The Netherlands

Police are warning motorists not to use QR codes with the Easy Park logo on parking meters because they link...

European safety rules are stalling the replacement of animal testing with alternatives and more animals are now being used in...

The Dutch education council is calling on MPs to press for action to combat the negative impact of early selection...

Three people have been arrested for spraying fake blood on the walls of the Ahoy exhibition centre in Rotterdam where...

Small landlords are selling more of their homes, particularly in the biggest Dutch cities, but overall the number of rental...

The KNMI weather bureau issued a code yellow weather warning for much of the Netherlands on Thursday morning, saying slippery...

NSC founder Pieter Omtzigt is picking up his duties in the lower house of parliament, the party leader said on...

A landlord in Amsterdam has been ordered to pay back seven tenants more than €50,000 after incorrectly claiming that a...

Former junior finance minister Nora Achahbar has said her decision to quit was not prompted by alleged racist comments in...

Leiden University’s teaching hospital LUMC has now confirmed that its former sperm bank was beset by administrative problems and that...

River search fails to provide clues to theft by four men whose hat choices drew Peaky Blinders comparisonsPolice have said they remain confident of arresting four men who stole jewels worth tens of millions of euros in broad daylight at Maastricht art fair, despite a search of a Belgian river failing to yield any clues.Belgian and Dutch police, including […]

It should be possible to campaign for Palestinian freedom, condemn racist Israeli football fans and still show unequivocal solidarity with European JewsThe president of the United States does not normally tweet, as he did last week, about football fans fighting in a European city. But as reactions to the violence in Amsterdam have shown, this was no […]

Assumptions were made about clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Amsterdam locals – and the far right took advantageIn the aftermath of a sudden eruption of violence or unrest, there is often a brief, vital window when the narrative about what actually happened is up for grabs. Last Friday, the day that street violence between Israeli Maccabi Tel […]

Prime minister Dick Schoof said party leaders decided to work together after five-hour crisis meetingThe Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof’s rightwing government averted a crisis on Friday when a junior minister resigned over alleged racist comments by cabinet colleagues, but the coalition government will remain in place.The deputy finance minister, Nora […]

Ruling coalition in crisis amid claims of racist remarks and speculation government may collapse The violence that erupted on Amsterdam’s streets last week has triggered a political crisis in the Netherlands, with the ruling coalition in turmoil over alleged racist remarks made by government officials during a closed-door meeting to discuss the […]

Conflicting reports emerged after violence erupted in Amsterdam around a Uefa Europa League football match between the Dutch club Ajax and Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Guardian has analysed footage posted across social media to try to construct a timeline and understand what led to the clashes. For 24 hours, tensions rose across the city in what the […]

Jewish and Muslim communities speak of heightened fears as questions linger about events around football matchCarrying white signs scrawled with messages urging unity, they took turns laying white roses at the statue of Anne Frank, steps away from the home where she, her family and four other people had hidden from Nazi persecution.Days after Amsterdam was […]

Turkish national accused of supplying engines and boats to cross-Channel smugglers in Belgium and northern France A suspected supplier of “hundreds” of small boat engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the Channel has been arrested in Amsterdam, officials said.A 44-year-old Turkish national was arrested on Wednesday after […]

Amsterdam police say they are aware of footage that appears to show officers beating protesters after banned rallyDutch authorities have said they are investigating reports of police violence against pro-Palestinian protesters after a banned rally on Wednesday evening had been broken up.Amsterdam police said on X that they were aware of online footage, […]

Dozens held under emergency measures imposed after violence that erupted around football matchPolice have detained pro-Palestinian protesters rallying in central Amsterdam in defiance of a ban imposed after violence stemming from a football match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.Dozens of demonstrators, some with Palestinian flags, chanted […]

Netherlands-based firm offloads unit to fast casual restaurant chain Wonder for $650m four years after buying it for $7.3bnThe food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to the delivery-focused restaurant chain Wonder for $650m (£510m), only four years after buying the US app in a multibillion-dollar tie-up after the first Covid […]

In today’s newsletter: Clashes in Amsterdam ahead of Ajax’s match against Israeli side Maccabi exposed something darker about hooglianism, and society at large • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Last week, when violence erupted around a Europa League fixture in Amsterdam between Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv, a […]

Antisemitism, hooliganism and anger over Gaza war all factors in trouble that broke out last week, report saysThe violence that erupted in Amsterdam last week was sparked by “a toxic cocktail” of hooliganism and antisemitism, according to a detailed report published by the city’s mayor.The city remains gripped by high tensions days after violence […]

The trouble in the Netherlands when Maccabi Tel Aviv played Ajax last week horrified people around the worldViolence in Amsterdam around a Europa League football match between the local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv sparked horror around the world, against a backdrop of soaring antisemitic and Islamophobic abuse and attacks across Europe fuelled […]

Oil and gas company had challenged 2021 ruling that it must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030Shell has won its appeal against a landmark climate judgment by a Dutch court, which in 2021 ordered the fossil fuel company to sharply reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.A court of appeal ruled on Tuesday that, while Shell does have a “special […]

City’s police chief says ‘incidents on both sides’ led to violent unrest as ‘around 40’ fined and releasedAuthorities have released details of the 62 people arrested after violent attacks took place around the football match between Amsterdam’s Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday night.Violence after the game – described by the Amsterdam […]

Lifesize hologram of Betty Szabó in red light district is intended to jog memories and help find 19-year-old’s killerCold-case detectives in the Netherlands are hoping that an innovative lifesize hologram of a young sex worker who was murdered in Amsterdam 15 years ago will jog people’s memories and help bring her killer, or killers, to […]

Four suspects still held on suspicion of violent acts and 50 people fined after attacks on football fansAmsterdam police expect to make more arrests after what authorities called “hateful antisemitic violence” against Israeli football fans, prosecutors said on Saturday.Four suspects remained detained on Saturday on suspicion of violent acts, including […]

This video shows the events that led up to clashes on Thursday which took place after a Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, described an outburst of antisemitism with 'hit and run' attacks on the visiting supporters. Amsterdam’s police chief, Peter Holla, said there had been 'incidents on both […]

Plane carrying fans home lands in Israel as Amsterdam mayor condemns ‘hit and run’ attacks on visiting supportersAmsterdam police have made more than 60 arrests after what authorities called “hateful antisemitic violence” against Israeli football fans.A plane carrying football supporters brought home from the Dutch capital by the Israeli government […]