wh...
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Podcast: How open is our governance culture? 19 April 2023
A ‘new governance culture’ – a hot topic for a number of years now. What kind of culture of public administration do we have in the Netherlands and ho...
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Peter Rodrigues about the demands of municipalities when it comes to housing asylum seekers 19 April 2023
Municipalities are becoming more and more selective when it comes to the nationality, age and sex of the asylum seekers they are willing to take in. T...
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Leiden research on Neanderthals featured in the Wall Street Journal article 17 April 2023
In the article “Neanderthals and Us: We’re More Alike Than Once Thought”, we are reminded that many negative traits, from unintelligent to unsophistic...
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Archaeologist and numismatist Jonathan Ouellet interviewed on a podcast 13 April 2023
PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet is a guest on the latest episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. As a researcher specializing in the numismati...
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Evelien Campfens at LeidenGlobal on cultural heritage protection 12 April 2023
How can we best protect cultural heritage in times of war? In an interview with LeidenGlobal, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens talks ...
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Carsten Stahn on colonial crimes; the reparations movement stalls in Europe 12 April 2023
The wave of restitutions expected after French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 promise to return stolen art to Africa has hit legal and political roa...
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Armin Cuyvers on nitrogen policy following Timmermans' visit to The Hague 12 April 2023
There is no time to lose when it comes to repairing damage to nature. For that reason and to show that the European Commission is neither a ‘bogeyman’...
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Age determination in young asylum seekers under discussion 12 April 2023
The way age is determined by the IND is being questioned as a result of several court rulings. The problem is that it is difficult to determine whethe...
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Annemarie Drahmann on new European regulations for stallholders 12 April 2023
There is much unrest among local stallholders in Utrecht. Owners who for decades had a permanent pitch for their stall are no longer guaranteed this d...
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No-confidence votes in Rutte IV cabinet continue to rise 11 April 2023
The tally now stands at a 19th no-confidence motion in the Rutte IV cabinet, though it is just one year old. All Rutte cabinets combined have faced mo...
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Christa Tobler on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications 11 April 2023
New publication by Christa Tobler and co-author Joel Günthardt on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications