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  • Protest
    October 30, 2023
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    ‘Zero interest, zero interest!’ Hundreds demonstrate outside Parliament

    ”For most current and former students, the quintupling of the interest rate came as a…

    Protest
    October 30, 2023
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Money
    October 27, 2023
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    House of Representatives decreases interest on loans for ‘unlucky students’

    A majority of the House of Representatives wants students who were under the loan system…

    Money
    October 27, 2023
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Money
    October 26, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    Rutte: no interest rate ceiling on student debt for now

    Prime Minister Mark Rutte believes it is fair for students to start paying a ‘limited…

    Money
    October 26, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Money
    October 19, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    Interest rate on student loans is rising

    The interest rate on student loans will go up from 1 January 2023. Students in the…

    Money
    October 19, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Money
    June 14, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    Interest rates are rising, so how does that affect your student loan debt?

    Students are not charged interest on their student loan, but that will change when…

    Money
    June 14, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Politics
    May 29, 2019
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    Interest rate hikes on student loans probably canceled

    The plan to raise interest on study debts is expected to fall in the Senate. Minister Van…

    Politics
    May 29, 2019
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Students
    May 21, 2019
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    ‘Increase in interest levied on student loans violates the law’

    Student organisations wish to take legal action to fight the proposed student loan…

    Students
    May 21, 2019
  • Politics
    May 13, 2019
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
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    MP Özdil puts GroenLinks on the spot: cancel the student loan system

    GroenLinks MP Zihni Özdil wants to do away with the ‘antisocial and rotten’ loan…

    Politics
    May 13, 2019
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Politics
    December 7, 2018
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
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    Coalition sticks to plans for student loan interest rate hike

    Plans for a higher student loan interest rate are still on the table. Voting on the…

    Politics
    December 7, 2018
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Education
    November 16, 2018
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
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    Lower House fails to pass amendment opposing increased interest rates on student loans

    Despite all opponents’ efforts to the contrary, the interest rate levied on student…

    Education
    November 16, 2018
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

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