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Albeda and Zadkine have proposed joining forces, but their merger remains a plan and would not happen before the 2028–29 school year.

At his first preliminary hearing in Arnhem, Ehud T. denied criminal involvement in an alleged €24 million investment-fraud scheme.

Dutch customs found 18kg of cocaine with an aircraft crew member at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Tuesday. The crew member was arrested, ANP reported. [Source 1]

Dutch shipbuilder Damen is seeking nearly €4.7 billion from Germany after Berlin cancelled a six-frigate programme. The sum is a claim, not an agreed payment.

The Dutch lenders plan to factor in pension income earlier and limit mortgage debt at age 85. The changes will apply to some new borrowing decisions, not all existing mortgages.

France’s government has proposed tax rises and spending cuts as it seeks to reduce its budget deficit and manage a growing debt burden.

A growing share of younger UK job starters are opting out of workplace pensions, though rates have risen among older workers too.

Rhun ap Iorwerth is seeking more powers and a new funding settlement for Wales ahead of his first Plaid Cymru conference speech as first minister.