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Dutch police arrest 8 after 'unprecedented' weapons haul

Dutch police have arrested 8 people after finding one of their biggest hauls of illegal weapons. At least 60 pistols and handguns, 9 grenades, 36

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MH17: wife of first officer given standing ovation after moving tribute to victims

Family and friends of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster arrived at a memorial service in the Netherlands clutching

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Baku European Games: Day 16 Highlights

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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

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Netherlands pull out of hosting 2019 European Games

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'The status quo is not good enough': David Cameron kicks off EU tour

British Prime Minister David Cameron has kicked off a two-day tour of the European Union with meetings with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in The

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

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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

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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

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Do you know: what are "superbugs"?

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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

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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

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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

Germany

Anti-Islam group PEGIDA invites far-right figure Geert Wilders to rally

It is attracting fewer demonstrators than in the past, but the German anti-Islam group PEGIDA is making new attempts to revive itself. Several

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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

World News

Hurricane force winds batter Europe

Hurricane force winds have battered parts of northern Europe leaving at least five people dead in weather related incidents. In Germany two forestry

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