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Dutch vote in three-day socially-distanced elections
Mar 16, 2021 06:12Elderly and vulnerable Dutch voters have cast their ballots at bike-thru polling stations, churches and conference centers as three days of socially-distanced elections got underway in the Netherlands.
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Explosion at Dutch COVID-19 test center appears intentional, police say
Mar 03, 2021 16:00Dutch police on Wednesday said a coronavirus testing center north of Amsterdam appeared to have been intentionally targeted after an explosion went off at the facility before it opened.
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Europe tightens coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas
Dec 16, 2020 14:05Europe has tightened coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas, with a number of countries entering weeks of lockdown, amid a surge in infections in recent weeks.
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Turkey’s Erdogan sues extremist Dutch politician over insulting cartoon
Oct 28, 2020 06:51Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal lawsuit against a far-right Dutch politician for posting an insulting cartoon of him on Twitter.
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Russia leaves MH17 talks with Netherlands, Australia for anti-Moscow bias
Oct 16, 2020 09:20The Dutch and Australian governments have urged Russia to return to negotiations over its alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of a Malaysian Airline flight over Ukraine after Moscow withdrew from the talks while accusing it of being “biased” and “politicized” against Russia.
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Russia slams EU for ‘acting as judge, jury’ in Navalny case
Oct 09, 2020 15:45Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has slammed the European Union (EU) for “acting as judge and jury” in the case of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who is alleged to have been poisoned.
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Iran’s FM holds talks with Dutch, Austrian counterparts
Oct 02, 2020 08:56Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed a whole range of issues with his counterparts from the Netherlands and Austria.
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Dutch legal case 'serving agendas of American master': Syria
Sep 20, 2020 08:37Syria has censured the Netherlands for launching a bid through international bodies to hold the Damascus government responsible for alleged rights violations, saying Amsterdam is seeking to compensate for the failure of Western-backed terrorists in the Arab country.
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Protests against US police killing of George Floyd go global
Jun 02, 2020 13:12Protesters in cities across the world have staged rallies in solidarity with tens of thousands of Americans in the United States against rampant police brutality and racial profiling, following the killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd last week.
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Dutch trial opens for 4 suspects over 2014 downing of Malaysia Flight MH17
Mar 09, 2020 14:15Trial opened for 4 men in the Netherlands in a criminal case surrounding the murder of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot downed over Ukraine in 2014.