‘Moral victory’ of moderates set to shape next government of NetherlandsHague Letter: Surge for Liberals’ coalition partners D66 forces far-right into third placeMon Mar 22 2021 - 05:00
Rutte calls for swift coalition deal after latest Dutch election victoryProgressive D66 party set for key role in government after receiving 15% of voteThu Mar 18 2021 - 18:47
Mark Rutte on course to form coalition in the NetherlandsLiberal Party set to win 35 seats with far-right Freedom Party forced into third placeWed Mar 17 2021 - 21:33
Dutch voters go to polls amid vaccination concerns and rising infectionsThree-day election begins as suspension of AstraZeneca jabs set to delay vaccine rolloutMon Mar 15 2021 - 16:53
Netherlands goes to polls amid predictions of returning status quoDespite welfare scandal and reluctance on masks and vaccines, Dutch resisting changeSun Mar 14 2021 - 16:19
Dutch government gives July 1st vaccination pledge as election loomsLockdown and overnight curfew to be extended until the ‘end of March at the earliest’Tue Mar 09 2021 - 16:55
Man accused of abusing his children on Dutch farm has charges thrown outGerrit-Jan van Dorsten (68) mentally unfit to stand trial, court rulesThu Mar 04 2021 - 17:16
Dutch police investigate pipe bomb explosion at Covid test centreSecond such attack since government imposed rolling overnight curfewWed Mar 03 2021 - 18:20
Dutch lockdown curfew ruled lawful by appeals courtMonth-long row ends with boost for caretaker government weeks before electionFri Feb 26 2021 - 16:41
Covid-19: Netherlands extends its controversial overnight curfewVoting in March’s general election will take place over three daysThu Feb 25 2021 - 06:00
Dutch curfew remains in place as appeal court adjourns decisionGovernment rushes new legislation through parliament following surprise loss in courtFri Feb 19 2021 - 18:28
Appeal court to rule on legitimacy of Netherlands’ coronavirus curfewGovernment to rush new legislation through parliament to reinforce curfew’s legal basisWed Feb 17 2021 - 18:30
Dutch government urges public to observe curfew despite court rulingJudges find measure aimed at restricting spread of coronavirus lacks legal basisTue Feb 16 2021 - 17:14
Netherlands extends Covid curfew as snow storms discourage protestsBan on going out between 9pm and 4.30am to continue until March 3rdTue Feb 09 2021 - 17:43
Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen convicted of war crimesInternational Criminal Court also found former child soldier guilty of forced pregnancyThu Feb 04 2021 - 15:14
Biden to review Trump’s sanctions against Hague criminal court prosecutorLast US administration took exception to allegations of CIA torture in AfghanistanFri Jan 29 2021 - 17:16
Dutch riots not just about fatigue with pandemic restrictionsThere is the sense of a message being conveyed, weeks before a general electionTue Jan 26 2021 - 18:15
Dutch PM rules out calling in the army after anti-lockdown riots240 arrested as violent protests sweep country in apparent response to Covid-19 curfewMon Jan 25 2021 - 16:14
Covid-19: Netherlands imposes curfews for first time since second World WarRare cross-party agreement for tighter restrictions as new strains drive third waveFri Jan 22 2021 - 15:31
Russia expels Dutch diplomats in tit-for-tat move as relations worsenDispute centres on Dutch intelligence allegations of Russian spying in high-tech sectorTue Jan 19 2021 - 16:39
Dutch government quits over child benefits scandalMark Rutte and ministers to remain in caretaker capacity until March 17th electionFri Jan 15 2021 - 16:12
Dutch coalition on brink over child benefits row as Covid crisis ragesScandal over 20,000 families being accused of benefit fraud threatens governmentThu Jan 14 2021 - 19:18
Amsterdam set to ban foreign visitors from using coffee shopsCity’s mayor, police and public prosecutor’s office agree plan to reduce cannabis tourismMon Jan 11 2021 - 18:09
Dutch ‘manager’ Mark Rutte polling well despite mixed resultsHague Letter: After a reasonable start, the pandemic response has been patchy at bestThu Jan 07 2021 - 17:24
Scientists say ‘long Covid’ may be linked to more active immune cells in bloodResearch could help doctors to ‘score’ individual Covid-19 cases, and predict how they will developTue Dec 22 2020 - 18:37
Covid-19: Decision on who to vaccinate first likely to delay roll-out in Netherlands‘It is simply unimaginable why this plan is taking so long’, says expertThu Dec 17 2020 - 16:42
Coronavirus: Netherlands begins ‘hard lockdown’ as cases soarGovernment left with little choice after daily rate of infections passed 10,000 on SundayTue Dec 15 2020 - 16:19
Hizbullah member gets five life terms over Hariri killingJudges say killing of former prime minister ‘a politically motivated act of terrorism’Fri Dec 11 2020 - 20:56
Partial lockdown in Netherlands falls short as case numbers riseRate of infection is rising in all age groups but more rapidly among those of secondary school ageTue Dec 08 2020 - 17:50
Coronavirus: Mask-wearing becomes compulsory indoors in the NetherlandsPublic health institute takes the view that the benefit of face coverings is ‘small’Tue Dec 01 2020 - 17:12
Dutch far-right party in turmoil after leader Thierry Baudet quitsParty’s charismatic founder stands down in anti-Semitism row months before electionWed Nov 25 2020 - 18:58
Stir-crazy Dutch holidaymakers set to descend on Caribbean islandHague Letter: Festive crowd in sandals, shorts and Ambre Solaire a Covid threatTue Nov 24 2020 - 18:00
Dutch Covid-19 cases rise to confound claims country has ‘turned corner’Wearing masks obligatory from December 1st – a big shift for the socially liberal DutchFri Nov 13 2020 - 16:56
Man arrested in the Netherlands after gun attack on Saudi embassyNo injuries after almost two dozen shots fired in early-morning attack in The HagueThu Nov 12 2020 - 17:04
Dutch lockdown extended ‘well into’ December as Covid-19 cases surgeSecond wave of virus spreading quicker than first in EU’s most densely populated countryWed Oct 28 2020 - 15:50
Inconvenient truths laid bare in expert report on the ICCHague Letter: The international court appears to ‘suffer internally from distrust... and a culture of fear’Tue Oct 20 2020 - 18:44
Covid-19: Dutch royals cut Greek getaway short after public outcryPrime minister forced to suggest he was at fault after royals’ fresh coronavirus misstepMon Oct 19 2020 - 17:58
Coronavirus: Netherlands closes restaurants and bars in new partial lockdownGovernment abandons talk of ‘intelligent lockdown’ in urgent effort to slow casesWed Oct 14 2020 - 16:47
Immune system ‘running wild’ causes Covid-19 to affect brainResearchers say when the immune system is damaged by the virus it goes into overdriveFri Oct 09 2020 - 17:04
Coronavirus: Dutch hospitals run out of remdesivir anti-viral treatmentSituation causes concerns that this could indicate start of Europe-wide shortageTue Oct 06 2020 - 17:37
Irish lawyer appointed to special court for KosovoFergal Gaynor is one of six new judges to try crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo warFri Oct 02 2020 - 16:52
Coronavirus: Dutch government ‘urgently advises’ wearing of face masksAfter months of resistance to masks, officials give in to pressure from MPs and retailersThu Oct 01 2020 - 16:09
Netherlands bans inter-city travel with second lockdown in prospectCoronavirus: Numbers infected doubling every eight days and daily death toll risingTue Sept 29 2020 - 17:49
Growing demands for Dutch burka ban to be rescindedHague Letter: Year-old ban seen as discriminatory and nonsensical in an era of obligatory Covid-19 face covering restrictionsSun Sept 27 2020 - 15:30
Dutch justice minister given criminal record after Covid-19 rule breachGovernment to review whether pandemic-related fines should lead to such a recordMon Sept 21 2020 - 18:03
Dutch coffins return corpses to nature in a fraction of the timeCoffins made of mycelium – the underground part of fungi – speed up decompositionFri Sept 18 2020 - 17:31
Amsterdam hopes red-light district clean-up will entice ‘the right visitors’Amsterdam Letter: The sight of sex workers in windows may become a thing of the pastMon Sept 14 2020 - 19:00
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders cleared of inciting hatredAppeals court overturns 2016 verdict and finds politician guilty of ‘insulting’ Moroccan communityFri Sept 04 2020 - 16:02
Dutch minister retains job despite flouting social distancing regulationsFerdinand Grapperhaus survives motion of censure, no confidence motion in parliamentThu Sept 03 2020 - 17:12
Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer stolen for third timeFrans Hals 17th-century Dutch Golden Age artwork taken from museum near UtrechtFri Aug 28 2020 - 18:26
