World news about “Netherlands” published by euronews.
New flight test to keep pilots out of a spin A December 2006 training flight above the Moscow region nearly ended in tragedy. “The trainee made a mistake. That caused the plane to enter a very steep… 09/02/2012
New simulator gives pilots a taste of the extreme Some of the most serious aviation disasters happen when pilots are confronted with a situation they have never encountered before. Now a new generation of… 09/02/2012
Dutch hope for skating marathon – nocomment If the bitter cold sweeping through Europe continues, the Dutch may be able to hold the ‘Eleven Cities Tour’ — a 200km ice skating race on natural ice. 08/02/2012
Mitsubishi puts the brakes on European production Mitsubishi Motors has said it will stop production at its only factory in western Europe at the end of this year. The Netherlands Car, or NedCar, plant in… 06/02/2012
Patients benefit from day-night lighting Sleep is vital to our health and to the healing process. At this hospital in the Netherlands a new system of lighting is being trialled to help patients sleep… 01/02/2012
Weaker European economy pushed Philips to Q4 loss Philips swung to a net loss in the final three months of 2011. It blamed cuts in government budgets for reducing healthcare equipment sales and said a… 30/01/2012
Laura Dekker becomes youngest round-the-world solo sailor The Dutch teenager Laura Dekker has become the youngest person to sail around the world alone – but it is not enough to get her name in the record… 22/01/2012
Battling Beatrix wades into row Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, on a tour of the Gulf states has intervened in a row stirred up by Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party at home. It asked… 12/01/2012
Esteban red card overturned after supporter attack The Dutch Football Federation has overturned the decision to give a red card to AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper, Esteban on Wednesday. He was given the card when a… 22/12/2011
More scutiny of Netherlands’ KPN The leader in the Dutch telecoms market, KPN, is being scrutinised by the country’s regulator for possible law violations to the detriment of consumers and… 21/12/2011
ABN Amro profits hit by Greek crisis Nationalised ABN Amro’s hopes of a return to the private sector have been dealt a blow by a profit plunge linked to Greece’s debt problems. The bank, which… 18/11/2011
Philips cuts more jobs, TV division sale delayed As it announced falling third-quarter profit and 4,500 more job cuts, Philips Electronics appears to have all but abandoned hope of selling its loss making … 17/10/2011
Netherlands: euros fall from the sky – nocomment A cash transportation vehicle lost one container of money on the A2 highway near Maastricht in the Netherlands. People started collecting the money right… 30/08/2011
No cheers from Heineken Dutch brewer Heineken is warning that weak consumer sentiment and a damp European summer will depress its earnings for this year. After profits for the first… 24/08/2011
Shell’s profits soar but output lower Royal Dutch Shell has reported big profit increases – as did Norway’s Statoil and Spain’s Repsol. But that was due to high oil prices and masked the impact… 28/07/2011
ING sells Latin American insurance business Dutch bank and insurance company ING is to sell most of its Latin American operation to Colombia’s GrupoSura for 2.6 billion euros. It has to promised that… 25/07/2011
Philips loss on weak consumer demand Philips has surprise investors by revealing a 1.3 billion euro quarterly net loss. At the same time the Dutch group said it would cut 500 million euros of… 18/07/2011
ING selling US online bank to Capital One US bank Capital One is to buy Dutch firm ING’s online banking operations in the United States for the equivalent of 6.3 billion euros in cash and stock. The… 17/06/2011
More losses for Saab owner Spyker The outlook for Swedish carmaker Saab has deteriorated further. Its Dutch owner Spyker Cars has just posted a first-quarter loss of 72 million euros and cut… 29/04/2011
KPN slashes jobs, issues profit warning Dutch telecoms company KPN plans to lay off up to a quarter of its workers in the Netherlands and has cut its profit forecast for this year. It blamed weak… 21/04/2011
Philips in Chinese TV joint venture Philips will hand over the majority of its European television manufacturing operation to a Chinese company. The deal sees the creation of a new company for… 18/04/2011
Flooding forces Dutch to evacuateA mass evacuation is taking place in the north of the Netherlands where heavy rains risk flooding a number of villages. Dutch soldiers and police began the… 06/01/2012
Catholic Church rocked by Dutch abuse scandalAnother child abuse scandal has hit the Catholic Church – this time in the Nertherlands. Two of the church’s organisations gave an independent commission… 17/12/2011
The euro: where it all beganIt was twenty years ago this week that the goal of a single European currency was born in the otherwise unremarkable Dutch town of Maastricht. It would be… 08/12/2011
Former Ivory Coast president faces trialThe former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has appeared at a pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court at the Hague in the… 05/12/2011
Back in the Day: world’s oldest airline gets off the groundOctober 7, 1919. KLM, currently the world’s oldest flag-carrier airline, is founded in the Netherlands. Known in English as Dutch Royal Airlines, KLM actually… 06/10/2011
Who’s allowed to buy cannabis at Maastricht cafés?Coffee shops that sell cannabis in the Dutch city of Maastricht are trying to make a political point by imposing a ban on foreign customers who are not… 29/09/2011
Shock Dutch TV show has first winnerIf you are a failed asylum seeker in the Netherlands you may be nervously awaiting the knock at the door that means time is up and you are on your way home… 03/09/2011
It’s raining euros in HollandIt was not exactly pennies from heaven, rather euros, but for drivers on a highway in the Netherlands it must have seemed like their lucky day. When a money… 30/08/2011
Fatal roof collapse at Dutch stadiumAt least one person is reported to have been killed and 14 others injured in the partial collapse of the roof of a football stadium in the Netherlands. The… 07/07/2011
One dead, 14 hurt in Dutch stadium collapseA man has died and 14 people have been injured after part of a roof collapsed at a football stadium in the Netherlands. The accident occurred during building… 07/07/2011
Dutch police say people trapped in stadium collapseA football stadium in the Netherlands is reported to have partially collapsed, with people trapped under the rubble. Police in the eastern city of Enschede… 07/07/2011
Dutch woman missing for 18 days found alive in ravineAfter 18 days at the bottom of a ravine, a Dutch woman who went missing in Spain has been rescued. Mary-Anne Goossens disappeared whilst hiking. The mother… 07/07/2011
Judges say Dutch state to blame for Srebrenica deathsFrom beyond the graves in the chilling cemetery at Srebrenica, three Bosnian Muslims have won justice. The relatives of the victims claimed their murders were… 05/07/2011
Critics say Dutch ban is not kosherThe Dutch parliament’s lower house has taken the first step towards making the Netherlands the fifth european country to ban the ritual slaughter of meat… 29/06/2011
Wilders hails acquittal as ‘a victory for free speech’The controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders – head of the third largest party in the country’s parliament – has been cleared of inciting racial hatred on… 23/06/2011
Dutch MP Wilders cleared of hate speech chargesDutch MP Geert Wilders was cleared of inciting hatred against Muslims by an Amsterdam court on Thursday. A judge ruled that his comments describing Islam as… 23/06/2011
Mystery attacks on three IKEA storesThree IKEA stores in the Netherlands, France and Belgium have been hit by firework attacks. No injuries have been reported and the Swedish furniture stores… 31/05/2011
Dutch government tightens policy on soft drugsLong known for its liberal soft drug policy, the Dutch government now plans to ban tourists from buying cannabis in the country’s famous “coffee shops”… 28/05/2011
Refugees criticise Gotovina sentenceFor dozens of refugees from Croatia, the camp at Smederovo has been home since they were expelled from the country. Here the verdict on Gotovina was also… 15/04/2011
UK and Netherlands to sue Iceland over debtBritain and the Netherlands are planning to sue Iceland after the country’s voters rejected for a second time a repayment plan agreed when the country’s… 11/04/2011
Shooting spree in Dutch shopping centreA man in the Netherlands has opened fire in a shopping centre, killing five people and injuring at least eleven, before shooting himself dead. Four of the… 09/04/2011
Dutch ritual slaughter ban a step closerIn Holland, a proposal to ban Kosher and Halal slaughter methods has moved a step closer to reality, with a majority of the country’s MPs now supporting the… 08/04/2011
Netherlands celebrates 10 years of gay marriageA happy couple tied the knot in front of TV cameras to celebrate 10 years of legalised gay marriage in the Netherlands. The two men join the nearly 15,000 gay… 01/04/2011
Global paedophile ring smashed, say policeA huge police operation has led to arrests worldwide and the dismantling of what is being described as possibly the biggest online paedophile ring ever. Led… 16/03/2011
Dutch soldiers held prisoner in LibyaThree Dutch soldiers have been captured by militia loyal to Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi. Like other European countries Holland has been evacuating its citizens… 03/03/2011
Dutch students clash with police over education cutsPolice and university students have clashed in The Hague, in Europe’s latest disturbances linked to education cuts. Following protests in the UK and Italy… 21/01/2011
Shell ‘targets Chinese refinery’Royal Dutch Shell is reportedly in talks with China National Offshore Oil Corporation about buying a 30 percent stake in the planned expansion of Huizhou… 11/01/2011
Dutch chemical plant goes up in flamesFirefighters in the Netherlands are struggling to contain a huge blaze at a chemical works on an industrial estate near Moerdijk in the south-west of the… 05/01/2011
Arrests prompt fears Netherlands is prime terror targetThere are fears the Netherlands has become a prime target for terrorists following the arrest of 12 Somali nationals suspected of plotting an imminent strike… 26/12/2010
12 arrested in raids in the NetherlandsDutch police have arrested 12 Somali nationals suspected of plotting an imminent terrorist attack in the Netherlands. Officers raided two internet phone… 25/12/2010
Freak accident prompts paralympian to walk againFor the Dutch paralympic athlete Monique van der Vorst it is the greatest of Christmas gifts, because for nearly half her life she was not able to walk. That… 24/12/2010
Maastricht coffee-shops a ‘no go’ for cannabis touristsAround 2.7 million tourists a year who visited Maastricht’s 14 coffee shops will have to look elsewhere for their cannabis, as the Court of Justice of the… 16/12/2010
Shell’s profit jumpsRoyal Dutch Shell’s third-quarter profits came in much higher than forecast – up 18 percent on the same period last year thanks to higher oil and gas… 28/10/2010
Search for missing Netherlands ferry captainA small passenger ferry has capsized after it collided with a German cargo ship in a busy shipping canal 30 kilometres south of Amsterdam. Firefighters… 22/10/2010
Dutch say ‘no danger’ after North Sea collisionThe Dutch Transport Ministry has said that there is no danger to public health or the environment after a collision between two ships in the North Sea. The… 12/10/2010
Tanker collision off Dutch coastA Greek tanker carrying kerosene has collided with a Cypriot container ship off the Netherlands coast. A gash several metres long has been opened in the… 12/10/2010
Wilders trial adjourned after judges accused of “bias”The trial of controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been adjourned after only a few hours – when he accused the judges of bias. Wilders faces… 04/10/2010
Geert Wilders in court on race hate chargesHe is set to become a minority partner in the Dutch coalition, but the controversial politician Geert Wilders has today gone on trial for inciting racial… 04/10/2010
Dutch move closer to coalition deal with WildersA minority coalition government in the Netherlands which has the support of the anti-Islamist Freedom Party (PVV) has come a step closer. The Christian… 03/10/2010
Dutch squatting protest ends in violenceA protest in Amsterdam against the outlawing of squatting in unused buildings ended in clashes between police and demonstrators. Several hundred people had… 02/10/2010
Dutch centre right agrees to burqa banThe Netherlands look set to follow in France’s footsteps and ban the burqa. The two major centre-right party leaders have agreed to the move as the price… 01/10/2010
Dutch government face test over coalitionAfter 111 days of intense negotiations, leaders of three Dutch centre-right parties have reached an agreement to form a minority government. But the deal… 29/09/2010
Far-right in Netherlands coalition dealIn the Netherlands, leaders of centre-right parties have struck a deal to form a coalition government. But the Liberals of Mark Rutte and the Christian… 29/09/2010
Van Gogh’s Bedroom restoredThe Bedroom, by Van Gogh, is famous across the world. But in fact, no-one really knows what the painting originally looked like, because it has been restored… 06/09/2010
Dutch coalition negotiations failNo deal, says the leader of the Liberal party in the Netherlands. Mark Rutte says efforts to form a coalition government supported by the populist… 04/09/2010
Terror suspects released without chargeDutch authorities have freed without charge two Yemenis living in the US arrested on Monday for transporting unusual objects on a transatlantic flight. They… 01/09/2010
Dutch police hold two Yemeni terror suspectsTwo men remained in custody in the Netherlands on Tuesday after being arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of planning a terrorist… 31/08/2010
Dutch quiz two men after airport terror arrestsOfficials in the Netherlands arrested two men at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Tuesday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. Dutch authorities… 31/08/2010
Dutch woman held after babies found in atticDutch police have been continuing to search a house after the bodies of four babies were found in suitcases in the attic. A 25-year-old woman believed to be… 07/08/2010
Far-right in Dutch political deal?In the Netherlands, fresh talks are underway between the leaders of the three parties planning to form a centre-right minority government. It comes after… 03/08/2010
Dutch contingent pulls out of Afghan warDutch troops have begun pulling out of Afghanistan after four years. The last patrol in Uruzgan province marked the end of the 2,000 strong Dutch deployment… 01/08/2010
Third time unlucky as Dutch despairThere were almost as many orange shirts on the floor overnight at Amsterdam Central station as there had been Dutch yellow cards on the pitch in Johannesburg… 12/07/2010
Spanish World Cup win, Dutch defeat: the media’s viewThe headlines in Spain’s major newspapers scream euphoria. The word “campeones” features on all of the front pages. El Pais simply hails La Roja as “world… 12/07/2010
Dutch fans trudge home in defeatIt was different story in the Netherlands as Dutch dreams of winning the coveted trophy were shattered by the Spanish goal. Around 180,000 dejected fans… 12/07/2010
World Cup: Excitement builds for Spain and Dutch finalAfter 63 games, it all comes down to this. The Netherlands and Spain lock horns tonight at the Soccer city stadium and over 2000 Spanish fans arrived in… 11/07/2010
Football final frenzy ahead of epic showdownDespite Paul the Octopus’ ominous prognosis Dutch fans remain confident of World Cup glory against Spain in the final tomorrow. In Amsterdam, orange fever… 10/07/2010
World Cup final excitementPeople in Spain could find themselves rewarded with more than just national pride if the team wins the World Cup. Banks in the country are offering special… 10/07/2010
Dutch fans drive through AfricaThe World Cup is a tournament for the fans and they clearly want to make the most of it. Just in time for the World Cup a convoy of Dutch fans arrived in… 12/06/2010
WM: Oranje-Fans fahren durch ganz AfrikaEin Turnier der Fans soll die WM werden – und das haben sie ganz wörtlich genommen: Gerade rechtzeitig sind diese niederländischen Fans in Südafrika… 12/06/2010
Dutch Liberals start coalition talks after poll winThe Dutch right-wing Liberal party has begun informal coalition talks after their narrow victory in the country’s general election. Mark Rutte is now on… 10/06/2010
Dutch face difficult coalition talksWith the Netherlands facing the possibility of difficult negotiations over the formation of a coalition government, people have been giving their reaction on… 10/06/2010
Balkenende bows out after poll defeatIt was a bad night for Jan Peter Balkenende and the Christian Democrats as the CDA share of the vote plummeted to an all time low. The out-going prime… 10/06/2010
Liberals win but only just in Dutch pollMark Rutte and his Liberal Party have come out on top but only just at the end of an exciting Dutch election night. With very little to show between the two… 10/06/2010
Dutch Liberals and Labour tied in electionThe Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) and their rivals Labour have tied in national elections according to an exit poll. The austerity-minded Liberals had been… 09/06/2010
Austerity measures dominate Dutch electionPeople in The Netherlands are voting in parliamentary elections dominated by economic concerns. Fiscal austerity has been the main talking point and the… 09/06/2010
Dutch election dominated by the economyDutch voters are going to the polls in an election dominated by fears over the economy. The last government collapsed in March over the country’s military… 09/06/2010
Dutch voters focused on economyDutch voters seem poised to break with nearly 100 years of political tradition and vote in a Liberal prime minister. In a departure from recent elections… 09/06/2010
Dutch Liberals set to make political comebackThe Dutch go to the polls tomorrow in a General Election that could see a Liberal prime minister forming a government, which has not happened in nearly a… 08/06/2010
Why are the Dutch becoming more anti-euroTo get a further idea of what the Dutch think about membership of the euro and the European Union, reporter Olaf Bruns spoke to economist Mathijs Bouman in… 07/06/2010
A tight race but a change of government looks likely for the NetherlandsIt is the first national election in the eurozone since the continent was gripped by the crisis in its common currency. Unsurprisingly, economic issues have… 07/06/2010
Dutch candidates step up campaign pacePolitical leaders in the Netherlands are trying to garner as many last minute votes as possible before Wednesday’s general election. For outgoing Prime… 06/06/2010
The Netherlands: Looking out for Henk and IngridDutch politician Geert Wilders claims the average Dutch couple is being forgotten by the political elite. In this country of 16 million, ‘Henk and Ingrid’… 21/05/2010
Boy survivor of plane crash out of dangerA Dutch boy who was the only survivor of a plane crash in Libya is said to be out of danger after surgery. The boy, identified as Ruben, had operations on… 14/05/2010
Anne Frank’s diary on show in AmsterdamAnne Frank’s entire diary has gone on public display at the Amsterdam house where she sheltered from the Nazis over 65 years ago. Queen Beatrix of the… 28/04/2010
Philips shares soar on bumper earningsPhilips Electronics has reported first-quarter earnings well above the most optimistic forecasts. Net profit was 201 million euros compared with a 57… 19/04/2010
Dutch far-right sees victory aheadFresh from a strong showing in local elections, the head of the far right party in the Netherlands has vowed to dominate the upcoming national vote. Geert… 04/03/2010
Far-right makes gains Dutch electionLocal election results from the Netherlands are sending shockwaves through the country after the far-right PVV party of Geert Wilders made strong… 04/03/2010
Far-right makes gains in Dutch local pollThe far-right anti-immigration party of Geert Wilders has made big gains in Dutch local elections indicating he could become a major player in June’s national… 04/03/2010
Dutch vote in local elections after government collapseVoting is underway in one of the most eagerly anticipated local elections in the Netherlands. It is the first test of public opinion since Jan Peter… 03/03/2010
