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Dutch navigation system company TomTom is cutting approximately 200 jobs in a reorganization focused on making the navigation system provider “more focused, faster, and more scalable.” The decision was announced in an effort to boost profitability by the end of the year as revenue figures lag behind 2025 figures, the company said in its third-quarter update on Thursday.
Albert Heijn expects all of its distribution centres to be operational again over the course of Wednesday. “This is a positive step forward in restoring our supply chain,” the supermarket chain said in an update on the problems caused by a cybersecurity incident that has persisted for days. The incident has cost Albert Heijn around 10 million euros, experts say.
The IT disruption affecting the self-service passport control system at Schiphol Airport has been resolved in around 10 hours since the problem was first noticed, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee said. Several hundred people have reportedly missed their flights.
The cause of the illnesses that made a Grolsch brewery tour group sick remains unknown. The incident, after which nine visitors and two employees were taken away by ambulances, is “extremely distressing,” the Twente-based beer brewer told NU.nl.The group had tasted brewing water, which is eventually used to make beer. They then started experiencing symptoms, including nausea and vomiting, after which they were hospitalized.
Germany's Lufthansa is poised to beat Air France-KLM in the race to acquire a 44.9% stake in Portugal's national airline, TAP Air Portugal, according to a report by Portuguese broadcaster SIC cited by Reuters on Tuesday. The Portuguese government is expected to announce its decision at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting today.
A painting by the Russian-French artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), looted by the Nazis in Amsterdam in 1940, was auctioned off for nearly €32 million in London on Wednesday. The heirs of the Lewenstein couple from Amsterdam sold the painting, Das bunte Leben (1907), after fighting for years to get it returned to them.Auction house Christie’s expected the painting to fetch between £18 million and £25 million. It sold for £31,56 million, roughly €31,9 million.
A regional public transport strike will severely disrupt bus routes and regional train services across the Netherlands on Wednesday. Buses are running on schedule only in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. Travelers should anticipate delays and cancellations of buses and regional trains due to the strike.
The police are investigating whether an Amsterdam-based foundation aimed at helping vulnerable teenagers may be connected to a money laundering case involving some €38 million, the Telegraaf reported.The foundation involved is Stichting Be Ok, an organization operating in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district that supports young people from socio-economically vulnerable families.
More than 250 people contacted a specialist Dutch support service for victims of cults and coercive groups during its first year, according to figures published on Thursday. The service recorded more than 500 conversations and heard about 82 different groups, including religious, spiritual and self-development communities.
Last year, there were slightly more recorded victims of human trafficking in the Netherlands than the year before, according to the annual report from the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Children. Sexual exploitation remains the most frequently reported type of trafficking. But labor exploitation saw a significant increase and continues to be a “persistent form of human trafficking in the Netherlands,” the report states.
The Russian DJ Alexander Komarov was dropped from the Amsterdam Dance Event’s (ADE) lineup on Thursday. This follows a message surfacing that he sent to a Ukrainian colleague, in which he called his fellow DJ a “Nazi” and wished a horrific death upon Ukraine.
The National Fireworks show at the Erasmus Bridge will proceed with traditional fireworks because the city government lacked the time and budget to transition to a planned drone and laser alternative, Rijnmond has reported.
The coming days will bring heavy traffic to many parts of the Netherlands. The infrastructure agency Rijkswaterstaat expects busy roads on Thursday and Friday due to school holidays starting in some parts of the country and coming to an end in others. Major roadworks will have the A15 in Rotterdam closed for ten days. And the TCS Amsterdam Marathon means many streets in the capital will be inaccessible for parts of Sunday.
Ajax were defeated in their first matchday of the UEFA Conference League on Thursday. The Amsterdammers were beaten 2-1 away at Croatian side Hajduk Split. Ajax manager Michel Sanchez gave 19-year-old Jofre Torrents his first start; the Spaniard was picked ahead of Owen Wijndal. Aaron Bouwman returned to the side after the controversial foul and subsequent injury sustained against PSV, and Davy Klaassen returned to the side instead of Jorthy Mokio.
The body of a woman found in the Amstel River along Amsteldijk was identified as the 29-year-old Amsterdammer missing since early October. Police said there was evidence that the woman, named Hajar, was killed as the result of foul play.
