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

Sotheby's declares 'Frans Hals' work a forgery

Thursday, October 6th 2016, 13:10

A painting believed to be by the Dutch artist Frans Hals and sold by Sotheby's for a reported £8.5m ($10.8m) is declared a forgery.
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Minorities feel brunt of Dutch police spot-checks

Monday, October 3rd 2016, 12:11

Dutch report says ethnic profiling in stop-checks 'undermines trust'.
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Dutch journalist Oerlemans shot dead by 'IS sniper' in Libya

Sunday, October 2nd 2016, 22:13
related countries: Libya

A Dutch journalist is shot dead by a sniper reportedly belonging to the group known as Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte.
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MH17: Dutch-led team to pinpoint Buk missile launch site

Wednesday, September 28th 2016, 10:50
related countries: Malaysia

An international investigation team looking into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is due to release its findings on Wednesday.
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Van Gogh: Painter 'suffered psychosis' in final 18 months

Friday, September 16th 2016, 4:47
related places: Amsterdam

Experts in Amsterdam say that troubled Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh suffered a form of repeated psychosis in his final 18 months.
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Dutch police fight drones with eagles

Monday, September 12th 2016, 16:39

Dutch police employ eagles to take down illegal drones following successful trials.
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EU court backs Playboy in Dutch hyperlinks copyright case

Thursday, September 8th 2016, 16:51

The European Court of Justice rules in favour of Playboy in a long-running case over hyperlinks to copyrighted content.
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Dutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for 'girlfriend'

Tuesday, August 2nd 2016, 8:19
related countries: China

A Dutch man who lived in a Chinese airport for 10 days after the online girlfriend he was hoping to meet failed to show up wins little sympathy online.
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Dutch app lets users decide refugees' fate

Tuesday, July 26th 2016, 16:02

A Dutch app called The Detailed Interview is letting users decide the fate of "refugees" in the Netherlands.
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Dutch men revealed as world's tallest

Monday, July 25th 2016, 23:39
related countries: Latvia

When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a study reveals.
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Dutchman jailed for 30 days for 'insulting' the king

Thursday, July 14th 2016, 20:18

A court in the Netherlands sentences a man to 30 days in jail for insulting the king on Facebook.
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Straight ahead

Wednesday, July 6th 2016, 23:17

While Dutch Eurosceptics are buoyed by the Brexit vote, others believe the chances of a vote in the Netherlands on its future in the EU is unlikely.
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Gang networks in Europe 'forcing children to steal'

Wednesday, June 22nd 2016, 10:30

Dutch police say some 300 Roma (Gypsy) children are being exploited across Europe by gangs forcing them to steal €1,000 (£770) a day.
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How Dutch designers make desks disappear

Wednesday, June 15th 2016, 12:36

One company's innovative solution to make employees leave on time.
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Qatar convicts Dutch woman held 'after being raped'

Monday, June 13th 2016, 9:57
related countries: Qatar

A court in Qatar convicts a Dutch woman charged with having sex outside marriage after she told police she had been raped.
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Dutch woman arrested in Qatar after making rape claim

Saturday, June 11th 2016, 16:07
related countries: Qatar

A Dutch woman is being detained in Qatar on suspicion of adultery, after she told police she had been raped, her lawyer and the Dutch embassy says.
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Largest urban farm opens in abandoned factory in Netherlands

Saturday, June 11th 2016, 11:53
related countries: United Kingdom

A Scottish farmer has opened Europe's largest urban farm in an abandoned factory in the Netherlands.
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VIDEO: Gay refugees 'bullied' in Dutch camps

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 4:03

Gay refugees from the Middle East have faced abuse and harassment in Dutch camps - but now LGBT charities have begun to step in.
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VIDEO: Migrant influx divides young Dutch

Wednesday, May 18th 2016, 23:35

Just like the rest of Europe, the Netherlands is divided on migration. Meet the two cousins who sum up the hot debate.
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Russia through to Eurovision final

Wednesday, May 11th 2016, 8:23
related countries: Iceland, Russia

Russia and the Netherlands make it through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest but Iceland crashes out.
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Dutch gangster plotted 'sister murders'

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 17:06

A convicted Dutch gangland leader, notorious for the 1983 kidnapping of a Heineken beer tycoon, is accused of plotting from jail to kill his sisters.
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Journalist held for Erdogan 'insult'

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 14:44
related countries: Turkey
related places: Erdogan

A Dutch-Turkish journalist has been detained in Turkey after posting tweets critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her newspaper says.
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Erdogan insults hotline angers Dutch

Thursday, April 21st 2016, 21:52
related countries: Turkey

The Turkish consulate infuriates Dutch MPs by calling on Turkish groups in the Netherlands to inform it of insults against President Erdogan.
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Court overturns $50bn Yukos compensation

Wednesday, April 20th 2016, 14:00
related countries: Russia

A Dutch court overturns a ruling ordering Russia to pay $50bn to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company, forcibly broken up in 2007.
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VIDEO: Stolen artworks recovered in Ukraine

Friday, April 15th 2016, 17:11
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine says its security forces have recovered four Dutch masterpieces stolen from a museum in The Netherlands 10 years ago.
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Ukraine recovers stolen Dutch paintings

Friday, April 15th 2016, 10:47
related countries: Ukraine

Ukraine says it has recovered four paintings from a haul of 24 that was stolen from a gallery in the Netherlands more than a decade ago.
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Dutch voters reject EU-Ukraine deal

Thursday, April 7th 2016, 14:52
related countries: Ukraine

Dutch voters reject an EU partnership deal removing trade barriers with Ukraine, but Ukraine insists it will continue moving towards the EU.
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Dutch result difficult for Ukraine and EU

Thursday, April 7th 2016, 14:49
related countries: Ukraine

A difficult result for Ukraine and EU
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Computer paints 'new Rembrandt'

Wednesday, April 6th 2016, 11:22

A team of technologists working with Microsoft and others produce a 3D-printed painting in the style of Dutch master Rembrandt.
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Sobibor death camp survivor dies at 95

Monday, April 4th 2016, 11:37

The last Dutch survivor of the Nazi extermination camp at Sobibor, Jules Schelvis, dies at his home in the Netherlands aged 95.
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Cruyff family 'touched' by tributes

Friday, March 25th 2016, 13:21

Jordi Cruyff thanks people for their tributes following the death of his father, Netherlands footballing great Johan Cruyff.
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Johan Cruyff dies of cancer aged 68

Thursday, March 24th 2016, 16:30

Netherlands, Ajax and Barcelona great Johan Cruyff - regarded as one of the greatest players of all time - dies of cancer aged 68.
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Wilders in court on hate speech charge

Friday, March 18th 2016, 12:00

Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders appears in court charged with inciting hatred against Moroccans.
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Dutch to hold stormy referendum on EU-Ukraine deal

Saturday, March 12th 2016, 0:24

EU-Ukraine deal faces Dutch voter test
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Fugitive paedophile held in Cambodia

Friday, March 11th 2016, 13:55
related countries: Cambodia
related places: Phnom Penh

A convicted Dutch paedophile who was on the run from a 19-year prison sentence is arrested in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.
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'Dentist of Horror' in French court

Tuesday, March 8th 2016, 13:08
related countries: France

A man from the Netherlands described by media as the "Dentist of Horror" goes on trial in France accused of mutilating the mouths of patients.
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VIDEO: Eagles trained to take down drones

Tuesday, March 8th 2016, 4:39

The BBC has been given access to the airbase where Dutch police are training eagles to take down unauthorised drones.
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Japan to compensate POW over A-bomb

Tuesday, March 1st 2016, 14:30
related countries: Japan, United States
related places: Nagasaki

A Dutch former prisoner of war held in Nagasaki when the US dropped an atom bomb on the city wins compensation from the Japanese government.
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