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Sigrid Kaag is latest high-profile female politician to quit, citing years of ‘hate, intimidation and threats’Nearly two years after Sigrid Kaag was catapulted into the highest ranks of Dutch politics, police keep a constant watch over her home. Camera…
Maastricht clamps down on cyclists who illegally secure their two-wheelers to lamp-posts or railingsOfficials in the Netherlands, a country with more bicycles than people, are tackling a plague of “wild parking” by confiscating illegally stationed bike…
Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence IndonesiaIts political centre, The Hague, may call itself “the city of peace and justice”. But in few European countries is the process of confronting t…
Seat used during state opening of parliament takes centre stage in exhibition about royal powerThe Dutch throne has been moved for the first time from the 13th-century Ridderzaal in The Hague to be displayed in an exhibition, as the Netherlands’ monarc…
Protesters oppose mayor’s plan to move their trade to purpose-built ‘erotic centre’ away from city centreSex workers in Amsterdam have protested against the planned transfer of their famed red light district to an out-of-town “erotic centre”, in what i…
Washington (AFP) – A Dutchman who was the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of an American woman vacationing in Aruba has confessed to her murder, prosecutors and the victim’s family said Wednesday. Joran van der Sloot, 36, as part of a guilty p…
Booming resale market for cards featuring Pikachu in style of Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Grey Felt HatThey are more commonly associated with pop concerts or football matches than art exhibitions. But rows of ticket touts have become a familiar sight…
Even before the war in Gaza, authorities have been warning of rise in Islamist terrorism on the continentFor months now, authorities charged with keeping Europe safe from Islamist extremist violence have been sounding the alarm. In May, Dutch security …
Defenture, a leading provider of light tactical and air transportable vehicles, has delivered the first GRF vehicle (better known as Vector within the Dutch Ministry of Defense) for the 11 Air Mobile Brigade (11LMB). The first test vehicle was handed o…
‘Indiana Jones of art world’ says works taken from Medemblik town hall were dropped off at his homeEurope live – latest updatesA Dutch art detective known as the “Indiana Jones of the art world” has recovered a further six paintings, including a portra…