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Netherlands wants an opt-out from EU migration rules. Is it possible?

The Hague might soon be heading for a total clash with Brussels over the most explosive issue on the political agenda: migration.

03/07/2024

Travel News

Amsterdam overtourism: City moves to ban cruise ships

If the plans get greenlit, cruise ships will be banned from entering the city centre of Amsterdam entirely from 2035.

02/07/2024

Europe News

Rule of law protests greet new Dutch government at swearing-in

A group of protesters watched from behind the fences at Huis ten Bosch Palace as a new Dutch cabinet was sworn in.

02/07/2024

Europe News

Former spy chief Dick Schoof sworn in as new Dutch PM

Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the new ministers and state secretaries at the royal Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague on Tuesday.

02/07/2024

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Amsterdam's Oosterpark hosts national slavery remembrance

The Netherlands commemorated the abolition of slavery with a national ceremony in Amsterdam's Oosterpark.

01/07/2024

Europe News

Dutch PM urges support for Ukraine in farewell speech

Rutte urged the Dutch to support Ukraine in his final speech on Sunday, before an inward-looking new government takes over the Netherlands on Tuesday.

30/06/2024

Culture news

Matisse masterpiece returned to Jewish family who fled Nazi Germany

German Jewish family hails 'symbolic justice' after investigation proves ownership of Matisse painting sold 83-years old by holocaust victim to fund escape from Nazi persecution.

27/06/2024

Smart Regions

Dutch clean tech innovation powering Europe's green energy transition

In partnership with the European Commission

Clean tech companies are in the frontline of Europe's efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050. A Dutch firm, backed by EU financial support, has developed a new green energy technology that will help achieve that goal.

24/06/2024

Europe News

Dutch populist farmers party set to join centre-right EPP group

The BBB will only join the EPP group at the European Parliament, not the EPP political party, one of the sources told Euronews.

18/06/2024

Netherlands

Three men found guilty of killing Dutch investigative journalist

A Dutch court on Wednesday convicted three men of murder for their roles in the 2021 shooting of investigative reporter Peter R. de Vries.

12/06/2024

Culture news

Will the Netherlands stop taking part in Eurovision?

The Netherlands has warned it may pull out of future Eurovision Song Contests after this year's contestant, Joost Klein, was disqualified.

10/06/2024

Europe News

Timmermans and Wilders both celebrate on Dutch election night

Timmermans' GreenLeft-Labour alliance is set to win eight seats in the new European Parliament, while PVV and its leader Geert Wilders won seven.

07/06/2024

Europe News

Dutch far-right, centre-left bloc neck and neck in EU elections

The PVV’s Geert Wilders has in the past called for the Netherlands to leave the EU as Britain did, but his party’s manifesto makes no mention of a so-called Nexit and instead urges voters to back the PVV so it can change the EU from within.

06/06/2024

Europe News

Pro-Russia group claims responsibility for EU elections cyber-attacks

The websites of at least three political parties in the Netherlands were targeted on Thursday as Dutch voters cast their ballots in the European elections.

06/06/2024

Europe News

EU elections: Polls open in Netherlands as Dutch cast their vote

The Netherlands is the only EU country to start its single-day vote early, but it will be followed by Ireland on Friday and the rest of the EU nations over the weekend.

06/06/2024

Europe News

Polls predict majority of new Dutch MEPs to be far-right

Dutch candidates rally for the European elections amid concerns over the future of Europe, with polls suggesting potential far-right dominance.

03/06/2024

Europe News

Who is Dick Schoof and why did Geert Wilders choose him as new PM?

Schoof's apparent lack of political experience starkly contrasts with that of his liberal predecessor, Mark Rutte, who has led the Netherlands since 2010 and played an influential role in the EU.

29/05/2024

Europe News

Former spy chief expected to be new prime minister of the Netherlands

It has taken months of post-election negotiations to form a right-wing government.

28/05/2024

Earth News

How did the Netherlands become a cycling utopia?

With some five billion bicycle trips made a year, the Dutch work hard to keep the wheels of pedal progress turning.

26/05/2024

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Top UN court rules Israel should cease Rafah offensive

The ICJ — whose rulings are legally binding although lack means of direct enforcement — also ordered Israel to open the Rafah border crossing for humanitarian aid.

24/05/2024

Business

ASML and Eindhoven Tech University launch semiconductor agreement

Europe’s most valuable tech firm is working with a Dutch university to bolster chipmaking capabilities following threats of relocation.

23/05/2024

Culture news

AI can detect sarcasm now. Great...

Oh isn’t AI so clever. We're just soooo happy that some researchers in the Netherlands have built an AI sarcasm detector. 🙄

22/05/2024

Netherlands

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders

The Hague-based court's top prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, among others, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

20/05/2024

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WATCH: Pro-Israel protesters rally outside ICJ

Dozens of pro-Israel protesters gathered outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday as Israel defended itself against South Africa's demand to halt its military actions in Gaza.

17/05/2024

Netherlands

Dutch government veers sharply right after four-party coalition deal

When presenting the coalition agreement, PVV leader Geert Wilders said he is very much looking forward to the upcoming collaboration with NSC, BBB and the VVD. He also said that 'the sun will shine again in the Netherlands'.

16/05/2024

Netherlands

Wilders strikes a deal to form new coalition in the Netherlands

Six months after winning the Dutch national elections, far-right anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders has agreed to form a four-party coalition.

15/05/2024