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

Dutch prince struck by avalanche

Friday, February 17th 2012, 20:50
related countries: Austria

Dutch Prince Johan Friso is treated for serious injuries after being buried by an avalanche in the Austrian ski resort of Lech.
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Missing Appel artworks recovered

Wednesday, February 15th 2012, 12:44
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: More

More than 400 works of art by Dutch artist Karel Appel are recovered after being discovered in a British warehouse, a decade after they disappeared.
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Arrest over Schiphol bomb threat

Monday, February 13th 2012, 15:23
related places: Amsterdam, Schiphol

A man is arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after the two main international terminals are evacuated over a bomb threat.
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Lost $9m jewels found in drawer

Thursday, February 9th 2012, 17:10
related countries: United States
related places: Hague

Jewellery worth $9m (£5.9m), thought stolen from the wife of the US ambassador to the Netherlands in 2006, is found in the Hague.
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Reporters cleared over Nazi film

Thursday, February 9th 2012, 16:48
related countries: Germany

Two Dutch journalists are cleared of breaching the privacy of Nazi Heinrich Boere, whom they confronted in a German old people's home.
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Dutch gripped by skating fever

Thursday, February 9th 2012, 14:39

As temperatures plummet, the Dutch are gripped by ice fever
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Dutch car plant in '1-euro' offer

Tuesday, February 7th 2012, 16:22
related countries: Japan

A Mitsubishi Motors boss offers to sell its Dutch factory for one euro, a day after the Japanese car-maker said it was halting production there.
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Shell plans production expansion

Thursday, February 2nd 2012, 11:18

Royal Dutch Shell has said it will launch a major investment drive in an effort to boost falling production.
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VIDEO: 'Dutch godfather' film is made

Thursday, February 2nd 2012, 10:47

The most infamous crime carried out by Willem Holleeder, the man known as the ''godfather'' of Dutch crime, has been turned into a film, soon to be released across Europe.
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Dutch unease over tobacco lobbying

Wednesday, February 1st 2012, 0:12

Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco industry?
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Weak European demand hits Philips

Monday, January 30th 2012, 9:24

Dutch group Philips Electronics reports a 160m euro ($210m; £134m) net loss for the fourth quarter of 2011, hit by weak demand in Europe.
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Fascination with the 'Dutch godfather'

Friday, January 27th 2012, 16:30

Why a notorious criminal has become irresistible to film-makers
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Dutch crime boss Holleeder freed

Friday, January 27th 2012, 12:24

Willem Holleeder, a Dutch criminal notorious for the 1983 kidnapping of beer tycoon Freddy Heineken, is freed from jail.
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Winning Dutch return for McClaren

Sunday, January 22nd 2012, 12:20

Former England boss Steve McClaren makes a triumphant return to Dutch football as FC Twente hammer Waalwijk 5-0 in his first match back at the club.
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VIDEO: 'I sailed the globe at sixteen'

Sunday, January 22nd 2012, 5:37

A Dutch teenager who set out to become the youngest solo around-the- world sailor has completed her voyage.
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Teenager completes solo sail trip

Saturday, January 21st 2012, 19:40

A Dutch teenager becomes the youngest solo around-the-world sailor after completing a year-long voyage.
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Ship runs aground off Netherlands

Friday, January 20th 2012, 12:43
related places: Amsterdam

A cargo ship runs aground on the Dutch coast 20km west of Amsterdam after its anchor slips in an overnight storm, but appears to be stable.
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VIDEO: Orphaned seals taken to sanctuary

Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 0:02

A seal sanctuary in The Netherlands has been overwhelmed by the arrival of hundreds of seals that have been washed up on beaches because of recent storms and disease.
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Dutchman jailed for Peru murder

Friday, January 13th 2012, 18:45
related countries: Peru

A Peruvian court sentences Dutch national Joran van der Sloot to 28 years in jail for the murder of Stephany Flores in May 2010.
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Seals overwhelm Dutch sanctuary

Thursday, January 12th 2012, 17:34

A Dutch seal sanctuary is overwhelmed with 360 seals that have been washed up on beaches because of storms and disease.
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Dutch queen enters headscarf row

Thursday, January 12th 2012, 15:42

Queen Beatrix dismisses as "real nonsense" a domestic political row over her wearing of a headscarf on a trip to the Gulf.
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Dutch advised to remove implants

Wednesday, January 11th 2012, 14:52
related countries: France

The Netherlands becomes the latest country to advise women with breast implants from a French firm at the centre of a health scare should have them removed.
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The Netherlands to ban khat use

Wednesday, January 11th 2012, 11:19
related countries: Somalia

The Dutch government announces that it is to ban the use of the mild narcotic khat, popular with the Somali community in the country.
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Philips results 'to disappoint'

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 7:55

Dutch group Philips Electronics says that weak demand in Europe has hit its fourth quarter results.
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Storms prompt Dutch evacuations

Thursday, January 5th 2012, 11:55

Dutch villagers have been asked to leave their homes as high winds and flooding hit several countries across Western Europe.
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Prison term for football attacker

Thursday, December 29th 2011, 22:24
related places: Amsterdam

A Dutch court sentences a man who attacked a goalkeeper during a football match between AZ Alkmaar and Ajax in Amsterdam to a six-month prison term.
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VIDEO: Goalkeeper sent off for kicking pitch invader

Thursday, December 22nd 2011, 13:52

AZ Alkmaar's goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado retaliates against a pitch invader during their Dutch Cup match against Ajax - and is sent off by referee Bas Nijhuis.
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Editor resigns over Rihanna slur

Thursday, December 22nd 2011, 9:14

The editor of a Dutch fashion magazine criticised by Rihanna resigns.
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Dutch museum's plane 'jetnapped'

Tuesday, December 20th 2011, 11:06

Large model of jet fighter disappears from museum in Netherlands as owners hope pranksters rather than scrap metal thieves are to blame.
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Glastonbury founder to get honour

Monday, December 19th 2011, 17:21

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis will receive a lifetime achievement prize at the European Festival Awards in the Netherlands in January.
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VIDEO: Dutch Catholic sex abuse exposed

Friday, December 16th 2011, 22:49

An independent commission in the Netherlands has revealed tens of thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Catholic institutions since 1945.
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Dutch Catholic sex abuse exposed

Friday, December 16th 2011, 14:45

Tens of thousands of children have suffered sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions since 1945, an independent report says.
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SS hitman begins jail term at 90

Thursday, December 15th 2011, 16:07

A 90-year-old man begins a life sentence for shooting dead three Dutch civilians while a member of a Nazi SS hit squad during World War II.
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Dutch block ritual slaughter ban

Wednesday, December 14th 2011, 16:23

A Dutch move to ban the traditional Jewish and Muslim slaughter of animals - without first stunning them - looks set to be rejected.
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Saab share trading is suspended

Monday, December 12th 2011, 17:35
related countries: Sweden

The Dutch financial market regulator halts trading in shares of Swedish carmaker Saab's parent company, Swedish Automobile, until further notice.
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VIDEO: Dutch apology for Indonesia massacre

Friday, December 9th 2011, 15:57
related countries: Indonesia

The Dutch government has apologised for a massacre committed by its soldiers in Indonesia in 1947 in which as 430 men and boys were killed.
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Dutch apology for 1947 massacre

Friday, December 9th 2011, 5:58
related countries: Indonesia

The Dutch government apologises for a massacre committed by its soldiers in Indonesia in 1947, as the country fought for independence.
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VIDEO: X-rays reveal Rembrandt painting

Saturday, December 3rd 2011, 4:30

A new Rembrandt painting has been discovered after scientists used X-rays to confirm the identity of the artist as being that of the Dutch master.
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