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Seven Parties, One Tax Plan
The Jetten minority cabinet starts talks this week with seven opposition parties to get its tax plan through, and a small print change hits new entrepreneurs. We also cover energy bills that are up about €1,100 in ten months, a cut to drought funding, a panther attack at Beekse Bergen and a second weekend of protests in France. Then the clocks going back, ADE's last day and a tenth straight European korfball title.
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 13 min
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- The cabinet’s hunt for tax plan votes: With just 66 House seats, D66, VVD and CDA will invite seven opposition parties to negotiate their tax plan. (NOS, NU.nl)
- Energy bills climb as winter arrives: An average household now pays just over €2,700 a year, about €1,100 more than ten months ago. (NU.nl)
- Drought money cut for bridges and sluices: The cabinet is cutting €284 million from drought prevention to help fund €18 billion of infrastructure repairs. (NU.nl)
- Keeper seriously hurt in panther attack: A Beekse Bergen keeper of 25 years was badly injured by Persian leopards kept indoors during storm Austen. (NOS, NU.nl)
- France’s second protest day, and unrest across Europe: About 410,000 people marched in France on Saturday and police arrested almost 1,000, with 70,000 extra officers deployed. (NOS, NU.nl)
- ADE’s last day: Around 600,000 visitors came to Amsterdam Dance Event this year, matching the record, though hotels charged steep prices. (NL Times, NOS)
- The clocks went back: Winter time is back until 28 March 2027, and EU countries still can’t agree on ending the switch. (DutchNews.nl, NOS)
- Korfball: ten out of ten: The Netherlands beat Belgium 27-12 in the final and have now won all ten European titles since 1998. (NOS)
What’s on in Amsterdam (Sunday 25 October 2026)
- Heliotrope by Heleen Blanken & Daniel de Bruin: Rotating mirrored slats react to light and reflect the surrounding park, looking different by day and by night. (Sunday 25 October, all day (final day), Westerpark, Amsterdam-West)
- Bach in the neighbourhood: cantata service as an English Evensong: The Westerkerk’s choir, soloists and Ensemble ’t Kabinet perform Bach cantatas, including BWV 29, in a service tradition going back over 70 years. (Sunday 25 October, 17:00–18:00, Westerkerk, Jordaan / canal belt)
- Koper8 with Ingrid Laubrock, Giuseppe Doronzo, Jannis Anastasakis and Tom Rainey: The group presents its debut album at its first European show, with music inspired by undersea internet cables. (Sunday 25 October, 20:30–22:00, Bimhuis, Oostelijke Eilanden)
More on in Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Dub Event: Moritz von Oswald / Radikal Guru e.a.: Moritz von Oswald plays a special set marking 30 years of ADE, with Radikal Guru and Slimmah Sound also on the bill. (18:00, Melkweg)
- De Vijfde van Beethoven door het Concertgebouworkest: Riccardo Minasi conducts, with Mao Fujita playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 and Emilie Mayer’s Faust Overture opening the concert. (14:15 - 16:15, The Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam)
- Scooter crushes ADE: H.P. Baxxter’s German techno act, with over 30 million records sold, plays Ziggo Dome on 25 October. (20:00 - 23:00, Ziggo Dome)
- Todd Terry & Friends ADE Special 2026: The house pioneer plays a three-hour set at Het Sieraad, with two rooms of house music at the 13th edition. (14:00 - 23:00, Het Sieraad)
Also in the news
- Fire destroys Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ teahouse; confused man arrested: Fire largely destroyed the Kehlstein building near Berchtesgaden, and German police suspect a confused man of starting it. (NOS, NU.nl)
- Big fire in Amsterdam’s Geulstraat, building evacuated (Het Parool)
- Breda tattoo artist becomes world champion in nipple tattooing for people after breast surgery: Mariska de Jong, who’s done medical tattoos for 15 years, won the world title at a permanent makeup championship in Turkey. (NOS)
- Griekspoor reaches ATP final in Brussels: Griekspoor beat world number 21 Francisco Cerúndolo in three sets and will go for his fourth ATP title on Sunday. (NOS, NU.nl)