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September 2026

NOS Binnenland · 29 SeptTranslated

You can train not to fall: 'Fall prevention is about staying independent for longer'

A misstep on the stairs or a slip in the shower: every day, 340 people end up in the emergency room after a fall, and 21 people die every day as a result of such a fall, according to CBS figures today. There are courses all over the country to prevent falls, but not everyone is there to jump. Fall prevention training is intended for over-65s living at home who, for example, are a bit shaky on their feet, afraid of falling or have fallen before.

NOS Binnenland · 29 SeptTranslated

29/9 in News Hour: Budget Adjustments • Suspicious ShinyHunters • Student Protests France • Energy Poverty

Budget adjustments leaked As early as 2028, there will be a capital gains tax, which will apply to hundreds of thousands of savers and investors more than now. That is what political sources say to the NOS. The cuts to social security are also definitively off the table. These are adjustments to the government's budgets and tax plan after discussions with opposition parties.

NOS Binnenland · 29 SeptTranslated

Arrests in the Netherlands for violation of sanctions linked to Russian security service

A Dutch criminal lawyer and a Russian software developer have been arrested in an investigation into violating sanctions against Russia. The Dutch company they work for is associated with providing services to a Russian group of companies that develops surveillance software for the Russian security service FSB. The Public Prosecutor's Office announces the arrests today.

NOS Binnenland · 29 SeptTranslated

Padellers are at risk of eye damage: 'My lens was in twelve pieces'

The number of people who suffer eye damage from pimples has increased considerably in recent months. Doctors from the Dutch Ophthalmological Society are calling about this. "At first, we saw injuries from padel about twice a month," says ophthalmologist Ruud van der Pol of the Alrijne Hospital in Leiderdorp. “But for the last six months, we see it two to three times a week.”

NOS Binnenland · 29 SeptTranslated

RIVM: many people with too much phas in their blood, but also cautiously positive news

Almost every Dutch person had pfas in their blood by 2025, says the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Also, almost three quarters of the Dutch had too much of it in their blood. They exceed the so-called health limit, according to a study that RIVM did with blood samples from 2025 from donors of the Sanquin blood bank. At the same time, there seems to be a slight improvement in blood levels compared to a previous investigation.