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Senay Boztas

SenayBoztas is a journalist who writes on Europe, particularly The Netherlands and Belgium. She was formerly a reporter for The Sunday Times, arts correspondent for Glasgow's Sunday Herald and a feature writer for The Age in Melbourne. She is author of the forthcoming Startup Guide Lisbon.

July 2024

  • Gates and a barrier outside the prison

    Could Britain solve its prisons crisis by going Dutch?

    After the UK prisons minister praised the system in the Netherlands, experts there say the reality is more complex

June 2024

  • Thibaud van der Steen, co-founder of No Waste Army, says Dutch farmers are struggling in the face of extreme weather.

    ‘It’s not beautiful, but you can still eat it’: climate crisis leads to more wonky vegetables in Netherlands

  • Cyclists in Amsterdam

    ‘The brain is very vulnerable’: Dutch cyclists urged to wear helmets as road deaths rise

  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen poses during an event at the European People's Party headquarters in Brussels

    Europe live
    Von der Leyen says ‘centre is holding’ as far right surges in EU elections – as it happened

  • Geert Wilders shakes hands with a person as he visits a street market

    Dutch voters begin four-day European parliament election

May 2024

  • Exterior view of the international criminal court in The Hague

    Dutch MPs call for inquiry into reports Israel spied on ICC lawyers

    MPs say Netherlands has responsibility as international criminal court’s host and demand government holds Israel to account
  • People wearing bright orange scarves hold placards above their heads

    How a doctor, sailor and lecturer changed Europe’s assisted dying debate

    Moves to legalise euthanasia are gathering pace and public opinion in many countries is now in favour of reform

    • New Dutch coalition aims to reintroduce 80mph limit in cull of climate goals

    • Far-right Geert Wilders agrees deal for Dutch coalition government

    • Manahahtáanung or Manhattan? Tribal representatives call for apology for Dutch settlement of New York

April 2024

  • A demonstration against the new ‘Venice Access Fee’.

    Europe live
    Europe: Venice residents protest as city begins visitor charging scheme – as it happened

    Locals say city is against plan and accuse authorities of turning Venice into a ‘theme park’ by charging day trippers for visits
  • head and beak of a flamingo rises up from a base of blue and purple delphiniums inside a warehouse

    ‘Ban them until we know they’re safe’: Dutch flower growers urged to stop using pesticides

    Organic float at annual flower parade a sign of changing times amid concerns over chemicals’ link to neurological disorders
  • Tineke Menalda on her front doorstep in Amersfoort

    The alternatives
    ‘We need to accept the weeds’: the Dutch ‘tile whipping’ contest seeking to restore greenery

    National competition has goal of helping Netherlands reach environmental targets by removing garden paving

March 2024

  • portrait of Anne Frank

    Amsterdam to mark role of tram system in transportation of Jews to death camps

    Documentary on deportation of 48,000 Jewish Amsterdammers during Holocaust prompts city to act
  • Erik Hazelhoff , known as the Soldier of Orange, poses with Rutger Hauer, who played him in a film

    Dutch project tells wartime stories of intrepid ‘England voyagers’

    Hundreds of Engelandvaarders took various routes from occupied Netherlands to Britain to fight in second world war

    • Europe’s champion sitters: even the sporty Dutch are falling victim to ‘chair-use disorder’

    • ‘Would you like to explore with a spliff?’: Amsterdam tries to deter troublesome visitors with quiz

    • ‘You cannot look away’: Amsterdam Holocaust museum opens amid protests

February 2024

  • Ahmed Aboutaleb.

    Rotterdam mayor calls for end to lax stance on middle-class drug use

  • Polar bear on sea ice, Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Pumped up: will a Dutch startup’s plan to restore Arctic sea-ice work?

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