The Netherlands

The parliamentary inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis is going to take three years, and it will...

Some 60% of trade school students are not paid while on internships, according to research by ResearchNed and the CBS, which was...

The European Commission has carried out “inspections” at the offices of Chinese baggage scanner maker Nuctech in the Netherlands and...

The Council of State has ordered the Dutch government to end its moratorium on asylum applications from the Palestinian territories....

PSV Eindhoven will hope to wrap up their first Eredivisie title since 2018 when they travel to Heerenveen on Thursday...

A member of staff at a mental health clinic in Heerlen, who was stabbed on its premises last week, has...

Two Dutch claim organisations are starting a legal case against Apple for deliberately slowing the operating systems for the iPhone 6, 7...

A group of pensioners who have been deprived of their bingo afternoon because of gambling and alcohol regulations have found...

Feyenoord coach Arne Slot is emerging as the front runner to take over as manager of English Premier League club...

Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has replaced all its 53 security scanners that check departing passengers with faster models that analyse whether...

My friend Yorick Blumenfeld, who has died aged 91, was a prolific writer and futurologist with more than 25 books and 2,000 articles to his name.In the early 1960s, at the height of the cold war and worried by the risk of nuclear annihilation, Yorick and his wife, Helaine, travelled to the South Pacific with a group of friends and founded Philia, an […]

Member states warned at meeting not to be complacent but ministers stop short of pledging Patriot missilesEU ministers have been warned against “relaxing” support for Ukraine but stopped short of new pledges to supply air defence systems that Kyiv is urgently seeking to defend itself against relentless Russian bombardment.The Ukrainian government has […]

Organic float at annual flower parade a sign of changing times amid concerns over chemicals’ link to neurological disordersFlower farmer John Huiberts stands next to a flamingo made of thousands of organic pink hyacinths. At the annual BloemenCorso, or flower parade, where decorated floats travel through 26 miles of fields in full bloom, his electric […]

Meatable hopes its cultivated sausages will satisfy the world’s appetite for meat without harming animals or the planetEven before I see the sausages, I am greeted by their rich, meaty aroma. Sizzling in a pan of foaming margarine, they look like regular chipolatas being fried up for a Sunday breakfast, their pink-grey exteriors slowly turning a rich […]

Princess Amalia, who had reportedly been talked about by organised crime groups, is now back in AmsterdamThe heir to the Dutch throne, Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange, spent more than a year in Spain as the Dutch royal family grappled with threats to her safety, according to media in the Netherlands.The 20-year-old lived and studied in Madrid, royal […]

Dutch missionary who co-founded the Fairtrade movement through guaranteeing prices for coffee farmers in MexicoThe Dutch-born Catholic missionary Frans van der Hoff, who has died aged 84, was a co-founder of the global Fairtrade movement. Through guaranteeing price levels for their produce that benefit their communities, it has improved the livelihoods of […]

Across Europe, the mainstream right is being eclipsed by more extreme rivals. The same fate could await the ToriesA recent YouGov poll marked a pivotal moment in British politics. For the first time, Reform UK was shown to have edged ahead of the Conservatives among male voters. As Labour solidifies its base, the rise of Reform is clearly to the detriment […]

When I met the Dutch politician Geert Wilders years ago, he was set on ‘Nexit’. Now he too would rather stay in the EUExports are performing badly, pace the fantasy world of the Daily Express; supply lines for imports once regarded as routine are disrupted or discontinued altogether; staff shortages owing to new restrictions on travel and employment of […]

Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling.The fossil fuel company is fighting the decision of a Dutch court in 2021 that forces it to pump 45% less […]

This year’s ‘Olympics of the art world’ features many artists wrestling with ideas of colonialism and its lingering influence This year’s Venice Biennale is being billed as an event rooted in the now, in a world of conflict and division – or, as one newspaper put it, the celebration of global art will be full of “war, refugees, […]

Group of 17 were ski touring near resort of Sölden when 80-metre wide avalanche hitAn avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Sölden has killed three skiers from the Netherlands. Another person was rescued and taken to hospital.The victims were part of a 17-person ski touring group that was on an ascent with four Austrian guides. Ski touring involves […]

Climate activist detained after Extinction Rebellion protesters tried to block road near Dutch parliamentGreta Thunberg was detained by police at a demonstration in The Hague, in the Netherlands.The climate activist was put in a bus by local police along with other protesters who tried to block a major highway into the city on Saturday. Continue reading...

National competition has goal of helping Netherlands reach environmental targets by removing garden pavingTineke Menalda sits in the sun on her front step, nursing a cup of coffee and idly plucking out the odd weed. Three years ago, the front of her terrace house in Amersfoort was completely paved. But now, sitting in a lush garden of trees and green, she […]

The Norwegian theatremaker talks about succeeding Ivo van Hove as artistic director of one of the influential Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and staging classic plays as rock concertsWhen Eline Arbo informed her mother at a young age that she wanted to be a theatre director, her mother told her that it would take more than talent and hard work to become a […]

Joram van Klaveren played a key role in Geert Wilders’ Freedom party but is now actively working to counteract its messageHe was once Geert Wilders’ right-hand man, crafting Freedom party (PVV) messaging that described Islam as a “lie” and pushed for the Qur’an and mosques to be banned in the Netherlands.One decade on, Joram van Klaveren is a […]

First bikes will be collected in the Netherlands and Germany in mid-April, with other countries following afterwardsThe Dutch cargo bike firm Babboe is recalling 22,000 of its popular cycles over safety fears, about one-third of its bikes on the road.Babboe had already announced a recall of two models in February but said a further five models were a […]

All-female lineup of presenters hope to break harmful Islamic stereotypes after Geert Wilders’ election victoryAn hour before dawn in a nondescript building in Hilversum, a sleepy town half an hour south of Amsterdam, Nora Akachar grabs the microphone. There is nothing unique about a radio host summoning the nation out of its slumber. But this is, in her […]

The Dutch legalisation spared her further misery. We don’t take euthanasia lightly; we’re just grateful to have the optionMy mother, Jannèt, was 90 years old when she ended her life by means of euthanasia. For years she had been suffering from numerous serious and painful conditions that made her life miserable. She always worried about her health and […]

Suspect known to authorities and no indication of terrorist motive, police say after nine-hour incident in EdeA nine-hour hostage incident at a nightclub in the eastern Netherlands has ended after police arrested a man wearing a balaclava when he left the premises.“The last hostage has just been released. One person has been arrested,” a police […]

A hostage situation at a nightclub in the Netherlands has ended after police arrested a man wearing a balaclava when he left the premises. The man walked out of Petticoat nightclub before being ordered by armed police to kneel with his hands on his head. He was handcuffed and led to a waiting police car. Three hostages had been released earlier and a fourth […]