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EPA’S Eye in the Sky: Lisse, the Netherlands

Fields in full bloom again with tulips and hyacinths at the Bollenstreek (Flower Bulb Region) in Lisse, the Netherlands. Via EPA-EFE/REMKO DE WAAL

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Photo Story: Colossal Banksy arrives in the Netherlands to be auctioned

An artwork by anonymous British street artist Banksy, titled White House Rat, is unloaded in Staphorst, the Netherlands. The mural measuring 3 by 3.5 meters comes from England and will…

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Photo Story: Tulip Festival in Amsterdam

A view of tulips in plant pots on the pond of the Museumplein square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the Tulip Festival, one hundred thousand tulips spread across the city…

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Dutch economic growth slower than expected in 2021

Economic growth in the Netherlands is set to be slower than anticipated in 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but could accelerate next year if vaccines help to get…

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Dutch sign up for test holiday on Greek island

A Dutch travel firm will take nearly 200 people for an eight-day holiday in Greece aimed at seeing if tourism is feasible during the Covid-19 pandemic. Those picked will have…

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Dutch watchdog reports two blood clot incidents after AstraZeneca vaccine

A Dutch watchdog has received reports of two people who developed blood clots and low platelet counts after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, news agency ANP reported on Thursday. The…

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Dutch PM Rutte projected to land fourth election win

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will begin initial talks to form a new government on Thursday, after a national election dominated by the coronavirus pandemic in which his conservative VVD…

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Dutch vote in election dominated by COVID-19

Three days of voting begins in the Netherlands on Monday in a parliamentary election seen as a referendum on the Dutch government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Mark…

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Netherlands halts use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

The Netherlands on Sunday joined a fast-growing list of countries suspending use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of unexpected possible side effects from the injection. The vaccine will not…

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PM Rutte’s conservatives seen winning Dutch election amid pandemic

Dutch voters look set to give Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD Party a fresh four-year mandate in a national election on March 15-17 that is widely seen as a…

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UPDATED: Explosion at Dutch COVID-19 testing centre

An explosive went off at a coronavirus testing centre north of Amsterdam before sunrise on Wednesday, shattering windows but causing no injuries in what police called an intentional attack. An…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aerial view of the A10 motorway in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Via EPA-EFE/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN

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UPDATED: Dutch investigate why Boeing 747 lost engine parts shortly after take off

An incident involving a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane that dropped engine parts shortly after take-off from Maastricht airport on Saturday is under investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said. The cargo…

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More ‘Brexit’ companies shift to the Netherlands as uncertainty persists

The flow of businesses moving to the Netherlands because of Brexit remained strong in 2020, even though foreign investment fell by a quarter as the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Netherlands…

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Photo Story: Ice skating on Prinsengracht in Amsterdam

People walk and skate on ice on the Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The municipality called on Amsterdammers to go skating in their own neighbourhood if possible, to prevent…

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Photo story: The Netherlands covered in snow as seen from space

A handout satellite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission and made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Netherlands covered in snow on the 11 February 2021.…

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Amsterdam surpasses London as Europe’s top share trading hub

Amsterdam edged ahead of London to become Europe's biggest share trading centre in January, benefiting from Brexit forcing European Union investors to use platforms inside the bloc. Exchanges in the…

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KLM to cut 1,000 more jobs, says mandatory COVID-19 testing will ground planes

KLM said it would cut an additional 1,000 jobs in 2021 and warned on Thursday that government plans to require all passengers and crew to pass a COVID-19 test before…

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The Netherlands to ban flights from South Africa and Britain

The Dutch government proposed the first nationwide curfew since World War Two and a ban on flights from South Africa and Britain in its toughest moves yet to limit the…

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Dutch to toughen COVID-19 measures

The Dutch government will announce further measures to fight the coronavirus this week amid fears that the “British variant” and other new mutations could soon start spreading, the health minister…

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Protest in Amsterdam against Dutch coronavirus lockdown

Dutch riot police used water cannon to disperse around two thousand people at an unauthorised protest in Amsterdam on Sunday against a national lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus.…

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Political crisis in the Netherlands

Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government resigned on Friday, accepting responsibility for wrongful accusations of fraud by the tax authorities that drove thousands of families to financial ruin, often on the…

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Moderna vaccine expected to work against British variant -Dutch drugs authority

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna is expected to also be effective against the new variant of coronavirus detected in Britain, the Dutch national drugs authority CBG said on Wednesday.…

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Explosion at Polish supermarket in The Netherlands

Police investigates at the site after an explosive device went off at a Polish supermarket on Paletplein in Tilburg, The Netherlands, 04 January 2021. The inside of the store was…

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Dutch government confirms mandatory negative PCR test requirement

The Dutch government is sticking to its requirement that everyone travelling to the Netherlands, including Dutch nationals, should have a negative PCR coronavirus test no older than 72 hours if…

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Photo Story: Letterboxes in the Netherlands shutdown for the duration of New Year’s Eve

A PostNL employee locks a letterbox in Voorburg, The Netherlands. To prevent fireworks damage during the turn of the year, all mailboxes in the country are closed. Via EPA-EFE/Robin Utrecht

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Dutch lockdown to last at least to mid-February

A national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the Netherlands will probably have to last at least until mid-February and even then can only be partially lifted,…

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Photo Story: Rotterdam prepares for Brexit chaos

The Oranjeheuvel car park in the port of Rotterdam, The Netherlandsis designed for trucks that do not have their customs documents in order. The buffer car park should help reduce…

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Netherlands to require negative COVID tests from air passengers

Travellers wanting to fly to the Netherlands will be required to have tested negative for COVID-19 no more than three days before departure as of next Tuesday, the Dutch government…

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Photo Story: New departure hall opened at Rotterdam The Hague Airport

A general view shows travellers waiting in the new departure hall of the Rotterdam The Hague Airport, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The number of gates in the renovated terminal has…

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Concern in the Netherlands as coronavirus cases continue to rise

Dutch Ministers are to meet at the prime minister’s official residence on Sunday to discuss the continuing rise in the number of positive coronavirus tests. On Saturday, the authorities said…

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Dutch make masks mandatory

A law mandating the use of face masks to slow the spread of coronavirus went into effect in the Netherlands on Tuesday, completing a gradual turnabout in policy. With the…

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Proposal for total ban of Airbnb from Amsterdam

A tax on day trippers, a discount card for residents and a total ban on holiday rentals via agencies such as Airbnb are some of the ideas drawn up by…

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Dutch economy to grow 2.8% in 2021 following deep slump -CPB

Economic growth in the Netherlands is set to be slower next year than previously thought, as the fight against the coronavirus continues to hurt demand, economic policy adviser CPB said…

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Coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands to continue into December

Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that most of the country’s current coronavirus lockdown measures must remain in place through mid-December, despite a recent decline in the number of new…

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Dutch police investigating after shots fired at Saudi embassy

Dutch police said they were investigating a shooting at the embassy of Saudi Arabia before sunrise on Thursday. No one was hurt. Several shots were fired at the building in…

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Dutch teacher in hiding after discussing killing of French teacher Samuel Paty

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte denounced what he called intolerable threats to freedom of expression, after a Rotterdam teacher was forced into hiding following a classroom discussion on the killing…

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Dutch to cull 200,000 chickens after second case of bird flu detected

The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday ordered the culling of 200,000 chickens after highly pathogenic bird flu was found at a farm in the eastern town of Puiflijk. The…

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Photo Story: Metro shoots through stop block in Spijkenis, The Netherlands

A view of the metro that shot through a stop block at De Akkers metro station in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands, 02 November 2020. There were no passengers on the metro.…

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Dutch to cull 35,700 chickens after bird flu detected

Dutch animal health authorities will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found on a farm in the central Netherlands, the government said on…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Grevelingenmeer, The Netherlands

An aerial view shows sunset over the Archipel island in Grevelingenmeer (Lake Grevelingen) in Zeeland region, Netherlands. Grevelingenmeer is a nontidal saltwater lake closed off part of the Rhine-Meuse estuary.…

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Netherlands confirms cases of H5N8 bird flu in wild swans

Two cases of H5N8 bird flu have been confirmed in wild swans in the central Dutch province of Utrecht, Dutch authorities announced. The Dutch agricultural ministry will consult with experts…

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Anger over Dutch royal family holiday

The Dutch royal family is back in the country after a holiday that lasted just one day, following a coronavirus-related public backlash. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima headed off to…

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Dutch telecom KPN picks Ericsson over Huawei for 5G network

KPN has chosen Sweden's Ericsson to build core elements of its new 5G mobile network following a decision last year not to select China's Huawei, the Dutch telecoms company said…

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Photo Story: Van Gogh’s letters on display in Amsterdam

Letters written by Vincent van Gogh, are on display to the public in the exhibition ‘Your Loving Vincent’ at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With the temporary…

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The big questions of the work-from-home era

As the world convulses in crisis, and tens of millions of us dig in for the long haul of working from home, one question looms large: who pays for the…

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Photo Story: Secondary school in the Netherlands make wearing of face masks mandatory

Disposable face masks at the ROC of Twente school in Almelo, the Netherlands. The secondary school organization made the wearing of mouth masks compulsory in all 29 branches of the…

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Photo Story: Pet animals allowed museum visit on Animal Day

Pet dogs appear to ignore their owners looking at exhibits of the William Wegman exhibition 'Being Human' at the Fotomuseum in The Hague, The Netherlands. On Sunday on 'World Animal…

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Photo Story: Wax figure of President Trump ‘quarantined’ at Madame Tussauds

The wax figure of US President Donald Trump has been 'quarantined' at Madame Tussauds by putting a face mask and a placard in the window of Tussauds on the Dam,…

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Photo Story: Dutch carnival association going ahead with plans

Members of the local carnival association 'De Flierefluiters' (lit. The Flute whistlers) are working on their float in Hoeven, The Netherlands. Although it is not certain what carnival in 2021…

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Dutch statistics agency says COVID death toll in the Netherlands much higher than reported

Coronavirus infections have led to thousands more deaths in the Netherlands than officially registered, data released by the nation's statistics agency on Thursday showed. At least 10,000 people in the…

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Record Dutch COVID-19 cases prompt U-turn on face masks

The Dutch government reversed course on Wednesday on its long-held position against recommending the use of face masks in public places, as new coronavirus cases hit record highs and a…

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Shell plans to cut 9,000 jobs

Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs, or over 10% of its workforce, as part of a major overhaul to shift the oil and…

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Slovenia, Netherlands to compete for ECB board job

Frank Elderson of the Netherlands and Bostjan Jazbec of Slovenia were the only two candidates put forward by their respective countries as candidates to succeed Yves Mersch at the executive…

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ING: Transaction named in ‘FinCEN’ leaks was administrative mistake

ING Group NV on Wednesday hit back at reports citing the "FinCEN Files," that said a Polish ING subsidiary had altered the name of a Russian sender on sanctions blacklists…

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Shell launches major cost-cutting drive to prepare for energy transition

Royal Dutch Shell is looking to slash up to 40% off the cost of producing oil and gas in a major drive to save cash so it can overhaul its…

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Bars in the Netherlands to start closing early to rein in spread of coronavirus

Bars and cafes in the most densely populated regions of the Netherlands will have to close their doors earlier from Sunday as the country begins reimposing restrictions to battle sharply…

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