Remembering Paulien Cornelisse, plus MPs push back on taxing small savers

The Netherlands is mourning writer and comedian Paulien Cornelisse, who died at 50 while she was still on TV every night. We also cover the end of the border checks and the wider powers that replace them, MPs pushing back on taxing small savers, mortgage rates at their highest this year, and tougher sentences for attacks on public workers. Plus a Van Gogh that could set an auction record, what the Fabel Friet queue may be doing to house prices next door, and what's on in Amsterdam this weekend.

Thursday, 1 October 2026 · 18 min