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

Carlos Slim firm bids for KPN stake

Friday, August 9th 2013, 11:17

America Movil, owned by the world's richest man Carlos Slim, offers 7.2bn euros for the 70% of Dutch telecoms company KPN it does not already own.
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VIDEO: The motor race powered by the sun

Friday, August 9th 2013, 5:51
related countries: Aruba

A team of ambitious scientists from the Netherlands is preparing to race thousands of kilometres across the Australian outback, powered only by the sun.
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Why do so many Dutch people cycle?

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 23:54

Why do so many Dutch people cycle?
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VIDEO: Footballers join Dutch Gay Pride

Sunday, August 4th 2013, 3:48
related places: Amsterdam

A flotilla of Dutch footballers has joined the annual Gay Pride celebrations in Amsterdam.
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Royal Dutch Shell profits slip lower

Thursday, August 1st 2013, 6:24

Royal Dutch Shell sees its second-quarter earnings fall to $4.6bn, compared with $5.7bn in the same period a year ago.
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VIDEO: Moment of hot air balloon lake crash

Wednesday, July 24th 2013, 11:43

A hot air balloon full of passengers has crashed into a lake in the Netherlands, all escaped the basket but two were treated for minor injuries.
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Dutch court blocks US extradition

Tuesday, July 23rd 2013, 13:32
related countries: United States

A Dutch court blocks the extradition of a terrorism suspect to the United States amid concern about possible American collusion in his torture.
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VIDEO: Masterpieces believed burned in oven

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 18:59
related countries: Romania

Romanian investigators are trying to establish whether ashes found in the oven of a woman whose son is charged with stealing masterpieces from a Dutch gallery are indeed the remains of the artworks.
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Stolen artwork 'burned' in Romania

Wednesday, July 17th 2013, 21:40
related countries: Romania

Romanian investigators find evidence a suspected thief's mother burned masterpieces by Monet, Matisse and Picasso stolen from a Dutch gallery.
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Rembrandt Laughing might leave the UK

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 16:03
related countries: United Kingdom

A painting by Dutch master Rembrandt is placed under an export ban as attempts are made to find £16.5m to keep it from leaving the UK.
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Dutch couple warn of Yemen execution

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 12:51
related countries: Yemen

A Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen a month ago make an impassioned plea for help, warning they could be executed within 10 days.
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VIDEO: Close-up: Smog-eating pavements

Tuesday, July 16th 2013, 11:05

Scientists in the Netherlands have invented a pavement surface which they say can absorb pollution.
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Shell names Ben van Beurden as boss

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 7:03

Europe's largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell announces that Ben van Beurden is to be its new chief executive.
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Chelsea complete Van Ginkel signing

Friday, July 5th 2013, 18:16
related places: Ginkel

Chelsea sign Netherlands international midfielder Marco van Ginkel from Vitesse Arnhem for an undisclosed fee.
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Rossi claims first win since 2010

Saturday, June 29th 2013, 13:44

Valentino Rossi takes first win since 2010 at the Netherlands Grand Prix as Jorge Lorenzo defies injury to be fifth.
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Injured Lorenzo to race in Dutch GP

Saturday, June 29th 2013, 9:51

Jorge Lorenzo will race in Saturday's Netherlands Grand Prix, despite breaking his collarbone in a 120mph crash on Thursday.
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VIDEO: Bulgarians 'scammed Dutch benefits'

Tuesday, June 25th 2013, 11:22

A benefits scam worth around $120m has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
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Dutch child joyriders escape crash

Saturday, June 22nd 2013, 16:33
related places: Bloemendaal

Police in the Dutch town of Bloemendaal caution two brothers aged seven and five after they crash their grandmother's car while joyriding.
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Dutch review criticises EU powers

Friday, June 21st 2013, 16:18

The Dutch government says the time of "ever closer union" in all EU policy areas is over, in a review of EU powers.
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Brothers deny Syria terror charges

Friday, June 21st 2013, 15:24
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom
related places: London

Two brothers from east London deny being involved in kidnapping a British photographer and a Dutch journalist in Syria in July 2012.
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Saab-owner wants GM back in court

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 17:02
related countries: Sweden

The owner of Saab, Dutch firm Spyker, plans new court action against General Motors, which it claims lost it $3bn by forcing the Swedish carmaker into bankruptcy.
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VIDEO: Blaze in firelighter factory

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 12:12

Dramatic pictures reveal how a blaze has destroyed a firelighter factory in the Netherlands.
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VIDEO: Asylum seekers await NL ruling

Thursday, June 20th 2013, 8:14

Hundreds of failed asylum seekers in the Netherlands are to find out on Thursday if they can remain in an abandoned office building, which they have occupied, while their cases are reviewed.
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VIDEO: Seven guilty of killing Dutch linesman

Tuesday, June 18th 2013, 8:15

Six teenagers and one of their fathers have been found guilty of kicking a linesman to death in the Netherlands.
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Guilty verdicts over linesman death

Monday, June 17th 2013, 14:28

Six teenagers and the father of one of them are found guilty of kicking a volunteer linesman to death in the Netherlands.
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Netherlands 'hosts' US nuclear bombs

Monday, June 10th 2013, 15:56
related countries: United States

Some 22 US nuclear weapons are stored on Dutch territory, according to former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, who calls the arms "pointless".
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Fulham sign keeper Stekelenburg

Wednesday, June 5th 2013, 16:41

Fulham sign Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from AS Roma on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
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Dutch cannabis cafes win damages

Wednesday, June 5th 2013, 15:34
related places: The Hague

The Dutch government is ordered by a court in The Hague to pay damages to owners of coffee shops that sell cannabis in the south of the Netherlands.
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Dutch linesman death trial begins

Wednesday, May 29th 2013, 10:49

Eight people go on trial in the Dutch city of Lelystad accused of kicking a linesman to death after a junior football match.
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VIDEO: Dutch linesman murder trial to begin

Wednesday, May 29th 2013, 5:45

The trial of eight people accused of kicking a football linesman to death is due to begin in the Netherlands on Wednesday.
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'Business row' behind Dutch murders

Tuesday, May 28th 2013, 11:25
related countries: Spain
related places: Murcia

Police in Murcia, south-eastern Spain, suggest the murders of former Dutch volleyball star Ingrid Visser and her partner were business-related.
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Dutch trader arrested over horsemeat

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 12:59

Dutch meat wholesaler, Willy Selten, is arrested for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat labelled as beef, officials say.
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In the Dutch earthquake zone

Sunday, May 19th 2013, 1:03

Nervous times in the Dutch quake zone
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Dutch probe baby milk shortage

Thursday, May 9th 2013, 3:51
related countries: China

The Dutch government is investigating a shortage of certain brands of baby formula, as well as potentially illegal exports to China.
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Curacao island politician shot dead

Monday, May 6th 2013, 9:33

Unidentified gunmen on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao kill Helmin Wiels, a prominent politician who campaigned for independence.
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VIDEO: Would you eat bugs instead of meat?

Monday, May 6th 2013, 6:08

Researchers in the Netherlands are looking at ways to persuade people to get their protein from bugs instead of meat.
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Ajax crowned Dutch league champions

Sunday, May 5th 2013, 13:58

Ajax win a third successive Dutch league title after a 5-0 thrashing of Willem II Tilburg at the Amsterdam Arena.
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Dutch police may get hacking powers

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 17:13

The Dutch government has announced plans to give police much greater powers to fight cybercrime including the right to hack computers abroad.
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