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

Shell chief executive to step down

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 10:03

Europe's largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell announces that its chief executive will step down in the first half of 2014.
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VIDEO: Dutch welcome King Willem-Alexander

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 22:27

Willem-Alexander has become the first king of the Netherlands since 1890, following the abdication of his mother after 33 years on the throne.
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VIDEO: Dutch welcome King Willem-Alexander

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 22:01

Willem-Alexander has become the first king of the Netherlands since 1890, following the abdication of his mother after 33 years on the throne.
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander sworn in

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 19:18

Willem-Alexander is sworn in as king of the Netherlands after the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix.
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Shell secures huge UAE gas deal

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 18:15
related countries: France, United Arab Emirates

Royal Dutch Shell beats France's Total to a multi-billion-pound deal to develop a gas field with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
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VIDEO: Dutch King Willem-Alexander sworn in

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 15:39

Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as king of the Netherlands following the abdication of Queen Beatrix
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Netherlands Queen Beatrix abdicates

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 11:12

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander - an event being celebrated across the nation.
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Queen Maxima: A royal love story

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 10:14

How the Dutch people fell in love with Maxima, their new queen
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VIDEO: Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicates

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 9:53

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has handed the throne to her son Prince Willem-Alexander.
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VIDEO: Dutch abdication starts monarchy debate

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 9:18

As Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander - questions are being asked about the future of monarchs elsewhere in Europe.
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VIDEO: Queen Beatrix thanks Dutch people

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 2:47

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has made a farewell national address on the eve of her abdication and investiture of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander.
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VIDEO: Amsterdam prepares for new king

Monday, April 29th 2013, 21:51
related places: Amsterdam

Anna Holligan tours the main venues in Amsterdam ahead of the crowning of the first Dutch king in more than a century.
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Queen Beatrix thanks Dutch people

Monday, April 29th 2013, 21:37

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands thanks the Dutch people for their "heart-warming displays of affection" on the eve of her abdication.
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Hack suspect 'had mobile attack van'

Monday, April 29th 2013, 11:28

A Dutch man accused of mounting one of the biggest cyber-attacks was able to target networks from the back of a van, police say.
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VIDEO: Orange fever grips Netherlands

Monday, April 29th 2013, 4:40

Queen Beatrix will abdicate and hand over the sceptre of power to her eldest son, Willem Alexander, on Tuesday.
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A tale of two monarchs

Sunday, April 28th 2013, 23:16
related countries: United Kingdom

The new Dutch king compared with the UK's Queen Elizabeth II
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Russian spy jailed for 12 years

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 11:49
related countries: Russia

A former Dutch foreign ministry worker is jailed for 12 years for passing hundreds of sensitive political and military documents to Russia.
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LED lighting sales boom at Philips

Monday, April 22nd 2013, 12:06

Philips, the world's top lighting maker, says LED sales rose 38% in the first quarter from a year earlier, as the Dutch group reports steady results.
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Arrest over Dutch school gun threat

Monday, April 22nd 2013, 11:27
related places: Leiden

Dutch police arrest an ex-British School pupil following a mass shooting threat that led to the closure of schools in the city of Leiden.
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VIDEO: Outcry over new Dutch King's song

Sunday, April 21st 2013, 8:52

A controversial new song, produced to celebrate the arrival of a new Dutch king, has been withdrawn as the country's official anthem - by the man who created it.
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Outcry over song for new Dutch king

Saturday, April 20th 2013, 23:18

Thousands of people in the Netherlands sign an online petition against an official King's Song marking the 30 April investiture of Willem-Alexander.
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VIDEO: Don't call me Majesty - future Dutch King

Thursday, April 18th 2013, 3:57

The Dutch Crown Prince has set the tone for what could be a more hands off monarchy in the Netherlands during a major interview with a Dutch broadcaster.
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Bid for Douwe Egberts coffee company

Friday, April 12th 2013, 8:32
related countries: Germany

The Dutch maker of Douwe Egberts coffee, DE Master Blenders, agrees a 7.5bn-euro takeover offer from a German private consortium.
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VIDEO: 'Horsemeat was mixed with beef'

Friday, April 12th 2013, 5:40

A lawyer, representing the owner of the Dutch meat processing plant accused of fraudulently selling horsemeat as beef, has told the BBC his client did mix horse with beef, but only when dealing with specific orders to combine the two products.
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VIDEO: Dutch uncover large-scale meat fraud

Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 21:44

Some 50,000 tonnes of meat supplied by two Dutch trading companies and sold as beef across Europe since January 2011 may have contained horsemeat.
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Dutch uncover large-scale meat fraud

Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 19:42

Dutch authorities say some 50,000 tonnes of meat sold as beef across Europe since January 2011 may have contained horsemeat.
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Putin shrugs off European protests

Monday, April 8th 2013, 21:40
related countries: Germany, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted by protests in Germany and the Netherlands as he meets the leaders of both nations for trade talks.
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VIDEO: UK woman 'found murdered' in Kashmir

Saturday, April 6th 2013, 21:20
related countries: India, United Kingdom
related places: Srinagar

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir are questioning a Dutch national about the killing of a British woman on a houseboat in Srinagar
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VIDEO: 'Psychedelic' tulip show in the Netherlands

Sunday, March 31st 2013, 15:48
related countries: United Kingdom

The long, cold British winter has not been kind to horticulturalists in the UK - but there is a British theme to a new display that has opened in the Netherlands.
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Abbey painting 'is by Rembrandt'

Monday, March 18th 2013, 13:00

A painting on display in the former home of Sir Francis Drake may be a self-portrait by Dutch Master Rembrandt with a valuation of close to £20m.
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Netherlands raises threat level

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 11:52

The Netherlands raises the terror threat level to second highest over fears of growing radicalisation.
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Stolen Rembrandt recovered in Serbia

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 22:15
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

A portrait by the Dutch master painter Rembrandt is recovered by police in Serbia, seven years after it was stolen.
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Dutch woman jailed for Rwanda crimes

Friday, March 1st 2013, 13:36
related countries: Rwanda

A Rwandan-born Dutch citizen has been sentenced to six years and eight months in jail for inciting genocide in 1994, but cleared of other charges.
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Shell halts Arctic drilling for 2013

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 22:40

Royal Dutch Shell says that it will suspend its offshore drilling programme in the Arctic for the rest of 2013 in order to give time to ensure safety.
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McClaren leaves FC Twente role

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 8:45

Steve McClaren leaves his job as manager of Dutch side FC Twente a day after receiving a vote of confidence from his chairman.
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Dutch bank ING to cut 2,400 jobs

Wednesday, February 13th 2013, 7:52

Dutch banking and insurance group ING announces a further 2,400 job cuts as it prepares to split its banking and insurance operations.
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Dutch bank Reaal nationalised

Friday, February 1st 2013, 9:03

SNS Reaal, the Dutch bank and insurance firm, is nationalised after failing to find private investors to put money into the firm.
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Milan's Emanuelson joins Fulham

Thursday, January 31st 2013, 13:01

Fulham complete the signing of AC Milan's Dutch international midfielder Urby Emanuelson on loan for the rest of the season.
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