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

Srebrenica gay theory irks Dutch

Friday, March 19th 2010, 3:52
related countries: United States

Dutch officials reject a US general's claim that troops failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over gay soldiers.
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Dutch bishops order abuse inquiry

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 18:05

Dutch bishops order an inquiry into alleged sexual abuses of children by Catholic priests, threatening a new scandal.
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Joint bid for Australian gas firm

Monday, March 8th 2010, 8:12
related countries: Aruba

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina launch a joint takeover bid for Australian liquefied natural gas group Arrow Energy.
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Iceland rejects bank payback plan

Sunday, March 7th 2010, 14:34
related countries: Iceland, United Kingdom

Voters in Iceland overwhelmingly reject a plan to repay debts to the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of the Icesave collapse.
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Icelanders vote on payback plan

Saturday, March 6th 2010, 22:19
related countries: Iceland, United Kingdom

Iceland votes on a deal to repay the UK and Netherlands over the Icesave bank collapse, with early results giving a clear "No".
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Dutch MP in UK to show Islam film

Friday, March 5th 2010, 10:17
related countries: United Kingdom

Dutch MP Geert Wilders' arrives in the UK to show his anti-Islam film after overturning a ban on entering the country.
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'Fake pilot' arrested with 101 passengers on board

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 15:06
related countries: Sweden
related places: Amsterdam

A Swedish pilot without a valid licence to fly is arrested at Amsterdam as he was about to fly with 101 passengers, Dutch police say.
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Anti-Islamists gain in Dutch poll

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 8:55

The anti-immigration Freedom Party makes key gains in Dutch local elections, only months before general elections.
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Dutch gay protest over communion

Sunday, February 28th 2010, 22:05

Hundreds of activists walk out of Mass in protest at a Catholic policy of denying communion to practising homosexuals.
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Iceland repayment talks collapse

Friday, February 26th 2010, 6:29
related countries: Iceland, United Kingdom

Talks to agree how Iceland will repay more than $5bn it owes to Britain and the Netherlands have broken down without agreement.
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Dutch election to be held in June

Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 15:11
related countries: Afghanistan

The Netherlands is to hold a general election on 9 June, after the government's collapse in a row over Afghanistan.
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Nato reassures Afghans over Dutch

Saturday, February 20th 2010, 19:24

Nato seeks to reassure Afghans they can rely on its support despite the uncertain future of Dutch troops there.
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Dutch cabinet falls in Afghan row

Saturday, February 20th 2010, 16:12
related countries: Afghanistan

The Dutch government collapses in a row within the governing coalition over extending troop deployments in Afghanistan.
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'Rob me' site reveals empty homes in warning to web users

Thursday, February 18th 2010, 10:39

A Dutch website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people post online.
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Iceland warns EU over Icesave row

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 15:41
related countries: Belgium, United Kingdom
related places: Brussels

Iceland's PM urges EU leaders not to link the Icesave bank dispute to IMF aid for Iceland's battered economy.
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Nigerian oil pipeline sabotaged

Monday, February 1st 2010, 8:12
related countries: Nigeria

Royal Dutch Shell shuts oil flow stations in Nigeria after a pipeline is sabotaged, shortly after a militant group ended its truce.
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McDonald's in pickle for sacking Dutch worker over cheese slice

Tuesday, January 26th 2010, 21:01

A Dutch branch of McDonald's was wrong to fire an employee for giving a colleague a piece of cheese on a burger, a court rules.
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Saab being sold to Dutch carmaker

Tuesday, January 26th 2010, 20:44

General Motors agrees to sell its Saab subsidiary to Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker and vows to suspend wind-down activities.
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Spyker shares leap on Saab talk

Monday, January 25th 2010, 16:17

Shares in the small Dutch luxury car maker, Spyker, soar by 60% on fresh reports it may buy Saab from General Motors.
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Dutch report: Iraq war not legal

Tuesday, January 12th 2010, 12:51
related countries: Iraq

A Dutch inquiry into the Iraq war says that military action was not justified by UN resolutions on Iraq.
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Anne Frank helper dies aged 100

Tuesday, January 12th 2010, 0:32

The last surviving member of the group who helped hide Anne Frank from the Nazis dies in the Netherlands, aged 100.
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Airport chaos as Europe freezes

Thursday, January 7th 2010, 21:47
related countries: France, Ireland, United Kingdom

The icy weather gripping parts of Europe disrupts flights in the UK, France, the Irish Republic and the Netherlands.
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Iceland approves new Icesave deal

Thursday, December 31st 2009, 1:55
related countries: Iceland, United Kingdom

Iceland's parliament narrowly backs a deal to repay British and Dutch governments over the collapse of the Icesave bank.
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Netherlands to use body scanners

Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 18:20
related countries: United States
related places: Amsterdam, Schiphol

Body scanners are to be used on all passengers leraving Schiphol airport in Amsterdam to the US, the Dutch government says.
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Shell oil case set to go to court

Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 11:41
related countries: Nigeria

A Dutch court rules it has the authority to hear a case brought by Nigerian farmers against Royal Dutch Shell.
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Dutch press EU to adopt scanners

Tuesday, December 29th 2009, 14:46

Dutch authorities want the EU to make passenger scanners mandatory, saying they might have foiled an airline bomber.
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Man Utd grant Van der Sar leave

Tuesday, December 29th 2009, 9:46

Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar is given indefinite compassionate leave to visit his ill wife in the Netherlands.
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Sailor girl to stay with father

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 17:58
related places: Utrecht

A Dutch court says a 14-year-old girl can remain with her father, despite his support for her plan to sail solo around the world.
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Iraqi gas victims sue for damages

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 15:15
related countries: Iraq

A court in the Netherlands is hearing a suit by Kurdish victims of 1988 poison gas attacks in northern Iraq.
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Wenger to plan without Van Persie

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 20:44

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he does not expect Dutch striker Robin van Persie to play again this season.
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Dutch sailor girl returns home

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 12:48

A Dutch girl barred from sailing solo around the world because of her age returns to the Netherlands with a police escort and faces a custody ruling.
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Dutch girl found safe in Antilles

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 23:55

A Dutch girl barred from sailing solo around the world because of her age is found on a Caribbean island after going missing.
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Spyker submits new Saab bid to GM

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 14:24
related countries: Sweden

Dutch luxury car maker Spyker submits a new offer to General Motors for its soon-to-be-closed Swedish car brand Saab.
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Dutch release Somalia 'pirates'

Friday, December 18th 2009, 11:20
related countries: Somalia

A group of suspected Somali pirates held on a Dutch warship will be freed because no country wants to prosecute them.
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Arsenal to seek Van Persie payout

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 10:40

Arsenal will seek compensation from the Dutch Football Federation over the injury suffered by Robin van Persie while on international duty last month.
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Former SS member admits killings

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 18:39

A former member of the Nazi SS admits in court that he killed three Dutch civilians in 1944, but says he was following orders.
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EU agrees to upgrade Serbia links

Monday, December 7th 2009, 17:58
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

The EU agrees to upgrade links with Serbia after the Netherlands lifts its opposition to closer ties, officials say.
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Shell sued over Nigeria oil spill

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 12:32
related countries: Niger, Nigeria

A group of Nigerian farmers is suing Royal Dutch Shell, claiming that the oil firm polluted their land in the Niger Delta region
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