Netherlands

Netherlands

New Year 'firenado' threatens Dutch seaside resort

Firefighters in the Netherlands spent New Year’s Eve battling a beach bonfire burning out of control, threatening the seaside resort of Scheveningen.

01/01/2019

Netherlands

Departure hall at Amsterdam airport evacuated after bomb claim

A departure hall at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport was briefly evacuated on Monday evening after a man claimed to have an explosive.

31/12/2018

Netherlands

Dutch turn to floating homes to confront rising sea levels

Global warming worries the Netherlands, much of which is below sea level. Of course, the Dutch strengthen their dikes in anticipation of rising water. But in recent years, another solution is making its way: floating homes.

20/12/2018

Netherlands

Noah's New Ark: Full-scale model of biblical vessel highlights threat of global warming

The Ark's mission comes as speakers at United Nations-sponsored climate change talks in Poland warn that global warming is humanity's greatest threat.

06/12/2018

Netherlands

Breda wins EU Access City Award for its efforts to be more inclusive

Breda, in the Netherlands, has won the 2019 Access City Award for "continuously making improvements to make life easier for people with disabilities".

04/12/2018

Next Series

A clever laboratory for smart homes

In partnership with The European Commission

A new lab is to evaluate dozens of smart devices and how they can communicate with each other to make our lives easier.

03/12/2018

Netherlands

Man, 69, to appeal after court rejects his request to be 49

Despite the ruling, the sexagenarian told Euronews he was feeling "great".

03/12/2018

Netherlands

Dutch court rejects man's request to be 20 years younger

The court said it acknowledged "a trend in society for people to feel fit and healthy for longer, but did not regard that as a valid argument for amending a person's date of birth."

03/12/2018

Netherlands

On your marks, get set, drone!

Drone racing is a thing. One of many drone-related things at the Amsterdam Drone Week

30/11/2018

Netherlands

Noah way! Builder of life-size Ark plans to sail boat to Israel

Noah way! The gigantic vessel has no motor so tugboats need to be hired. Cost? More than €1 million.

29/11/2018

Netherlands

Air-taxi prototype unveiled at Amsterdam drone show

A  scale model of a flying drone-car mashup is providing a tantalising glimpse of future of urban mobility. The "Pop.Up Next" prototype drone is being developed by aviation giant Airbus, car maker Audi and Ital Design.

28/11/2018

Netherlands

Holocaust survivors to be compensated by Dutch wartime train operator

More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were killed during the Second World War.

28/11/2018

Netherlands

Dutch church holds ongoing service to protect refugee family

A church in the Netherlands has been conducting a service for over 700 hours in order to protect a refugee family from deportation.

26/11/2018

Netherlands

Climate change helping to sink parts of the Netherlands, say experts

The western city of Gouda, for instance, is sinking by three millimetres per year, on average.

22/11/2018

World

Clashes break out in Netherlands over 'Black Pete' Christmas character

Dutch pre-Christmas festivities descended into violent scuffles and arrests last weekend — the controversy centres on a character called "Black Pete".

19/11/2018

Sport

Clash of the titans on thrilling last day of The Hague Judo Grand Prix

Titans clash on last day of The Hague Judo Grand Prix, with diversity the watchword as 27 different countries win medals during a thrilling tournament

19/11/2018

Sport

Fancy footwork and flying finishes on Day 2 of Hague Judo Grand Prix

Bulgaria’s Ivaylo Ivanov was our Man of the Day on a thrilling Day 2 of The Hague Judo Grand Prix, while China's Yang Junxia was our Woman of the Day

18/11/2018

Sport

Dynamic display of judo on first day of The Hague Judo Grand Prix 2018

Dynamic judo was on display on Day 1 of The Hague Judo Grand Prix 2018, with Georgia's Vazha Margvelashvili our Man of the Day and Japan's Terumi Otsuji our Woman of the Day

17/11/2018

Netherlands

Wing-flapping drone mimics insect flight

Dutch researchers have built a wing-flapping drone which mimics insect flight – and could teach zoologists more about how real insects' brains work.

12/11/2018

Netherlands

Dutchman, 69, wants to legally reduce age by 20 years to meet women

"I try to get a mortgage, it's impossible. If I put my age on Tinder, women say 'you're much too old'," Emile Ratelband told Euronews.

08/11/2018

Europe Decoded

Mosques ask Twitter to ban far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders

The Turkish Islamic Cultural Federation has sent a formal request to Twitter asking that anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders be removed from the platform.

06/11/2018

Netherlands

Former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok dies

Tributes paid to former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok, haunted ''until the very end'' by Srebrenica

21/10/2018

Netherlands

Ever wondered what's out there? Now's your chance to #AskSpace

Our Space reporter, Jeremy Wilks, puts all your questions about space to guest expert, Tiago Soares, a European Space Agency systems engineer, in a Facebook Live. With thanks to Scientix for gathering questions from students across Europe to mark World Space Week.

08/10/2018

Netherlands

Jogger finds abandoned lion cub in the Netherlands

A veterinarian has been left staggered in the Netherlands after being called by police to collect an abandoned lion cub outside a nearby village.

07/10/2018

Netherlands

US government charges seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking

US government charges seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking reports AP.

04/10/2018

Netherlands

Holland: 7 arrested after planned Terror Attack

Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of planning a major terror attack in the Netherlands. This comes after a months-long investigation into a terror network. Officers arrested seven suspects, aged between 21 and 34, on Thursday.

28/09/2018