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30 March – In a six hour long hostage situation in Ede, over 150 people are evacuated after a man holds four people hostage in a nightclub and threatens to blow himself up. The suspect eventually releases the hostages and surrenders to police. [10]
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The European Union votes 10–5 with 12 abstentions to institute tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles manufactured in China. Disasters and accidents. 2024 European floods. 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina floods. Sixteen people are killed in floods and landslides in Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2023–2024 South American drought
As of February 2025, the Dutch Wikipedia is the sixth-largest Wikipedia edition, with 2,180,876 articles. It was the fourth Wikipedia edition to exceed one million articles, after the English, German, and French editions. Many articles however have been created by bots and are only a few lines of length, the article depth is very low.
April 3 – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20–30 cm (8–12 in) hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. [85] April 4 – 2024 Kuwaiti general election: Opposition candidates maintain a majority in the National Assembly. [86]
The 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 24 February in Belgium, starting in Gent and finishing in Ninove. [1] It was the 79th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the fourth event of the 2024 UCI World Tour. Jan Tratnik won the race from a two-man breakaway alongside Nils Politt. [2]
November 2024 Amsterdam attacks More than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters are forcibly removed and 50 others are detained by Dutch police for participating in a rally in Amsterdam , Netherlands , in violation of a ban on demonstrations that was implemented following the attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans on Friday.
In 2024, the NSC voted in favour of a motion tabled in the House of Representatives by the Reformed Political Party (SGP) to abolish the so-called “transgender law” which had been brought in under the previous Dutch government and would enable people under the age of 16 to legally change their gender without a verdict from a doctor. In a ...