Now playing Next Netherlands Case against Russia over downing of MH17 can go ahead, court rules The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued its latest judgment on Wednesday afternoon. 25/01/2023
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Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch PM Mark Rutte apologises for country's role in the slave trade Rutte gave a 20-minute speech at the National Archives in The Hague, despite campaigners' requests to delay a formal apology until next year. 19/12/2022
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Now playing Next Money The Dutch tulip farmer swapping gas for heat from Bitcoin mining A greenhouse in the Netherlands is using the heat generated from cryptocurrency mining to partially heat its large premises, saving on its gas bill. 14/12/2022
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Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch government 'set to officially apologise for slavery' Slavery helped fund the Netherland's 'Golden Age', a period of prosperity and trade in the 16th and 17th centuries. 08/12/2022
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Now playing Next Netherlands Watchdog warns war in Ukraine increases chemical weapons threat Threats and allegations about the possible use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons have been traded since the war in Ukraine began in February, but with no evidence they have been deployed. 28/11/2022
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Now playing Next Europe News Medicinal cannabis treatment saves Russian man from asylum rejection The EU Court of Justice ruled that a Russian man suffering from a serious illness cannot be removed from the Netherlands since his pain treatment with medicinal cannabis is illegal in Russia. 22/11/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands 'We wanted to get justice, we got justice' say MH17 victims' families There was relief at the guilty verdict from the families of those killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash 18/11/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Three found guilty of shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 The Hague District Court verdict comes more than eight years after the Malaysia Airlines from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was blown out of the sky above Donetsk on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 on board. 17/11/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands Watch: Dutch volunteers portray 'Black Pete' character using blackface A Dutch Christmas float arrives in the city of The Hague, as part of pre-Christmas festivities. Sinterklaas, based on saint Nicholas, is controversially accompanied by the character Black Pete, who is played by volunteers in blackface. 13/11/2022
Now playing Next Scenes Meet the team using bubbles to keep Amsterdam's rivers clean IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEDIA CITY “Rivers and waterways are like the highways of the plastic pollution.The majority of the plastic in the ocean has traveled through rivers and that's why we want to stop it right there.” 07/11/2022
Now playing Next Cult Dutch artwork long thought to be a copy is a real Rembrandt Painting has been lying forgotten in a corner of the Bredius Museum in The Hague thought to be by a follower of the 17th century master Rembrandt. Now it has been shown to be an original by the painter famous for work like "The Night Watch" 05/11/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands Conspiracy theorist David Icke banned from dozens of European nations The Netherlands said David Icke was banned because he "poses a threat to public order". 04/11/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands Two activists charged for 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring' protest A Dutch court has charged two climate activists for their involvement in a viral protest involving 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring'. 03/11/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands 'Chinese police stations' ordered to close in the Netherlands According to media reports, Beijing has been operating "posts" in Amsterdam and Rotterdam since 2018 to monitor dissidents. 02/11/2022
Now playing Next Netherlands Netherlands to repatriate 40 women and children from IS camps in Syria It will be the largest repatriation operation the country has ever carried out. 01/11/2022
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