Recent News Headlines : Netherlands

CANADA MAY CONTRIBUTE TO DUTCH-LED INTERNATIONAL ABORTION FUND


Sexual health and reproductive rights will be at the heart of Canada's new international assistance policy, spokesman Louis Belanger said in an email... READ MORE

28th January, 2017 4623

DUTCH LEADER TAKES TRUMP-LIKE TURN IN FACE OF HARD-RIGHT CHALLENGE


Mr. Wilders dismissed Mr. Rutte's letter as an act of deceit, declaring in a video posted online Stop deceiving your own people... READ MORE

25th January, 2017 4861

DUTCH TV TROLLS DONALD TRUMP'S 'AMERICA FIRST' SPEECH IN 'WELCOME' VIDEO A


Dutch news satire show Zondag Met Lubach released a fake tourism advert introducing the Republican politician to their tiny country ... READ MORE

24th January, 2017 10380

DUTCH PM SAYS IMMIGRANTS SHOULD 'BEHAVE NORMALLY GO GO AWAY'


Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sought to lure voters away from anti-immigration lawmaker Geert Wilders, as campaigning for the March 15 national elections heated up on Monday... READ MORE

24th January, 2017 1372

DUTCH PM SEEKS TO LURE SUPPORT FROM GEERT WILDERS AHEAD OF POLL


Mr Rutte, leader of the centre-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, said he understands calls for people who do not integrate to leave the Netherlands... READ MORE

23rd January, 2017 0

SEVEN HELD OVER $72 MILLION AMSTERDAM DIAMOND HEIST FROM 2005


Seven people have been arrested over the robbery of 72 million 67 million euros in jewelry, one the world's biggest ever heists, from Amsterdam's ai... READ MORE

22nd January, 2017 0

MARINE LE PEN HAILS PATRIOTISM AS THE POLICY OF THE FUTURE


She said that 2017 would be the year of the awakening for European people... READ MORE

21st January, 2017 1337

FRENCH FAR-RIGHT'S LE PEN SAYS BREXIT WILL HAVE DOMINO EFFECT


French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Saturday that Britain's vote to leave the European Union would have a domino effect across the bloc... READ MORE

21st January, 2017 1919

SYRIAN ARRESTED IN GERMANY OVER ALLEGED IS ATTACK PLAN


The 38-year-old, who came to Germany in late 2014 as an asylum-seeker, was arrested on Saturday in Saarbruecken, close to the French border... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 8

MAN SUSPECTED OF TIES TO BERLIN ATTACKER DETAINED IN GERMANY


Italian police have said Amri traveled through France, and French authorities said Tuesday that he made a stop in the eastern French city of Lyon... READ MORE

29th December, 2016 31

BERLIN TRUCK ATTACKER'S FLIGHT TRACED TO NETHERLANDS, TUNISIAN CONTACT HELD


On Wednesday, Dutch authorities said it appeared Amri first had fled through the Netherlands, Germany's western neighbor... READ MORE

28th December, 2016 3

BERLIN TRUCK ATTACK: TUNISIAN MAN DETAINED BY GERMAN PROSECUTORS


Anis amri, berlin attack suspect, shot dead by police in milan... READ MORE

28th December, 2016 158

TUNISIAN 'LINKED TO ANIS AMRI' HELD


They believe he was probably handed the Sim card in Nijmegen station... READ MORE

28th December, 2016 154

TUNISIAN DETAINED AS A POSSIBLE ACCOMPLICE IN BERLIN ATTACK


He did not provide further details on how and from where Mr. Amri might have traveled in the Netherlands... READ MORE

28th December, 2016 168

EU SUMMIT: RUSSIA SANCTIONS TO STAY, DUTCH UKRAINE DEAL


EU leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for a further six months... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 157

NEW STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON THEORY ANNE FRANK WAS BETRAYED


The new research points to two men who worked in the building on Amsterdam's Prinsengracht canal and dealt in illegal ration cards... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 2

GEERT WILDERS GUILTY OF 'INSULTING A GROUP' AFTER HATE SPEECH TRIAL


Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom PVV, was charged after inciting supporters into a chant calling for fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands in 2014... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 974

ANTWERP OVERTAKES LONDON AS COCAINE CAPITAL OF EUROPE


The settlement goes back to Roman times, but was it really Antwerp then?... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 311

DUTCH ANTI-ISLAM POLITICIAN GEERT WILDERS RISES IN POLLS AFTER HATE CRIME CONVICTION


Public support for controversial far-right leader Geert Wilders continues to rise in the Netherlands, despite his recent conviction for inciting racial hatred... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 1439

FAR-RIGHT MP GEERT WILDERS FOUND GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH


Wilders said his conviction was insanity, adding the three judges who handed down the ruling were haters of his far-right Freedom Party PVV ... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 5991

ANTI-ISLAM DUTCH POLITICIAN GEERT WILDERS FOUND GUILTY OF DISCRIMINATION


Geert Wilders goes on trial for hate speech Three PVV hating judges declare that Moroccans are a race and convict me and half of the Netherlands... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 692

400 MIGRANTS STORM BORDER FENCE OF SPAIN'S NORTH AFRICAN ENCLAVE CEUTA


Some 400 migrants from Africa have stormed a border fence to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, the Spanish interior ministry said... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 0

DUTCH THREATEN TO BLOCK EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION DEAL


The Dutch people have voted against the deal that is supposed to connect Brussels and Kiev politically and economically... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 565

ANTI-ISLAM DUTCH MP GEERT WILDERS FOUND GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH


Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said the court would not impose a sentence because the conviction was punishment enough for a democratically elected lawmaker... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 6235

CHILDREN'S CHARACTERS MAY DISAPPEAR FROM UNHEALTHY FOOD IN NETHERLANDS


'Licensed media characters' like Dora the Explorer and Miffy would no longer be used to target young children under initiative by Dutch food industry... READ MORE

9th December, 2016 1070

BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS AGREE TO SWAP LAND TO SIMPLIFY BORDER


The land swap, however, does not extend to the border village of Baarle-Hertog, which has non-contiguous part of the Netherlands in Belgium, and vice versa... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 5656

DUTCH LOWER HOUSE LAWMAKERS APPROVE LIMITED BURQA AND NIQAB BAN


The law must be approved by the upper house of parliament before it can be signed into law... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 15

DUTCH PARLIAMENT APPROVES PARTIAL FACE VEIL BAN


Few women in the Netherlands wear face veils... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 8158

DUTCH POLITICIANS APPROVE LIMITED BURQA BAN


Studies suggest that only a few hundred women in the Netherlands wear niqabs or full-face burqas, but successive governments have attempted to ban the garments... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 13

NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM TO END LAWLESS BORDER ODDITY BY SWAPPING LAND PEACEFULLY


The changing river route meant that the 1843 Treaty of Maastricht that created the borders between Belgium and the Netherlands was no longer accurate... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 577

Trending News Headlines : Netherlands

DUTCH CITY OF UTRECHT TO EXPERIMENT WITH A UNIVERSAL, UNCONDITIONAL 'BASIC INCOME'


Dutch city of utrecht to experiment with a universal unconditional basic income... READ MORE

27th June, 2015 23538

DUTCH RACE HATE ROW ENGULFS PRESENTER SYLVANA SIMONS


Sylvana Simons was 18 months old when her family moved from the former Dutch colony of Suriname in Latin America to the Netherlands... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 19438

THE DUTCH ARE SLOWLY RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR BLACKFACE TRADITION OF ZWARTE PIET IS RACIST AND WEIRD


The Dutch are slowly recognizing that their blackface tradition of Zwarte Piet is racist and weird... READ MORE

2nd October, 2016 13887

DUTCH KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER DECLARES THE END OF THE WELFARE STATE


King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government in a nationally televised address the welfare state of the 20th century is gone... READ MORE

2nd August, 2015 11900

'WE ARE BUILDING OUR WAY TO HELL'


Amsterdam, the Netherlands 'When scarcity is applauded, that's very wrong' Here gentrification happens very quickly... READ MORE

6th October, 2016 8508

VAN GOGH PAINTINGS STOLEN FROM AMSTERDAM FOUND IN ITALY


The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam said the works were found during a massive, continuing investigation by Italian prosecutors and organised crime officials... READ MORE

30th September, 2016 5278

DUTCH LAWMAKERS DEBATE BAN ON MUSLIM HEADWEAR


A small group of people wearing full-face veils watched the debate from the public gallery... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 3665

BLACK PETE: DOCUMENTARY SHOWS HOW LONDONERS, INCLUDING RUSSELL BRAND, RESPOND TO A??RACISTA?? CHRISTMAS TRADITION


These helpers are the Black Petes mostly played by white people in blackface, and represented as jolly, acrobatic and prone to making mistakes... READ MORE

5th December, 2014 2619

DUTCH FIRM TRAINS EAGLES TO TAKE DOWN DRONES


It's majestic to see, Mr. Wiebes said, as a magnificent bald eagle perched on the arm of a handler... READ MORE

29th May, 2016 2403

DUTCH ANTI-IMMIGRATION LEADER WILDERS CALLS FOR DUTCH REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP


If I become prime minister, there will be a referendum in the Netherlands on leaving the European Union as well... READ MORE

24th June, 2016 1814

MH17 FLIGHT WRECKAGE REMOVAL BEGINS


The recovery operation was expected to take several days, the Dutch Safety Board said, and the debris will be transported to the Netherlands for investigation... READ MORE

16th November, 2014 1561

BIRD FLU FOUND ON BRITISH DUCK FARM NOT THE DEADLY H5N1 STRAIN


On the basis of what we know of the strain to date, Public Health England has said that this strain does not present a threat to public health."... READ MORE

17th November, 2014 1488

ITALY RESISTS EU PUSH FOR RUSSIA SANCTIONS OVER ALEPPO BOMBINGS


It is a naval operation that NATO believes is likely to intensify the assault on Aleppo, despite the Russian ceasefire pledge... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 1287

DUTCH SYRIA GIRL TO APPEAR IN COURT


Dutch media report that Aicha left the Netherlands in February to marry Omar Yilmaz, a Dutch-Turkish fighter who had once served in the Dutch military... READ MORE

21st November, 2014 1268

TWO DIE IN DUTCH UN HELICOPTER CRASH


Mali conflict A Dutch UN helicopter has crashed near Gao in northern Mali, killing its two crew members, the Dutch defence ministry has said... READ MORE

17th March, 2015 1243

DUTCH LAW WOULD ALLOW ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR HEALTHY OLDER PEOPLE


While state-assisted suicide is deeply polarizing in many countries, including the United States, the practice has gained wide acceptance in the Netherlands... READ MORE

15th October, 2016 1101

MISSILE THAT DOWNED MH17 CAME FROM RUSSIA, SAYS JOINT INVESTIGATION TEAM


MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE

28th September, 2016 917

THIS BLACKFACE THING IS A PROBLEM


A U.N. body condemns the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 915

FRAGMENTS OF RUSSIAN MISSILE BUK LAUNCHER FOUND AT CRASH SITE


Possible parts of a BUK missile launcher that may have been used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 have been found in Ukraine... READ MORE

11th August, 2015 814

NETHERLANDS TO WITHDRAW FOOD AND SHELTER FROM FAILED ASYLUM-SEEKERS AFTER JUST 'A FEW WEEKS'


Only two EU countries have similar strict measures in place to deny basic support to failed asylum seekers - Finland and Britain... READ MORE

30th August, 2015 792

THIS BLACKFACE THING IS A PROBLEM


A U.N. body condemns the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 785

MASS ARRESTS IN THE HAGUE AS CLASHES OVER DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY CONTINUE


The violence first erupted on Monday night after demonstrators gathered outside a police station to protest at the death of Aruban holidaymaker Mitch Henriquez... READ MORE

3rd July, 2015 773

DUTCH SAY JET CRASH INQUIRY IS BEING BLOCKED IN UKRAINE


This month, the Dutch foreign minister, Bert Koenders, visited Moscow, where he discussed the inquiries with his Russian counterpart, Sergey V... READ MORE

28th June, 2015 771

'THE LINE WENT DEAD:' SIBLINGS FROM NY MISSING IN BRUSSELS ATTACKS


'The line went dead ' Siblings from NY missing in Brussels attacks... READ MORE

23rd March, 2016 755

DUTCH SAFETY BOARD SET TO SAY MH17 DOWNED BY RUSSIAN-MADE MISSILE, BUT NOT POINT FINGER


Dutch safety board set to say mh17 downed by russian-made missile but not point finger... READ MORE

12th October, 2015 657

'KIDNAPPED' DUTCH CHILDREN TAKEN TO SYRIA


Abc online islamic state chechen woman kidnaps her dutch children to join is 11 hrs ago... READ MORE

17th March, 2015 599

REPORT CONFIRMS MH17 SHOT DOWN A?? BUT WHY?


Ukraine officials have also argued the missile came from Snizhne, a village under the control of Russian-backed separatists... READ MORE

13th October, 2015 469

OUTRAGE AFTER WORLD'S LARGEST SHIP IS NAMED AFTER SS NAZI WAR CRIMINAL


But as Holocaust Memorial Day nears, anger has erupted after it was revealed Pieter Schelte Heerema was a Dutch officer in the Waffen SS... READ MORE

25th January, 2015 460

AYDIN COBAN, SUSPECT IN AMANDA TODD CYBERBULLYING CASE, CAN BE EXTRADITED, DUTCH COURT RULES


Dutch man must stand trial in netherlands on separate charges before being sent to canada... READ MORE

28th June, 2016 399

POGBA'S GOAL DECISIVE AS FRANCE BEAT NETHERLANDS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER


France next host Sweden on Nov. 11 while the Netherlands visit Luxembourg two days later... READ MORE

11th October, 2016 375


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