The minimum wage will rise more quickly than the Cabinet previously announced as part of an effort to improve purchasing power of people in lower income categories, broadcaster NOS reported. The four political parties which joined together to form the Cabinet previously agreed to increasing the minimum wage in 2024 and in 2025 by a combined total of 7.5 percent.
Meteorological institute KNMI issued a code yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in most of the Netherlands on Thursday. The warning covers the west and north of the country in the morning and the eastern half of the country in the afternoon. This morning’s storms may be accompanied by hail and downpours, the KNMI reported.
European universities have collaborated with military universities in China on 2,994 studies since the turn of the century, according to the China Science Investigation, a major study of 350,000 scientific publications by European journalists, Follow the Money, and RTL Nieuws.
The current tightness in the labor market continues to be reflected in the unemployment figures. According to the latest figures by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 3.2 percent of the working population were unemployed in April. A month earlier, it was 3.3 percent, the lowest percentage since early 2003. Compared to April last year, unemployment benefits decreased by 36 percent.
The Cabinet will push 2.4 billion euros extra into the Ministry of Defense to get the defense spending up to NATO standards. And the lion’s share of that money will come from cuts in the Climate-, Nitrogen-, and Wopke-Wiebes Funds, sources close to the Cabinet told De Telegraaf.
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