Netherlands

Nature

Ultraviolet ‘dancing lights’ are enhancing plant growth in fields

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is merging art and tech to help crops grow faster and more sustainably.

09/03/2021

Netherlands

Amsterdam clubbers hit the dancefloor for COVID-19 experiment

Those who attended had to present a negative coronavirus test 48 hours before the event, and they have been asked to take another coronavirus test five days after the event.

08/03/2021

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Revelers in Amsterdam hit dancefloor for club night experiment

1,300 dance enthusiasts took part in a trial party investigating how large groups can gather safely in times of coronavirus.

07/03/2021

World

Dutch sex workers protest for right to get back to work

The Dutch government allowed many workers in "contact professions", such as barbers and masseurs, to reopen their businesses but sex workers aren't on the list.

03/03/2021

Netherlands

Explosion damages COVID-19 testing centre in the Netherlands

In January, a COVID-19 testing centre in the town of Urk was set on fire by rioters opposed to the country's lockdown.

03/03/2021

Netherlands

Victory for Dutch government over legal challenge to COVID curfew

Court found government was entitled to use an emergency law to introduce the measures forcing residents indoors from 9 pm to 4:30 am

26/02/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands eases lockdown but extends curfew through March 15

More students in the Netherlands will be able to attend in person classes but the 9pm to 4:30am curfew will stay in place.

24/02/2021

Netherlands

German man arrested over three high-profile money heists

The 60-year-old man is alleged to have participated in the robberies in Cologne and Frankfurt between 2018 and 2019.

23/02/2021

Netherlands

Newborn baby girl found alive by Dutch police in waste container

Police were alerted after a resident heard a baby crying from an underground waste container. The newborn girl is in a "stable" condition in hospital.

22/02/2021

Netherlands

Debris falls over Netherlands after engine fire on Boeing 747 aircraft

Two people in the Netherlands were injured by debris after a Boeing 747 cargo flight suffered an engine fire after taking off from Maastricht on Saturday.

22/02/2021

Netherlands

Dutch senators approve new coronavirus curfew law in late night vote

The government, which is appealing the decision by a judge to strike down the curfew, succeeded in gaining some opposition support for the new law.

20/02/2021

Netherlands

Dutch minister on thin ice after skate with star breaks COVID-19 rules

Wopke Hoekstra sparked anger after posting a photo of himself on Twitter with Sven Kramer, the winner of four Winter Olympics speed skating gold medals. His outing breached the Dutch coronavirus restrictions.

19/02/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands appeals court set to rule on coronavirus curfew legality

PM Mark Rutte said he expected to win the case against the restrictions brought by civil liberties campaigners

19/02/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands COVID-19 curfew to continue after court ruling

A ruled earlier on Tuesday that the current curfew in the Netherlands to stop the spread of COVID-19 should be lifted as it violates freedom of movement.

16/02/2021

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Dutch ice skaters take advantage of frozen canals and lakes

Dozens of skaters took to the frozen surface of Amsterdam's historic Prinsengracht canal on Saturday, as the deep freeze gripping Europe allowed skating on a small section of the canal for the first time since 2018.

13/02/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands offers payment of 'appreciation' to Srebrenica veterans

The Dutch government has offered to pay veterans of a United Nations peacekeeping mission that failed to prevent the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995.

11/02/2021

Netherlands

Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide

Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide.

09/02/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands suspends foreign adoptions over abuses and corruption

Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker said in a statement that "it is painful to conclude that the government has not done what was expected of it".

08/02/2021

Netherlands

One protester on why he took to the streets over Dutch COVID curfew

"Why do we need to first vaccinate 90-year-olds?" asked Marcel R. "From my point of view, no one needs to live to 110. I'd rather my children be able to go to a café or a concert."

06/02/2021

Netherlands

EU approves AstraZeneca COVID vaccine despite concern for older people

The European Medicines Agency says it is not restricting use of the vaccine for people aged over 55 in order to 'give options', but some member states are set to withhold it

29/01/2021

My Europe Series

Why the riots in the Netherlands go beyond a COVID curfew

Violence rocked Dutch towns and cities for successive nights after a curfew to stop the spread of coronavirus was imposed. It is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to grievances with the government.

27/01/2021

Netherlands

Dutch police arrest 131 people on 'calmer' night of curfew protests

Authorities said the fourth night of a national coronavirus curfew on Tuesday passed more peacefully than the previous three nights of rioting.

27/01/2021

Netherlands

Dutch police out in force to prevent further anti-lockdown rioting

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb posted a video message on Twitter, asking rioters: “Does it feel good to wake up with a bag full of stolen stuff next to you?”

26/01/2021

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Riots over Dutch COVID curfew hit for a third successive night

The violence is over the Netherlands' recently approved 9pm-4:30am coronavirus curfew.

26/01/2021

Netherlands

Netherlands welcomes US return to the climate change debate

The virtual meeting aimed to produce an agenda for dealing with effects such as rising sea levels, extreme weather and crop failure.

26/01/2021

Netherlands

Dutch police clash with rioters in third night of violence

At least 70 people have been arrested amid reports of looting in Rotterdam, as demonstrators take to the streets against a national coronavirus curfew.

25/01/2021