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Dutch MPs asked to reconsider burqa ban as women report rise in abuse

The so-called burqa ban has been in place since August 2019 and women who cover their faces on public transport or in buildings including schools and hospitals risk a 150 euro fine

My Europe Series

The Netherlands must reduce carbon emissions by the end of the year, but can this be done?

The Netherlands must reduce carbon emissions by the end of the year, but can this be done?

Netherlands

Greenpeace threatens legal action over Dutch aid to KLM airline

The NGO says financial support to KLM is not accompanied by sufficient climate conditions.

United Kingdom

UK imports tonnes of sewage sludge despite toxicity concerns

A permit for 15 shipments was issued in February by the UK's Environment Agency, according to documents obtained by Greenpeace’s Unearthed investigative unit and seen by Euronews.

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World News

Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld wins International Booker Prize

Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has won the International Booker Prize

World News

Two cases of COVID-19 reinfection reported in Europe

Two cases of coronavirus infection in patients that had previously had the virus have been reported in Europe, one in the Netherlands, and another in Belgium.

Russia

Russia summons Dutch diplomat after discovery of "tracking equipment"

Russia's Foreign Ministry says the espionage equipment was found in the service car of an assistant to their military attaché in the Netherlands.

Netherlands

More than 20 arrested after overnight rioting in The Hague

Stones and heavy fireworks were thrown at the police officers from rooftops.

World News

Britons rush to return home from France after UK quarantine move

The UK has imposed a 14-day quarantine from Saturday on travellers arriving from several more countries including France, the Netherlands and Malta.

Netherlands

Facebook bans Zwarte Piet images and racist depictions of Jews

The move has been welcomed by activists who say the holiday character of Zwarte Piet is racist.

Netherlands

Police arrest 17 after finding 'largest ever' Dutch cocaine lab

Investigators estimate the drugs found have a street value of between €4.5 million and €6 million.

Lebanon

Dutch ambassador's wife 'donated organs' after dying in Beirut's blast

Hedwig Waltmans-Molier succumbed to her injuries in hospital on Saturday following last week's explosions in Beirut.

Netherlands

Dutch city drafts remodelling plan to combat effects of climate change

The city of Arnhem has published a strategy to combat the effects of global warming, which included reducing asphalt by 10 per cent, among other measures.

The Cube

Twitter hackers accessed messages of far-right leader Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders, from the Dutch right-wing Freedom Party (PVV), said Twitter had informed him that his account had been compromised.

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How the UNalab Smart Cities project is regreening overheated Eindhoven

In partnership with The European Commission

Eindhoven is one of a growing number of European cities using what are being termed Nature Based Solutions to improve urban climate and water resilience issues. Along with Tampere in Finland and Genoa in Italy, this southern Dutch city is at the forefront of the European UNaLab project.

Spain

Spain to cull 90,000 mink after farmworkers test positive for COVID-19

The Aragon government said the "drastic" measure is to be implemented after seven workers and 90 animals at a breeding farm tested positive.

Economy

Going Dutch: Netherlands has 'frugal' approach EU recovery package

EU leaders meet Friday to thrash out a deal on the trillion-euro rescue package, but the Dutch prime minister remains firm in his objections to parts of the plan. We went to the Netherlands to get the Dutch perspective on the recovery funds.

United Kingdom

Eurostar will launch direct Amsterdam-London service this year

Currently, passengers must disembark in Brussels to be checked by UK Border Force officials.

My Europe Series

Prostitution and the pandemic: Amsterdam's sex workers' struggle to survive under lockdown

Unreported Europe travels to Amsterdam to meet the sex workers struggling to survive under lockdown.

Netherlands

Defence lawyers seek more investigations into MH17 crash

All 298 passengers and crew were killed when the jet was shot down over Ukraine in 2014.