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A study across a hundred cities and 54 million people found that cocaine use has risen across Europe. Highest levels were found in Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Badgers burrowing under Dutch train tracks have led to delays and cancellations on at least two lines. Since badgers are protected animals rail officials must seek permission to move them.

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have forced lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Rail operators have to get permission to move the protected animals before repairs can begin.

Dutch hospitals are holding a 24-hour strike for a 10% pay increase and better conditions. Labor unions are in talks with hospitals trying to improve salaries and reduce workloads.

Comedian Trevor Noah, has won the prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize

A new powerhouse of Dutch right-wing populism has seized the political center stage after winning its first provincial elections.

The court acquitted the man of a rape charge because it ruled that the sex was consensual.

The 28-year-old was given a three-month suspended prison term and ordered to pay damages in what Dutch media said was the first such conviction in the country.

The Netherlands has returned indigenous remains to a tiny Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius in a new push to preserve the island’s history.

Prosecutors say that two former stars of “The Voice of Holland” will be charged with sex offenses linked to the once-popular Dutch talent show

A Dutch man has been convicted of removing his condom during sex without his partner’s consent, in the first trial in the Netherlands for so-called “stealthing.”

A Dutch man was convicted Tuesday of removing his condom during sex without his partner's consent, in the first trial in the Netherlands for so-called “stealthing.” In a case in Germany, a Berlin court in 2018 convicted a police officer of sexual assault and gave him an eight-month suspended sentence for secretly removing his condom during intercourse, and ordered him to pay damages of nearly 3,100 euros to the victim. The suspended sentence was reduced to six months on an initial appeal.

Dutch voters are going to the polls Wednesday in local elections with a national impact.

Thousands of farmers and other demonstrators have protested in a park in The Hague against Dutch government plans to reduce nitrate emissions.

Many supermarkets put restrictions on sales of some fresh produce amidst supply shortages.

China has criticized the Netherlands for joining Washington in expanding curbs on Chinese access to technology to make processor chips that Western governments say might be used in weapons or to commit human rights abuses.

The 20-team World Baseball Classic got underway after a six-year absence with the Netherlands defeating Cuba 4-2 in a Group A game in Taiwan to open the tournament.

Max Verstappen has won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position by leading almost the entire race as he began the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles.

Many people have claimed Brexit is to blame for the UK tomato shortage - what is the evidence?

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have been asked to vacate their home in Britain.

A critical report into the protection of three murder victims, including a celebrated Dutch journalist shot in downtown Amsterdam, says that security services in a “fragmented” system did not always act on tips about possible threats.

The poignant accounts of World War II in Nina Siegal’s “The Diary Keepers” complicate narratives of resistance to the Nazis in the Netherlands.

The mammal previously drew crowds off the coasts of Hampshire, North Yorkshire and Northumberland.

A Dutch parliamentary inquiry has released a damning report into the government’s handling of lucrative natural gas extraction that caused a string of earthquakes in the northern province of Groningen.

Marko Dmitrović of Sevilla FC was playing against PSV of the Netherlands when he was approached by a fan who punched him. He was quick to defend himself.

Belgium says it is looking into the presence of a Russian “spy ship” in the Belgian North Sea after the Netherlands announced Monday that a Russian vessel was targeting its infrastructure.

The trial has opened of a former fighter with the Kosovo Liberation Army.

The Dutch Royal House says that Princess Beatrix, the 85-year-old former Dutch queen, has undergone surgery after breaking her wrist in a skiing accident

A “people’s court” is putting Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an “accountability gap” in the absence of an international tribunal with jurisdiction

A “people’s court” is putting Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an “accountability gap” in the absence of an international tribunal with jurisdiction.

A human rights group says Britain and the United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a U.S. Navy base.

The Hague Court of Appeals prohibited the Netherland's police from racial profiling during the selection process for identity checks. Two Dutch citizens sued the country's government.

Two Dutch fighter jets intercepted a formation of Russian military aircraft that were flying near Poland on Monday, defense officials reveal.

An appeals court has prohibited the Netherlands’ military police from using racial profiling as a way of selecting people for identity checks at borders

The measure, which is set to go into effect in May, is an attempt to appease residents in the neighborhood, which attracts millions of tourists each year.

Dutch police announced Thursday the discovery of drugs in a truck carrying aid bound for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

Investigators said they found that the Russian president likely approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile.

The aircraft was hit by a Russian-made missile in eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing nearly 300 people.

International investigators found “strong indications” Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with a Russian missile in 2014.

An international team of investigators said Wednesday it found “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile. Russia has always denied any involvement in the downing of the flight over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, and refused to cooperate with the international investigation. Dutch prosecutors said in their summary of investigation findings that “there are strong indications that the Russian president decided on supplying” a Buk missile system to Ukrainian separatists.

The Dutch government says it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, killing some 20 civilians, in a civil case

The Dutch government says it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, killing some 20 civilians, in a civil case.

A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York.

Xpeng, a Chinese electric vehicle startup, launched its P7 sedan and its G9 sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden.

German authorities say that nine men suspected of involvement in blowing up dozens of cash machines in Germany and stealing some 5.2 million euros (nearly $5.7 million) have been arrested in the Netherlands and Belgium

Turkey has slammed a group of Western countries which temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security concerns.

China’s foreign minister has appealed to his Dutch counterpart to defend free trade after the Netherlands and Japan agreed to cooperate with U.S. restrictions on Chinese access to advanced processor chip technology due to security concerns.

Lionel Messi spoke in depth about the experience of winning the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, including his actions in the quarterfinal against Netherlands.

President Emmanuel Macron says that France doesn’t exclude sending fighter jets to Ukraine.

China’s government has criticized U.S. controls on technology exports as a trade violation after Japan and the Netherlands agreed to join Washington in limiting Beijing’s access to materials to make advanced processor chips.

Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims have marched to the heavily guarded Swedish Embassy in Jakarta to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands

Japan and the Netherlands have agreed to a deal with the U.S. to restrict China's access to materials used to make advanced semiconductors.

Hundreds of climate activists have blocked one of the main roads into The Hague, defying attempts to prevent their protest that have sparked concerns about restrictions on the right to demonstrate

Hundreds of climate activists have blocked one of the main roads into The Hague, defying attempts to prevent their protest that have sparked concerns about restrictions on the right to demonstrate.

Protests by Islamists in Pakistan, Iraq, and Lebanon were held to denounce the desecration of the Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands. Many of the rallies were dispersed peacefully.

Angry protesters in several Middle Eastern countries have gathered to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands

Angry protesters in several Middle Eastern countries have gathered to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands.

The foreign ministers of France and the Netherlands have paid an official visit to a military base in Romania where both nations station troops as a part of a NATO battlegroup that was bolstered in the wake of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine

The foreign ministers of France and the Netherlands paid an official visit to Romania on Friday where they visited a NATO battlegroup, and later signed an agreement to strengthen ties between the three countries amid Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine.

Egypt's Al-Azhar is calling on Muslims to boycott products from Sweden and the Netherlands. The Quran was desecrated in separate incidents in the two countries.

Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that it can adjudicate cases brought by the Netherlands and Ukraine against Russia for alleged rights violations in eastern Ukraine in 2014, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's indecision has earned him criticism both nationally and internationally.

Egypt’s top religious institution has called on Muslims world over to boycott Swedish and Dutch products over the desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in the two European countries

A lawsuit accuses the Guggenheim of wrongfully possessing the Picasso painting "Woman Ironing," which Karl Adler allegedly sold in 1938 to escape Nazi Germany.

The survey commissioned by a U.S.-based group found that the number of Dutch respondents who believe the Holocaust is a myth was higher than in any of the other five nations previously surveyed.

A Jewish group that commissioned a survey on Holocaust awareness in the Netherlands says the results show “a disturbing lack of awareness of key historical facts about the Holocaust.”

Hundreds of Muslims have rallied in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore to denounce the desecration of Islam’s holy book by a far-right activist in the Netherlands before dispersing peacefully

Turkey’s foreign ministry says it has summoned the Dutch ambassador following a demonstration targeting Islam’s holy book, days after a similar protest in Sweden tensed relations

The Dutch Senate has approved a change to the country’s constitution to expand its first article to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or disability.

Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that his country plans to "join" the U.S. and Germany’s efforts to train and arm Ukraine with advanced Patriot defense systems.

President Joe Biden will host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House for talks that are expected to center on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

One man with a metal detector said he'd scoured the area for decades and "found some nice Roman objects," but never knew there could be "Nazi treasure," too.

Cocaine is spreading at an alarming rate through Europe, much of it through the world ports of Antwerp in Belgium and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Oil and gas major Shell said Friday it expects to pay an extra $2 billion in "recently announced additional taxes" for the fourth quarter in the EU and U.K.

While e-bikes are becoming increasingly popular, they are also more dangerous than traditional bikes. CNBC explores whether American infrastructure is to blame.

The Dutch prime minister's apology comes as many nations' colonial histories have received scrutiny because of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police killing of George Floyd in the U.S.

Argentina isn't No. 1 in FIFA's World Rankings despite defeating France in the World Cup. Instead, Brazil remains on top.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery and the slave trade.

The Netherlands government is expected to apologise for slavery with a speech by the prime minister.

Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery.

A Dutch court has upheld the Netherlands’ ban on assisted suicide.

The top civil servant at the Dutch foreign ministry has apologized after an independent investigation found widespread racism at the government department in the Netherlands and at its diplomatic outposts around the world.

The Netherlands remains without a World Cup title, losing to Argentina 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 2-2 draw in the quarterfinals.

Lionel Messi’s quest to win the World Cup moves into the semifinals after Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 in a penalty shootout.

A fan ran onto the field in the 75th minute of Argentina’s World Cup quarterfinal match against the Netherlands.

Louis van Gaal is revitalized at the World Cup and might not be ready to call time on his coaching career just yet.

News channel Al Jazeera is formally asking the International Criminal Court to investigate the fatal shooting of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as she was reporting from a Palestinian refugee camp in May.

American men's soccer success on the world stage remains a dream.

Fans of the U.S. Men’s National Team were disappointed on Saturday after a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands eliminated the U.S. from the World Cup in the round of 16.

Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory that advanced the Dutch to the quarterfinals.

Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe.

Max Verstappen has won a record-extending 15th race of the year at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to conclude one of the most dominant seasons in Formula One history.

A Dutch court is set to deliver verdicts Thursday in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian rebel for their alleged roles in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over conflict-torn eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Two Dutch nationals, an Englishman and nine companies have been targeted for sanctions by the U.S. government for allegedly operating an illegal fentanyl ring that generated millions of dollars in virtual currency.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has met with lawmakers from his party to discuss their concerns about rising numbers of migrants seeking asylum in the Netherlands, amid tensions within his four-party coalition about how to tackle the issue.

The widows of four Nigerian activists executed in 1995 have withdrawn their appeal in a Dutch civil case in which they alleged that oil giant Shell was complicit in the men’s deaths, ending a yearslong legal battle for compensation and an apology.

Two Belgian activists who targeted Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in a climate protest last week have been sentenced to two months in prison, with prosecutors saying their action “crossed a line” of acceptable protest.

Max Verstappen inched closer to a record 14th victory of the Formula One season by holding off a pair of Mercedes and Mexican favorite Sergio Perez to win the pole for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Climate activists have targeted Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” with glue and liquid but one of the world’s most iconic paintings was not damaged in the latest of such publicity-seeking stunts.

The defending champion United States will face Netherlands in the group stage of the women’s soccer World Cup next summer, setting up an early rematch of the 2019 World Cup final.