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In July 2010, Eberhard van der Laan (Labour Party) was appointed mayor of Amsterdam by the national government for a six-year term after being nominated by the Amsterdam municipal council. [4] After the 2014 municipal council elections , a governing majority of D66 , VVD and SP was formed - the first coalition without the Labour Party since ...
The 2019 show marked the last in-person show for 2 years due to the COVID-19 outbreak, although a digital show was held in 2021. IBC returned on 9-12 September 2022 with 37,071 visitors from over 170 countries gathering in Amsterdam to reconnect face-to-face again. [citation needed] IBC will return in 2025, from Friday 12 – Monday 15 September.
Amsterdam was also a member of the Society of Suriname, an organisation founded to oversee the management of the Dutch colony of Surinam, which was economically dependent on slave plantations. On 1 July 2021, the mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, apologised for the city's involvement in the slave trade. [57] [58]
18 January 2022 5 December 2023 [29] [161] Queeny Rajkowski: VVD: 31 March 2021 5 December 2023 [162] Simone Richardson: VVD: 5 September 2022 27 October 2022 [ag] 1 November 2022 27 November 2022 [ah] 5 September 2023 5 December 2023 Raymond de Roon: PVV: 31 March 2021 5 December 2023 [163] Mark Rutte: VVD: 31 March 2021 10 January 2022 [aa ...
The next major waves of violent protests in 2021 took place in The Hague in mid-March [35] and in Rotterdam in mid-November. [36] In early 2022, a new wave of violence hit Amsterdam when police used police dogs, injuring several anti-lockdown opponents who clashed with police.
Neighbourhood: Amsterdam Oost During term time, just one-third of this independent hotel is given over to guests. Students occupy the remaining 350 rooms in a separate wing but contribute to the ...
The 2017 general election was held after a five-year coalition government between the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Labour Party (PvdA). The PvdA suffered heavy losses in the election, being reduced from 38 to 9 seats, while the VVD lost 8 seats, falling from 41 to 33 but remaining the largest party.
The Netherlands' Amsterdam will no longer allow new hotel buildings to be built as part of its fight against mass tourism, the local government said on Wednesday. A new hotel in Amsterdam can only ...