The Netherlands
Schools, bars to close from today in the Netherlands, concern on movement from Belgium
The Dutch government has announced that schools and childcare centers throughout the country will be closed from Monday. Schools will only be…
Trial to start of four men accused of shooting down Flight MH17 over the Ukraine
Four men go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, in the first criminal case over the murder of 298 people on…
Photo Story: V-1 flying bomb from World War II found in the Netherlands
The remains of a V-1 flying bomb, a rocket that the Germans deployed at the end of World War II, is seen…
Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands in doubt over coronavirus fears
The co-organiser the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held this year in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in May, said it was…
Amsterdam seeking to bar tourists from buying cannabis
The mayor of Amsterdam has sought to win political backing for her clean-up of the overcrowded red-light district by revealing that a…
Police investigate suspicious letter at company in Leusden, the Netherlands
Police and emergency service personnel seen during the investigation of a suspicious letter at the Unisys Payment Services in Leusden, The Netherlands.…
Photo Story: ‘Caravaggio – Bernini. Baroque in Rome’ exhibit in Amsterdam
The work of art ‘Medusa’ by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Narcissus by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in the exhibition 'Caravaggio - Bernini.…
Airline Transavia to introduce cabin luggage fees
Dutch holiday airline Transavia will introduce fees for some cabin luggage services from the end of March, the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reported…
Photo Story: The shooting of a promotional film for Formula 1 in Scheveningen
Red Bull racing cars drive on the beach of Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 27 January 2020, during the shooting of a promotional film…
In first, Dutch prime minister apologizes for country’s role in Holocaust
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized for how his kingdom’s wartime government failed its Jews, a first by a sitting prime minister.…
Arrests in France and the Netherlands break up Iraqi-Kurdish smuggling network
The French Border Guard together with the French National Police (Police nationale) and the Dutch Royal Marechaussee (Koninklijke Marechaussee), supported by Europol…
Photo Story: The Netherlands allows first female naval personnel to work on submarines
All five women currently sailing on a submarine pose at the base of the Royal Dutch Navy in Den Helder, The Netherlands.…