The Netherlands

React study concludes past infection associated with high risk of Omicron; Danish plan would mean most far-reaching easing among Nordic countriesScotland to relax strict work-from-home guidance from MondayLong Covid: doctors find ‘antibody signature’ for patients most at riskNZ PM Jacinda Ardern shrugs off chase by anti-vaccination protestersUK […]

The number of coronavirus patients in hospital increased on a weekly basis for the first time in more than six...

The European Court of Human Rights held a hearing about Russian culpability for crimes in Eastern Ukraine, including the downing...

Many EU countries opt to reopen despite record infections as WHO suggests Omicron may signal more manageable phase of pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Netherlands has lifted its toughest Covid controls, Denmark is to remove all restrictions within days and France will begin easing curbs next week, as many – but not […]

King Willem-Alexander opened the largest sea sluice in the world at IJmuiden on Wednesday afternoon, concluding a project that finished...

The child protection council Raad voor de Kinderbescherming did not act illegally in the way it took children from often...

Several of the Netherlands’ largest companies are planning to cut business flights by as much as half compared to pre-pandemic...

People travelling to the Netherlands from very high-risk countries will no longer have to quarantine from February 2 if they...

The VU university in Amsterdam has taken its Cross Cultural Human Rights Centre (CCHRC) offline in response to criticism of...

The compulsory five day pre-abortion wait will very likely be abolished as MPs debate a draft bill initiated by D66...

A string of violent incidents at a refugee centre in Budel, a small village in Noord-Brabant, has led to the...

The hospitality and cultural sectors have criticised the government’s relaxation of the lockdown rules for not going far enough. The...

Vrije Universiteit will also return €250,000-plus it received in 2021 for rights centre that denied forced labour camps exist in XinjiangA decision by a leading Dutch university to refuse all further Chinese funding for a controversial study centre has sparked fresh concern about Beijing’s apparent attempts to influence debate at European educational […]

Dutch military police say man taken to hospital and that his age and nationality have not yet been determinedA stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa on Sunday, Dutch military police have said.“The man is doing well considering the circumstances and […]

John De Mol said women could learn lessons from scandal that took The Voice of Holland off airThe creator of reality TV shows including The Voice and Big Brother has been accused of victim-blaming by his company’s female employees after accusations of widespread sexual abuse of contestants on the original Dutch version of The Voice.In a full-page advert […]

With meat consumption twice the global average, citizens of EU27 have to reconcile environmental concerns and culinary traditionsA row over meat consumption in Spain over the last month is just the most recent eruption of the debate all over Europe, as the continent grapples with making its famous cuisines more sustainable.Food is inextricably intertwined […]

Questions raised over move to buy The Standard Bearer for €175m from trust in the Cook IslandsThe Dutch government is facing criticism after it emerged that a Rembrandt masterpiece is to be bought by the state from the Rothschild family through a tax haven in the South Pacific.A debate in the country’s senate heard that the €175m (£145m) purchase of […]

A new book by Rosemary Sullivan suggests that Arnold van den Bergh could have revealed the family’s hiding place, but other historians are not convincedHistorians have voiced their scepticism about a book that has identified a Jewish notary as the prime suspect for the betrayal of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.The Betrayal of Anne Frank, by […]

Babysitter Dave De Kock said to have led police to where he is suspected of dumping the body of Dean VerberckmoesThe body of a four-year-old Belgian boy has been found in the Netherlands after he was abducted by his babysitter, who it emerged has a previous conviction for abuse that led to the death of a two-year-old child.A police search found Dean […]

Maureen Paley, LondonThe provocative Dutchman has made a film about artist René Daniëls, who was a celebrated artist before being left aphastic and partially paralysedErik van Lieshout’s films are often riotous, comic affairs. Always putting himself in the frame – along with his subjects, collaborators, antagonists and even passers-by – he’s a […]

King Willem-Alexander will mothball the controversial carriage that glorifies the Netherlands’ colonial pastThe Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, has announced that he is mothballing – at least for now – the royal golden coach which has been embroiled in a racism controversy.The opulent horse-drawn carriage, called De Gouden Koets, has traditionally […]

Company says investors will benefit from continuation ‘at pace’ of $7bn share buyback schemeShell expects a significant boost in profits in its natural gas division, thanks to soaring prices, when it reports its latest results next month, as the oil and gas company said investors would benefit from the continuation “at pace” of its $7bn share […]

Swedish and Dutch firms claim their technology could replace gas and oil boilers without added insulationA new type of heat pump that may soon be rolled out in the UK could ease the shift for homes to low-carbon heating but is no quick fix, experts say.The Swedish company Vattenfall and the Dutch company Feenstra claim their new high-temperature heat pump, […]

Helpline staffed by volunteers advising those still hesitant about getting jabbed against coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA “vaccination doubt line” set up by doctors in the Netherlands is receiving up to 1,000 calls a day from people who are still unsure whether or not they should get jabbed against the […]

Artefacts from hideout of family sent to Auschwitz death camp with Anne Frank and her family are put on display in NetherlandsA clock that is the sole surviving object from a second world war Jewish hideout will go on display at Amsterdam’s Dutch Resistance Museum this year.The round mantelpiece clock may have been one of the last things people saw as […]

Covid expert hopeful for ‘relatively normal’ winter 2022-23 but prevalence limits celebrations across continentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany’s leading coronavirus expert has expressed optimism that his country could expect a “relatively normal” winter in 2022-23 as Europe prepared to ring in the new year in […]

Fortified camp for thousands of soldiers thought to have been used by Emperor Claudius during conquest of Britain in AD43A large Roman fort believed to have played a key role in the successful invasion of Britain in AD43 has been discovered on the Dutch coast.A Roman legion of “several thousand” battle-ready soldiers was stationed in Velsen, 20 miles […]

Restaurants have had a rush of visitors since lockdown was imposed in the Netherlands on SundayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople hopping over the border to Belgium and Germany to avoid the Dutch lockdown are filling the neighbouring countries’ restaurants and shops despite calls for them to “stay away”.Since Mark […]

‘Everyone will go shopping in Belgium and Germany,’ retailers warn as coronavirus closure beginsDutch shopkeepers say they have been “broken” by the Netherlands’ new Christmas lockdown, which has come into effect.“Nowhere in Europe is there such a strict regime as in the Netherlands,” said Jan Meerman, the director of INretail, the Dutch […]

Dutch lockdown puts limits on Christmas celebrations, while France and other countries toughen restrictions as Covid cases climbSee all our coronavirus coverageNations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of Covid infections spurred by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a […]