Netherlands

Netherlands

Dutch PM to Greece: only way to keep the euro is deep reform

There is a warning to Greece from the prime minister of The Netherlands: the only way to keep the euro is to accept deep reforms. Mark Rutte made the

07/07/2015

Sport

Cancellara in yellow; Greipal wins stage 2 of the Tour de France

Spartacus in yellow as Fabian Cancellara takes the leaders jersey after a hectic stage 2 of the Tour de France. I am so happpy....to be back in

05/07/2015

Sport

Rohan Dennis record breaking Lycra lad wins Tour de France Grand Depart

A record breaking Grand Depart at the 2015 Tour de France The Lycra lads set off on a 13.8km individual time-trial around the Dutch city of Utrecht

04/07/2015

Netherlands

Hague police detain 200 as riots continue over death of arrested man

A week of unrest has continued in the Hague with a fourth successive night of rioting following the death of a Caribbean man in police custody. Dutch

03/07/2015

Sport

Tour de France teams and contenders presented

The Tour de France teams were presented in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Thursday. In total twenty-two teams and 198 riders were shown off to the

02/07/2015

Sport

Hiddink steps down as The Netherlands coach

The Dutch football association announced on Monday that Guus Hiddink has stepped down from his role as coach of the national side. 68-year old

29/06/2015

Netherlands

Dutch court orders Netherlands to cut carbon emissions faster

A Dutch court has ordered its own government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a faster rate than it’s planning to do. A judge in The Hague said

24/06/2015

Netherlands

Netherlands pull out of hosting 2019 European Games

10/06/2015

Netherlands

Dutch set to ban full-face veil

The Dutch cabinet has approved plans for a partial ban on wearing the face-covering Islamic veil in public places including schools, hospitals and on

23/05/2015

Next Series

Saving water from waste in chemical plants

This edition of Futuris explores how new technologies can help recycle the water used in chemical plants to make these more environmentally friendly.

11/05/2015

Next Series

How to solve the water scarcity problem?

11/05/2015

Netherlands

Dutch royal couple honour WW II dead

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his queen Maxima have attended a remembrance ceremony in Amsterdam honouring those who fought and died in World War

05/05/2015

Next Series

Resistance movement: the battle to beat the antibiotic-proof superbug

Antibiotics have saved countless lives since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, but their indiscriminate use means some diseases have become

04/05/2015

Next Series

Do you know: what are "superbugs"?

04/05/2015

Sport

Box office Blooper, Karim who?

As usual we like a good laugh and this week’s box office Blooper is PSV’S Karim Rekik celebrating. If you find it repetative then you are

27/04/2015

Netherlands

Man held over British Embassy fire in The Hague

A 32-year-old man has been detained in connection with a fire at the British Embassy in the Hague. Emergency services in the Netherlands say no-one

21/04/2015

Sport

PSV Eindhoven win Dutch league for 22nd time

PSV Eindhoven are the new Dutch champions, for the first time in seven seasons.It ends a long drought for the club, which has won the championship 22

18/04/2015

Netherlands

Srebrenica genocide: Zdravko Tolimir's life sentence upheld

Former right-hand-man of Ratko Mladic has life sentence and most convictions upheld for the Srebrenica genocide. However, charges relating to the forcible transfer of Muslims from Zepa have been overt

09/04/2015

Culture news

Greece and Ukraine crises reflected at European cultural awards

In Brussels, Greece and Ukraine picked up prestigious a European cultural award on Tuesday named after Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. Her

01/04/2015

Netherlands

Dutch royals have painting looted by Nazis, inquiry reveals

The Dutch royal family has found out that one of its paintings was looted by Nazis, during Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands in World War Two

31/03/2015

Culture news

Krump up the volume: urban dance making a big noise

Krump started as an edgy, urban dance craze in Belgium. Under the guidance of European choreographers it is gaining in popularity and credibility as a dance form.

30/03/2015

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A recipe for self-healing concrete!

30/03/2015

Netherlands

Power restored to Amsterdam region after five-hour outage

[Watch] Electricity has been restored to the Amsterdam region after an outage that lasted more than five hours on Friday. Airports, public

27/03/2015

Netherlands

Power outage hits Amsterdam and northern Holland area

27/03/2015

Culture news

Mr Probz prepares to make waves with new single

Many artists fall foul when trying to follow-up a massive hit but fear of failure is not in Mr Probz’s book. The Dutch singer, who’s real name is

27/03/2015

Netherlands

Spectator causes Loren Rowney to crash out of cycle race

13/03/2015