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11 Feb 2019 Dutch government to recognise Gaza Strip and West Bank as birthplaces for Palestinians The Dutch government has announced it will begin recognising the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as official… Brexit · 9 Feb 2019 Dutch health officials take measures to ensure critical drugs supplied by Britain are still supplied in case of no-Deal Brexit Dutch health officials are rushing to ensure “critical” drugs supplied by Britain are still available if the UK crashes out of the… 6 Feb 2019 Police shoot one dead in gunfight outside Dutch Central Bank in Amsterdam Dutch police have shot a man during a reported gunfight outside the country's central bank in Amsterdam. The man was left motionless… 9 Jan 2019 Deal reached brings end to saga of 49 people stranded off Maltese shores An agreement on a deal has been reached which will bring to end the saga of a group of 49 long-suffering migrants… 4 Jan 2019 Documents show how Google uses Dutch shell company to move funds to Bermuda to reduce tax bill Google moved €19.9bn ($22.7bn) through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, as part of an arrangement that allows it to… 8 Nov 2018 Dutch pensioner starts legal battle to change age to go on Tinder A Dutch pensioner has started a legal battle to legally change his age and boost his dating prospects. Emile Ratelband, 69, wants… 24 Oct 2018 Queen Elizabeth II speaks publicly about Brexit for first time Queen Elizabeth II has spoken publicly about Brexit for the first time, telling the King of the Netherlands that "as we look… 21 Oct 2018 Former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok dies at 80 Wim Kok, a former Dutch prime minister who helped forge the country’s famed consensus-based politics and oversaw the pioneering legalisation of euthanasia… 4 Oct 2018 Following Dutch and British accusations the US levels charges against seven Russian spy agents in view of cyber plots across the globe Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges… 4 Oct 2018 Netherlands expelled four Russians over cyber attack plot targeting chemical weapons watchdog Dutch security services expelled four Russians in April over a plot targeting the global chemical weapons watchdog, officials said. Dutch authorities disrupted… 21 Sep 2018 Luxembourg and Netherlands urge caution on banks’ supervision against money laundering Luxembourg and the Netherlands are among European Union states that in closed-door meetings urged caution in beefing up the bloc's supervision of… The Update · 4 Sep 2018 Dutch anti-Islam politician Wilders and perceived insults to Islam in Netherlands cited as motivation for Amsterdam stabbings A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam's central station last week named Dutch, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders during police questioning…