Netherlands

9 hours ago — Dutch News The Netherlands will veto EU sanctions over Israeli settlements: minister
The Netherlands will veto any moves by the European Union to impose sanctions if Israel presses ahead with building settlements on disputed territory east of Jerusalem, foreign minister Frans Ti...

9 hours ago — Dutch News Dutch are becoming less materialistic but more self-centred
Around one third of the Dutch have taken a decision to become less materialistic, as more people accept the downturn in prosperity, according to the latest mentality monitor from researchers at ...

34 hours ago — Dutch News School exam theft: 26 pupils admit to cheating
In total, 26 secondary school pupils have taken advantage of an amnesty for cheaters and admitted they saw exam papers stolen from a school in Rotterdam, junior education minister Sander Dekker ...

3 days ago — Dutch News Creating mega province around Amsterdam will save €70m: minister
Merging the provinces of Noord-Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland into a single entity will save €70m a year, according to draft legislation published by home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk o...

3 days ago — New Europe Doping was endemic among Dutch cyclists
by Karafillis Giannoulis The Anti-Doping Approach Commission established by the Dutch Olympic committee and cycling union, ...

4 days ago — Dutch News Dutch pay thousands of euros to 'identify' failed asylum seekers
The Netherlands has paid at least 32 foreign delegations to organise identity papers for asylum seekers who have refused permission to stay in the Netherlands but cannot be deported because they...

6 days ago — Dutch News Senate leader quits over Wilders' role at new king's investiture
The leader of the senate has resigned over claims he kept anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders out of the official escort for king Willem-Alexander during his investiture in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amst...

12 Jun 2013 — Dutch News MPs want answers over Wilders snub at king's investiture
MPs from across the political spectrum have called for answers to claims in Wednesday's Volkskrant newspaper that anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders was sidelined during the investiture of king...

12 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Cannabis cafe owners face €5,000 fines and community service
The owners of three cannabis cafes in the southern city of Maastricht should be fined €5,000 and given 150 hours of community service for selling the soft drug to tourists, the public prose...

12 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Belgian railways did tell Dutch ministers about dropping Fyra
The head of Belgian's railway company NMBS has reacted furiously to criticism of the way he announced that Belgium would pull out of the Fyra high-speed train project, saying Dutch ministers wer...

12 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Doctors draw up rules to ease death of dying babies
Doctors should be allowed to end the lives of babies born with no chance of survival if their parents can no longer bear the pain of watching them die, the Dutch doctors' association KNMG has de...

12 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Belgian railways did tell Dutch ministers about dropping Fyra services
The head of Belgian's railway company NMBS has reacted furiously to criticism of the way he announced that Belgium would pull out of the Fyra high speed train project, saying Dutch ministers wer...

11 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Justice minister won't comment on AIVD digital spying claims
Justice minister Ivo Opstelten on Tuesday refused to comment on claims the Dutch security service AIVD works together with the US secret services in collecting information from email and social ...

11 Jun 2013 — New Europe Dijsselbloem says it's working!
Author(s): NEOnline|AC The Dutch are unlikely to achieve the deficit limit of 2.8% that the European Union desires, but they may...

10 Jun 2013 — New Europe Dutch deficit will grow says central bank
Author(s): Karafillis Giannoulis The Netherlands Central Bank said that the Dutch deficit will grow from 3.5 per cent in 2013 to...

10 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Central bank says spending cuts need to be up to €8bn next year
The Netherlands will have to make savings generating between €6bn and €8bn next year to reduce the budget deficit in line with eurozone regulations, according to new calculations from ...

10 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Confusion for pupils as two are arrested over stolen exam papers
Rotterdam police have arrested an 18-year-old girl and 19-year-old man in connection with the theft of school leaving exam papers, but it is still unclear what the impact will be on pupils who s...

07 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Dutch privacy watchdog wants answers on US data mining
The Dutch privacy watchdog CBP has called on the European Union to demand America explain why its security service is mining information on non-Americans from nine major technology firms, includ...

07 Jun 2013 — Dutch News Eight out of 10 teachers say they are under too much pressure
Eight out of 10 primary school teachers say they have difficulty coping with the pressure of their job because they have been given so many new tasks to do as well as teach, according to researc...