'Purple coalition' may be on cards again as Dutch head to the pollsTHE DUTCH electorate is expected to shy away from a Socialist government today, giving its politicians a broadly pro-European…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Dutch Labour leader impresses while Socialists flounder as election nearsJUST 48 hours before voting begins in the Dutch general election, polling indicates that an early surge of support for the anti…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Many Amsterdam brothels to close as council cracks downAMSTERDAM CITY council has taken the first step towards cleaning up the most popular red-light district in Europe by voting to…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Three years for teen Facebook killerA TEENAGER who stabbed a 15-year-old girl to death in a contract killing sparked by a row on Facebook has been given three years…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Dutch railway used Irish subsidiary to avoid taxesNEDERLANDSE SPOORWEGEN, the state-owned railway operator in the Netherlands, was at the centre of a political row last night …Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Red-light district feels the pinchAmsterdam’s red-light district seems not to be immune from the recession: sex shops are struggling, brothels are empty and prostitutes…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Terror alert leaves a country on edgeThe cities of the Netherlands have never been attacked by terrorists, but intelligence from Pakistan this week suggested The …Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Dutch candidate echoes Akin comments on rape and abortionTHE LEADER of the SGP, a Christian fundamentalist party in the Netherlands, has said that women who are raped seldom become pregnant…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Loss of aircraft radio contact sparks Dutch hijack scareTWO DUTCH F-16 fighters were scrambled yesterday to intercept a passenger jet en route from Malaga in Spain to Schiphol airport…Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Dutch man gets suspended term for insulting queen on TwitterA 28-YEAR-OLD man has been given a six-month suspended sentence by a court in the Netherlands for threatening and insulting Queen…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Teens held over girl's killingALREADY IN shock at the murder trial of a 15-year-old Chinese-Dutch “hitman” earlier this week, the Netherlands has again been…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Father of girl killed over online dispute seeks end to teen violenceTHE FATHER of a 15-year-old girl stabbed to death in the Netherlands, in a contract killing allegedly paid for by her 16-year…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Boy (15) on trial in Netherlands over Facebook contract killingA 15-YEAR-OLD boy has gone on trial for murder in the Netherlands for allegedly stabbing a 15-year-old girl to death in a €20…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Netherlands 'totally' committed to euro zoneDUTCH FINANCE minister Jan Kees de Jager has said the Netherlands’ caretaker government is committed to keeping the euro zone…Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Locals asked to foot bill for castle upkeepIN AN extraordinary sign of the economic times, the aristocratic owners of one of the Netherlands’ best-known medieval castles…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Majority coalitions unlikely after Dutch electionJUST OVER a month before the general election in the Netherlands, polling shows that all the usual coalition combinations seem…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
Grave discovered at Dutch compound near SrebrenicaA SECRET grave containing at least five bodies, including that of an infant, has been found after a five-year search at the former…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
Hague Hilton: the jail that houses some of the world's most notorious warlordsIn a neat seaside suburb of The Hague lies Scheveningen Prison, once used by German occupying forces to imprison resistance fighters…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
No austerity cuts for Dutch royalsQUEEN BEATRIX of the Netherlands says she sees “no reason” to reduce the allowance of €830,000 she receives from the state every…Mon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
Call for fines for weather forecasters who get it wrongAS RAIN continues to lash much of northern Europe, frustrated tourism chiefs and local councillors in the Netherlands and Belgium…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Mladic trial hears tearful evidence from first witnessTHIRTY-FOUR-YEAR old Elvedin Pasic relived the day he escaped a mass execution which claimed 150 lives in the Bosnian village…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Dutch caretaker government relaxes rate rules for stretched pension fundsIN ADVANCE of the September general election, the Dutch caretaker government has relaxed the interest rate rules for financially…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Wilders hit by two resignations as he unveils election manifestoDUTCH RIGHT-WING leader Geert Wilders has accused two former Freedom Party (PVV) MPs of “stabbing him in the back” after they…Thu Jul 05 2012 - 01:00
Cleric gave lethal drug doses to 37 disabled boys in 1950s, says Dutch prosecutorStaff at a dysfunctional home for boys failed to report crimes of now-deceased ‘Brother Syringe’Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Rutte performs U-turn on Dutch austerity promisesUNDER GROWING pressure in the polls, Holland’s caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, has admitted that some of the key measures…Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
Dutch audit office warns of increase in financial guaranteesTHE NATIONAL audit office in the Netherlands has warned the government that the total value of its financial guarantees – including…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Moody's downgrades five Dutch banks and warns on GreeceIN ANOTHER blow to the Netherlands’ minority-coalition caretaker government, the ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the creditworthiness…Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Libya pressured to release ICC lawyerFORMER GAMBIAN attorney general Fatou Bensouda will be sworn in this morning as the first African chief prosecutor at the International…Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Calls for Libyan militia to release Hague court lawyerTHE International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague was joined by the Australian government last night in demanding the release…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Dutch leader seeks action on euro crisis before talks on tighter EU integrationIN THE first sign of tension between the Netherlands and its ally in fiscal discipline Germany, Dutch caretaker prime minister…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Dutch Socialists enjoy surge of support as hostility grows to austerity dealANALYSIS : Three weekend polls have found public opinion swinging to the left as cuts hit homeMon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Permanent rescue fund: Court finds Dutch parliament had right to ratify ESMTHE DUTCH parliament was within its rights last week when it ratified the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism (…Sat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Rise of left in Netherlands could cost Merkel another key allyA NEW poll in the Netherlands shows that Geert Wilders’ right-wing Freedom Party (PVV) has outstripped caretaker prime minister…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Dutch jobless figures at six-year highNEW FIGURES showing 24,000 people lost their jobs in the Netherlands during April alone have added fuel to the debate here over…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Dutch PM says threat to break PVV party made in fit of angerCARETAKER PRIME minister in the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, admitted at the weekend that in a fit of anger he had pledged to “destroy…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Drop in support for austerity deal partiesDUTCH OPINION POLL: THE FIVE Dutch political parties who put together a controversial €13 billion austerity package for Brussels…Tue May 08 2012 - 01:00
Dutch austerity package 'too vague'THE MULTIBILLION-euro package of austerity cuts that brought down the Dutch minority government, which was delivered to Brussels…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Next Dutch government may not back ban on burqaA NEW government in the Netherlands, along the lines of the coalition which agreed Thursday night’s last-minute reduced budget…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Dutch politicians agree last-minute austerity deal to reduce budget deficitIN A dramatic reversal of political fortune, the caretaker minority government in the Netherlands appeared last night to have…Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Netherlands may wait until Christmas for new leaderTHERE ARE growing concerns that the Netherlands may not have a new government in place before Christmas, leaving a key country…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Dutch in last-ditch effort to agree austerity dealTHE DUTCH caretaker government agreed last night to provide MPs with the full details of the multi-billion euro austerity programme…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Netherlands government collapses over budgetary cutsTHE MINORITY coalition government in the Netherlands, among the most vocal advocates of fiscal rectitude in the EU, collapsed…Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
Dutch government on verge of collapse after talks failTHE NETHERLANDS is on the verge of a general election this morning after the collapse of austerity talks aimed at bringing its…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Tutu urges Dutch not to cut overseas aid by €1 billionNobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has followed Microsoft chairman and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates …Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Immigrant's suicide lays bare reality of deportationTHE NETHERLANDS was given a shocking lesson last week in the real-life desperation behind the politics of immigration when a …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
New prosecutor likely to widen scope of ICCAs Fatou Bensouda takes up her role, she will be setting out to improve the image of the courtMon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
Dutch MP quits after feigning knowledge of fictional terroristA DUTCH MP has been forced to resign after he was caught out in a spoof interview about the case of a controversial Muslim extremist…Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Coalition crisis deepens as Netherlands cuts aid budgetTHE POLITICAL crisis in the Netherlands deepened at the weekend as disagreement within the minority coalition party, the Christian…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Dutch honour for retired Irish-born astronomer who ran Leiden ObservatoryDUBLIN-BORN astronomer Professor George K Miley, has been named a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, the Netherlands’ highest…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Dutch parties try to agree spending cuts, avoid electionTHE NETHERLANDS stepped back from the brink of a general election yesterday after talks resumed between the coalition government…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
