Category: Netherlands

The Netherlands has officially declared a water shortage as prolonged drought has caused water levels in the country’s rivers to fall to critical levels. The ongoing dry conditions have significantly depleted the nation’s water resources. Unusually low water levels in the Rhine and Meuse rivers have disrupted inland waterway transportation, while water levels in the...

After months of coalition negotiations, the new government in the Netherlands has officially taken office. Ankara-born Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius has joined the cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. The new prime minister is 38-year-old centrist politician Rob Jetten. Jetten has thus become the youngest prime minister in the country’s history and the first...