Netherlands

Netherlands

Dutch government resigns amid child welfare benefits scandal

The Dutch government is resigning over its response to a child welfare benefits scandal, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday.

15/01/2021

Netherlands

Amsterdam mulls ban on foreign tourists at its cannabis 'coffee shops'

Only Dutch residents would be allowed to enter the city's 166 coffee shops under new proposals.

11/01/2021

Business Planet

Protecting creativity: how to stop the copycats

In partnership with The European Commission

Business planet takes a look at how EU firms can protect their intellectual property from copycats, both home and abroad.

08/01/2021

My Europe Series

Samuel Paty: A murder showing the cracks in European society

The murder of school teacher, Samuel Paty, at the hands of an Islamist terrorist shocked France. But the repercussions of this crime and how it reflects European society have opened wounds that no one knows how to heal.

18/12/2020

Netherlands

Coronavirus: Netherlands begins imposing tough new five-week lockdown

Schools, nonessential shops, museums and gyms close from Tuesday. PM Mark Rutte's announcement prompted a rush of last-minute shopping.

14/12/2020

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Explosions hit three Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands

Police are investigating the blasts and have not revealed a possible motive.

09/12/2020

Netherlands

Suspect arrested over 'bomb threat' at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee says they are still investigating the aircraft at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

09/12/2020

Netherlands

Cyberattack on EU medicines agency 'accessed data on COVID-19 vaccine'

It said Wednesday's cyberattack accessed documents relating to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the regulator is in the process of vetting

09/12/2020

Netherlands

Explosions hit three Polish supermarkets with same name in Netherlands

Three Polish supermarkets with the same name have been rocked by explosions in the Netherlands.

08/12/2020

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'Brexit monster' warns of horrors ahead at Dutch port

Officials say the new customs controls are coming regardless of the outcome of trade deal talks between London and Brussels.

02/12/2020

Netherlands

Climate change activists take Shell to court over emissions

The move by Friends of the Earth is the latest in a string of cases around the world in which activists are using the courtroom as a venue to fight for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from governments and companies.

01/12/2020

Netherlands

Judges reject defense request for further MH17 investigations

Dutch judges have rejected a defence lawyer's request for more time to investigate alternative scenarios into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014.

25/11/2020

Netherlands

Bird flu: Nearly 200,000 chickens culled in the Netherlands

Following last summer’s outbreaks in Russia and Kazakhstan, the bird flu epizootic is now spreading in Western Europe.

22/11/2020

Green News

The power of energy: How dancing and walking can light up a city

These two men created the first ever sustainable dancefloor.

21/11/2020

Netherlands

Researchers aim to create European historical scents library

A team of researchers aim to recreate scents from the last five centuries on the continent to bring a richer understanding of historical events like the Battle of Waterloo as well as day to day life.

17/11/2020

Netherlands

Dutch court upholds terror conviction for 2018 Amsterdam stabbings

A Dutch appeals court has upheld the terror conviction of an asylum-seeker who stabbed and seriously injured two American tourists at Amsterdam's main railway station in August 2018.

16/11/2020

Netherlands

Shots fired at Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague, Netherlands

Bullet holes were left across the outside of the building and its windows after the early morning shooting.

12/11/2020

Netherlands

Ex-Kosovo president Thaci to appear in court on war crimes charges

An international prosecutor has indicted Thaci and other former guerilla leaders on 10 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. The former president denies any wrongdoing.

09/11/2020

No Comment

Whale tail sculpture saves Dutch metro train from dangerous fall

It happened at the final stop on the metro line in the town of Spijkenisse, on the southern edge of Rotterdam.

02/11/2020

Netherlands

Whale tail sculpture saves derailed metro train from disaster

A Dutch metro crashed through safety barriers in Spijkenisse on Monday morning and was left hanging on a work of art behind the rails.

02/11/2020

Netherlands

Dutch government halts KLM bailout amid disagreement over cost cuts

The Dutch government says the company needs to cut costs by 15% and improve sustainability.

31/10/2020

Netherlands

Thousands of chickens to be culled after bird flu found on Dutch farm

The outbreak came despite the government last week ordering all birds on poultry farms to be kept indoors after tests confirmed a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in two dead wild swans.

29/10/2020

Netherlands

US election: taxation for overseas nationals on agenda

Republicans and Democrats living abroad may be opposed in many ways in this most polarised of presidential elections, but agree on one thing: the tax situation for American expatriates needs to change. Jack Parrock reports from the Netherlands.

28/10/2020

Next Series

REFRESH - the EU project to drastically reduce food waste

In partnership with The European Commission

A fifth of all food produced in Europe ends up being wasted. We look into the major strides being taken towards creating a joined-up food production system that will help drastically reduce food waste.

12/10/2020

Netherlands

Navalny: Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok poisoning

"Any use of chemical weapons is serious and cannot be without consequences," Germany said after the OPCW confirmed that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok.

06/10/2020

Netherlands

Former Dutch gynaecologist is biological father of 17 children

The now-deceased practitioner used his own sperm during artificial inseminations on women who thought they were using anonymous donors, a hospital has claimed.

06/10/2020