News: Netherlands

We have started to collect the most important news related to Netherlands in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Netherlands: news

VIDEO: Nine MH17 bodies still missing

Saturday, November 8th 2014, 22:27
related countries: Ukraine

Nine of the 298 victims of July's MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine are still unaccounted for, Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders says.
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Nine MH17 victims unaccounted for

Saturday, November 8th 2014, 12:37
related countries: Ukraine

Nine of the 298 victims of July's MH17 crash are still unaccounted for, the Dutch foreign minister says, as five more coffins are flown out of Ukraine.
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Thursday's gossip column

Thursday, November 6th 2014, 7:48

Man Utd want Dutch defender, English clubs monitor Pique, Suarez on Gerrard's Chelsea 'slip', plus more.
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VIDEO: Edible insects create a buzz in Holland

Saturday, November 1st 2014, 17:50
related places: Groningen, Holland

Anna Holligan reports from the Dutch city of Groningen as a Dutch supermarket chain launches a new range of products made from edible insects.
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Shell appoints new chairman

Thursday, October 30th 2014, 9:54
related places: America

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has appointed former Bank of America and DuPont chair Charles Holliday as chairman.
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Japan princess back in public eye

Thursday, October 30th 2014, 8:11
related countries: Japan

Japan's Crown Princess Masako - who has been hit by a stress-related illness - attends a banquet for Dutch royals, her first such appearance in 11 years.
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Dutch ask Russia for MH17 'evidence'

Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 17:14
related countries: Russia, Ukraine

Dutch investigators ask Russia to surrender evidence it claims to have showing a Ukrainian fighter jet in the same area as flight MH17 when it was shot down.
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VIDEO: First prosecution over avatar 'Sweetie'

Monday, October 20th 2014, 22:44

A year ago a charity in the Netherlands created a fake profile of a girl called Sweetie to pose in teen chat rooms.
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VIDEO: Why are Dutch bikers fighting IS?

Friday, October 17th 2014, 6:12
related countries: Iraq

Three members of a Dutch motorcycle club are now leading a Kurdish battalion fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq.
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Dutch bikers join fight against IS

Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 16:25
related countries: Iraq

Three members of a Dutch motorcycle club with military backgrounds have gone to Iraq to help Kurds fighting Islamic State, a fellow biker confirms.
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Popular Somali singers seek asylum

Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 14:58
related countries: Kenya, Somalia

A popular Somali band is forced to seek asylum in the Netherlands after Kenya revokes its refugee status, its lead singer tells the BBC.
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Iceland 2-0 Netherlands

Monday, October 13th 2014, 21:50
related countries: Iceland

The Netherlands are beaten in Iceland to suffer their second defeat in three Euro 2016 qualifiers.
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Lego 'won't renew' Shell contract

Friday, October 10th 2014, 5:40
related countries: Denmark

Danish toymaker Lego will not renew a promotional contract with Royal Dutch Shell following pressure from environmental group Greenpeace.
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MH17 passenger 'had oxygen mask on'

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 16:15
related countries: Ukraine

The Dutch foreign minister says a victim of the east Ukraine air disaster was found wearing an oxygen mask, suggesting not everyone died instantly.
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Strootman not for sale - Roma owner

Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 15:18

Roma owner James Pallotta insists Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman will not be sold to Manchester United - even if they bid £75m.
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VIDEO: Kurds break into European Parliament

Tuesday, October 7th 2014, 10:43

Kurdish protesters have broken into the European Parliament in the Netherlands. It follows an earlier demonstration at the Dutch Parliament in the Hague on Monday night.
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Yellowstone drone crash pilot fined

Monday, September 29th 2014, 20:26
related countries: United States
related places: Wyoming

A US judge fines a Dutch tourist more than $3,000 (£1,850) for crashing a drone into a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.
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VIDEO: Fatal accident at 'monster truck' show

Monday, September 29th 2014, 11:16

Three people including a child are killed by a "monster truck" at a motor show in the east of the Netherlands.
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Tragedy at Dutch monster truck show

Monday, September 29th 2014, 10:15

Three people are killed and many others injured as a "monster truck" ploughs into onlookers at a motor show in the Netherlands.
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Philips plans to split business

Tuesday, September 23rd 2014, 9:06

Dutch electronics giant Philips says it is planning to split the company in two, separating its lighting business from its healthcare division.
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Paratroops mark Arnhem WW2 battle

Saturday, September 20th 2014, 15:26
related countries: United States
related places: Arnhem

Paratroops from Europe and the US are staging parachute jumps in the Netherlands to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.
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Heineken rejects SABMiller offer

Monday, September 15th 2014, 9:54

Dutch brewing giant Heineken has rejected a takeover offer from SABMiller saying the proposal is "non-actionable".
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MH17 hit by 'numerous objects'

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 17:37
related countries: Malaysia, Ukraine

Dutch experts say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in east Ukraine after being hit by objects that "pierced the plane at high velocity".
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Norway to send inmates abroad

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 11:52
related countries: Norway

Norway plans to export its prisoners to Dutch jails to ease overcrowding and carry out urgent maintenance works, the government says.
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VIDEO: Close-up: First look at MH17 report

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 11:38
related countries: Malaysia, Ukraine

MH17 Dutch experts say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine after being hit by 'numerous objects' that 'pierced the plane at high speed'.
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Man Utd complete £13.8m Blind deal

Monday, September 1st 2014, 19:58

Manchester United sign versatile Netherlands international Daley Blind from Ajax for £13.8m.
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Chelsea's Van Ginkel joins AC Milan

Monday, September 1st 2014, 11:58
related countries: Italy
related places: Ginkel, Marco

Chelsea's 21-year-old Netherlands midfielder Marco van Ginkel joins Italian side AC Milan on a season-long loan.
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VIDEO: Experts identify 173 MH17 victims

Wednesday, August 27th 2014, 20:27
related countries: Ukraine

Forensics teams from the Netherlands say they have so far positively identified 173 victims of flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine.
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Jailed Dutchman in Peru hunger strike

Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 9:59
related countries: Peru

Dutch national Joran van der Sloot, who is in jail for murder in Peru, goes on hunger strike after being transferred to a maximum security prison.
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VIDEO: The threat posed by Dutch jihadists

Friday, August 22nd 2014, 11:02
related countries: Iraq, Syria

Islamic State militants have been accused of a number of atrocities in Iraq and Syria - but it is not just people from the region who have been fighting for the group.
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Dutch grapple with jihadist threat

Thursday, August 21st 2014, 23:24

Dutch grapple with jihadist threat from some young Muslims
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MH17: Netherlands wrestles with huge criminal case

Sunday, August 17th 2014, 0:21

How Dutch are grappling with MH17 evidence
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VIDEO: A look inside Greenpeace ship

Sunday, August 10th 2014, 2:10
related countries: Russia

A Greenpeace ship impounded by Russia has returned to the Netherlands almost a year after it was stormed by Russian security forces.
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MH370 sea search contractor named

Wednesday, August 6th 2014, 3:18
related countries: Malaysia

A Dutch firm has been chosen to carry out the underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australia announces.
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Shell sees 'robust' profits rise

Thursday, July 31st 2014, 6:41

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell describes its performance as "robust" after its second-quarter profits more than doubled.
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Leaders meet to discuss MH17 access

Thursday, July 31st 2014, 4:07
related countries: Malaysia, Ukraine

Malaysian and Dutch leaders to meet later to discuss securing full access to the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine, two weeks after the plane went down.
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VIDEO: Trying to return MH17 victims home

Tuesday, July 29th 2014, 5:32
related countries: Malaysia, Ukraine

A team of Dutch forensic investigators will again try to access the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine.
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MH17 military mission 'unrealistic'

Sunday, July 27th 2014, 20:57
related countries: Ukraine

Sending an international military mission to secure the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine would be "unrealistic", Dutch PM Mark Rutte says.
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