New Dutch government to stop funding shelters for failed asylum seekersCoalition agreement includes possibility of making law to allow country to temporarily stop accepting refugeesThu Sept 05 2024 - 17:19
Ukraine aspires to the International Criminal Court but ‘justice cannot be selective’The court investigates without favour, and may charge alleged war criminals from either sideSun Sept 01 2024 - 16:35
Dutch royal family apologises after men wrongly suspected of following princess are stopped at gunpoint Lawyer for four friends demands apology for ‘racial profiling’ after men unwittingly took same route as vehicle carrying Princess AmaliaFri Aug 23 2024 - 16:23
The Netherlands will need an addition 3 million migrants to shore up workforce and pay taxes by 2040Population of the country has hit 18m, according to the Central Statistics Bureau, which calculated that immigrants account for 16% of that figureThu Aug 15 2024 - 17:44
Survey reveals 15% of Dutch adults believe far-right conspiracy theory that white population is being replacedTheory claims leftist ‘elite’ are replacing white population with non-western immigrantsFri Aug 02 2024 - 16:09
Gaza conflict: Are jurisdiction doubts prompting International Criminal Court’s invitation for written submissions?Critics suggest decision around Netanyahu, defence minister and three Hamas leaders may be strategic and request for their warrants could be rejectedMon Jul 29 2024 - 09:12
How a drug cartel in Amsterdam turned to selling a new product: residential homes Police estimate at least 800 houses have been bought through a drug dealer-turned-estate agent, but admit this figure is probably just ‘the tip of the iceberg’Sat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
International Court of Justice finds Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories in breach of lawCourt says Israel’s occupation of territories amounts to long-term annexation which has undermined the right of the Palestinian people to self-determinationFri Jul 19 2024 - 21:10
Dutch Alzheimer’s breakthrough will allow doctors to determine decline of brain functionResearchers have developed a predictive model to anticipate progression of diseaseFri Jul 12 2024 - 17:01
Cocaine seizures at Dutch ports decline as northwest European entry points become ‘less attractive’ to traffickersBig reduction in cocaine attributed to better co-operation with customs and police counterparts in Latin AmericaWed Jul 10 2024 - 18:29
Dutch refugee policy official refuses to work with new right-wing coalition governmentAsylum committee chair says Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party is ‘inherently undemocratic’Wed Jun 26 2024 - 17:16
Mark Rutte’s reputation as a consensus builder will be tested as soon as he takes charge at NatoDutchman faces a formidable to-do list, with Russia, China and perhaps Donald Trump requiring careful attentionMon Jun 24 2024 - 17:52
Dutch court sentences six men over murder of journalist in 2021Investigative reporter Peter R de Vries was shot on a busy street in AmsterdamWed Jun 12 2024 - 18:04
Dutch left-wing parties gain support while Wilders also wins seatsImmigration and healthcare the dominant themes as voters turn out in highest numbers for EU election since 1989Sun Jun 09 2024 - 18:48
Dutch coalition chooses Dick Schoof as prime ministerSenior civil servant was previously director general of the intelligence agencyTue May 28 2024 - 21:32
International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt military operations in RafahHumanitarian situation in Palestinian city deteriorating and now classifies as ‘disastrous’, says courtFri May 24 2024 - 15:14
Issuing warrant for Netanyahu would banish perception of ICC as western proxyMonday’s application mark the first time the ICC prosecutor has targeted the leader of a close ally of the USMon May 20 2024 - 17:28
Dutch coalition agreement puts Wilders on course for confrontation with Brussels over migration Tensions between parties over failure to name a prime minister to replace Mark RutteFri May 17 2024 - 14:32
Netherlands to have most conservative ruling coalition in decades Key policy plank of the four-party government is to halve the number of people coming to the country to work, according to a sourceWed May 15 2024 - 17:08
Accumulated fines for overcrowding at Dutch migrant centre reach €1mImmigration remains among most contentious issues in coalition talks between VVD and other right-leaning partiesFri May 10 2024 - 16:46
Van Gogh Museum targeted by cyber attack that replicated official website and stole credit card detailsFake site was rapidly taken down and no more than 50-plus people apparently fell victim to the scamTue May 07 2024 - 17:01
UN court dismisses application that would have compelled Germany to stop military aid to Israel Ruling by 15 to one that specific circumstances in case taken by Nicaragua ‘not such as to require the court to take emergency measures’Tue Apr 30 2024 - 17:46
Surrendered passport and €50,000 bail seem no hindrance to flight as top cocaine suspect vanishesNew Spanish arrest warrant has been issued for Dutch gang boss Karim Bouyakhrichan, but affair is said to have ‘enraged not just the Policia Nacional, but also the Dutch security services’Sun Apr 28 2024 - 05:00
Germany denies complicity in Gaza genocide at UN courtCase taken by Nicaragua is based on flimsy evidence and should be thrown out, Berlin tells International Court of JusticeTue Apr 09 2024 - 13:41
Nicaragua appeals to UN’s top court to order suspension of German arms exports to IsraelCourt in The Hague will hear claim that weapons deliveries breach obligation to prevent genocideMon Apr 08 2024 - 10:25
Nicaragua to present International Court of Justice case against Germany over aid to Israel Nicaragua alleges Germany ‘is facilitating the commission of genocide’ by continuing to support Israel militarily and by refusing to reverse its decision to stop funding UnrwaSun Apr 07 2024 - 14:00
Shell appeals landmark ruling ordering it to cut emissions by 45%Oil giant says 2021 ruling ‘went too far’ and stresses the importance of fossil fuelsTue Apr 02 2024 - 18:14
Netherlands poll predicts swing to right in European electionsGeert Wilders predicted to win 25% of vote on June 6thFri Mar 29 2024 - 14:56
Netherlands still struggling to appoint a prime minister to succeed Mark RutteNetherlands survey identifies Klaas Dijkhoff and Kim Putters as popular choices for role of prime minister after all four party leaders agreed last week to forgo the top job in a new cabinetWed Mar 20 2024 - 18:13
Netherlands close to right-wing coalition, but without Wilders as leaderFar-right Freedom party finished first in elections late last year but well short of a majority in the 150-seat parliamentThu Mar 14 2024 - 17:41
Amsterdam to remotely control speed of e-bikesApp-based system, expected to start on a voluntary basis next year, will impose limits in areas such as school zonesTue Mar 12 2024 - 16:59
Meeting between Netherlands monarch and Israeli president ‘a slap in the face’, say Palestinian activistsDignitaries due to open new Holocaust museum in Amsterdam on SundayFri Mar 08 2024 - 15:05
Key Daniel Kinahan ally in European ‘super cartel’ jailed for life in NetherlandsRidouan Taghi had lived alongside Kinahan in Dubai where they were among small group controlling about one-third of European cocaine marketWed Feb 28 2024 - 08:27
Netherlands’ ‘most wanted’ criminal sentenced to life imprisonmentRidouan Taghi convicted of six gangland killings and four counts of attempted murderTue Feb 27 2024 - 19:28
Rutte moves closer to Nato leadershipResignation of caretaker prime minister would increase political uncertainty in the NetherlandsThu Feb 22 2024 - 17:00
ICJ to be asked for advisory opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territoriesThe case, to be led by Indonesia on behalf of the UN general assembly, is separate from the action brought last month by South Africa alleging genocide by Israel against the Palestinian population of GazaSun Feb 18 2024 - 16:00
New facilitator to oversee talks to break Netherland’s three-month political deadlock NSC decision to withdraw from new round of talks to form a government in the Netherlands reduces the options for Freedom Party leader Geert WildersFri Feb 16 2024 - 17:08
Dutch MPs poised to debate breakdown of talks on a right-wing coalitionGeert Wilders's options for government narrow as New Social Contract leader Pieter Omtzigt withdraws from talksThu Feb 08 2024 - 17:39
Talks aimed at negotiating right-wing coalition government in the Netherlands collapse One of four parties in the talks pulls out over ‘extremely shocking’ public financesWed Feb 07 2024 - 17:18
Four out of five targeted killings in the Netherlands are linked directly to cocaine trafficking First-time ‘assassins’ are typically men with an average age of 29 and an average of 27 crimes on their records before their first targeted killingFri Feb 02 2024 - 17:17
International Court of Justice orders Israel to take all measures to avoid genocidal acts in GazaUnited Nation’s highest court stopped short of ordering ceasefire in Palestinian enclave but called for release of all hostages held by HamasFri Jan 26 2024 - 18:34
Trial of nine men over murder of Dutch investigative journalist beginsHigh-profile TV presenter Peter R de Vries was shot in the head in Dutch capital in July 2021Tue Jan 23 2024 - 19:40
Netherlands coalition talks falter over migrant distribution across country’s local authorities Almost half of 342 regions have done nothing to provide accommodation for refugees in over a decadeFri Jan 19 2024 - 16:37
‘This is no genocide’: Israel calls South Africa’s charges on Gaza war ‘grossly distorted’Israel tells International Court of Justice it is acting to defend itself against Hamas and calls on court to dismiss case as groundlessFri Jan 12 2024 - 15:32
Who is the Irish lawyer arguing for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel?Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh worked on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, as well as on a 2015 genocide case taken by Croatia against SerbiaThu Jan 11 2024 - 19:43
International Court of Justice begins hearing case alleging genocide by Israel in GazaInternational Court of Justice in the Hague to hold two days of hearings in a case brought by South AfricaThu Jan 11 2024 - 15:58
Dutch right-wing coalition moves closer as Wilders drops anti-Islam law proposalsAdvisory body had warned draft legislation would deprive Muslims of right to fundamental freedomsTue Jan 09 2024 - 19:35
Dutch researchers say persistent fatigue in patients with ‘long Covid’ has identifiable biological causeMuscle cells in patients with long Covid produce less energy than those of their healthy counterpartsFri Jan 05 2024 - 21:00
Poll boosts Geert Wilders but makeup of new Dutch government far from agreedUncertainty persists as the leader of the Freedom Party tries to convince other parties to form government with him, while other arrangements remain possibleFri Dec 22 2023 - 14:38
Netherlands raises terror threat level, with attack deemed ‘a realistic possibility’National counterterrorism co-ordinator warns that al-Qaeda and Islamic State are using the Gaza conflict as a ‘call to action’Wed Dec 13 2023 - 17:13
