Netherlands

Deputy chief of defence staff told Johnson it would be possible but warned of diplomatic repercussions

Challenge from Israeli foreign ministry comes days before Binyamin Netanyahu is due to address UN general assembly in New York

The likely unification of Ireland will mean a greater economic role for the west but we need to plan for development like the Dutch have done

Spokeswoman for European Commission says opt-out only possible if there are changes to recently agreed EU immigration pact

Public losing confidence as party leaders step back amid chaotic prime ministerial appointment process

Far-right leader living under round-the-clock police protection for 20 years because of anti-Islam views and campaign to ban the Koran

Coalition agreement includes possibility of making law to allow country to temporarily stop accepting refugees

Population of the country has hit 18m, according to the Central Statistics Bureau, which calculated that immigrants account for 16% of that figure

Theory claims leftist ‘elite’ are replacing white population with non-western immigrants

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’

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 case: Moscow refuses to extradite men convicted of killing 298 people

Researchers have developed a predictive model to anticipate progression of disease

Big reduction in cocaine attributed to better co-operation with customs and police counterparts in Latin America

Television: Curly-haired Dutchman Jonathan Jacob Meijer is thought to have fathered some 1,100 children

Asylum committee chair says Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party is ‘inherently undemocratic’

Outgoing Dutch prime minister succeeds Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg as head of western military alliance

Dutchman faces a formidable to-do list, with Russia, China and perhaps Donald Trump requiring careful attention

Outgoing Dutch PM must secure unanimous support from all 32 members of military alliance to succeed Jens Stoltenberg

Investigative reporter Peter R de Vries was shot on a busy street in Amsterdam

Immigration and healthcare the dominant themes as voters turn out in highest numbers for EU election since 1989

Far-right parties projected to make sizable gains but mainstream groups remain on course to win solid majority

Biomass Heating Solutions bought heat exchange systems from Geurts International BV

Senior civil servant was previously director general of the intelligence agency

The new coalition is led by the radical right party of anti-Islamist firebrand Gerd Wilder

Tensions between parties over failure to name a prime minister to replace Mark Rutte

While renting in Dublin city centre, housing rights researcher Emma Nic Shuibhne was confronted daily with Ireland’s housing crisis

Key policy plank of the four-party government is to halve the number of people coming to the country to work, according to a source

Immigration remains among most contentious issues in coalition talks between VVD and other right-leaning parties

Fake site was rapidly taken down and no more than 50-plus people apparently fell victim to the scam

Parker (72) was jailed for 3½ years for applying for passports in the names of two dead babies, but never offered any hint of why he was using fake identities

New 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’

The victims were part of a 17-person ski touring group that was on an ascent with four Austrian guides

Swiss authorities ‘did not act in time to come up with a good enough strategy to cut emissions’

Thunberg put in large bus by local police along with other protesters who tried to block major highway

Planet Business: FTSE 100 crosses 8,000 again, Alex Kroes is suspended at Ajax and Taylor Swift becomes a billionaire

Oil giant says 2021 ruling ‘went too far’ and stresses the importance of fossil fuels

Suspect was previously known to authorities but no indication of terror motive, police say

Geert Wilders predicted to win 25% of vote on June 6th

Netherlands 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 cabinet

Far-right Freedom party finished first in elections late last year but well short of a majority in the 150-seat parliament