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Netherlands puts amber alerts on ATMs to protect children
The Netherlands has become the first country worldwide to put Amber Alerts on ATMs.
Dutch bank ING hit with huge fine in money laundering case
ING has paid 775 million euros for failure to implement a law aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
US wasting $10bn upgrading 'liability' nuclear bombs in Europe
A new report claims that the US is wasting billions of dollars upgrading nuclear bombs based in Europe that are no longer an effective deterrent and could be a security liability.
Oldest ever Dutch artwork fished from the bottom of the North Sea
A 13,500-year-old carved bison bone dredged from the North Sea is the oldest piece of Dutch art ever found.
All Dutch adults to automatically become organ donors under new law
All Dutch adults to automatically become organ donors unless they opt out under new law approved by Senate in the Netherlands.
Isis-inspired delivery driver planned to kill the Queen and David Cameron, court told
Aweys Shikhey, 38, from Tottenham, north London, was described as 'a terrorist hiding in plain sight' as the Old Bailey heard he also wanted to gun down Spurs supporters with AK47.
NBC trolled for claiming skating is an 'important mode of transportation' in the Netherlands
NBC commentator Katie Couric made the bizarre statement during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Trump's 'America First' vision trolled at Winter Olympics by celebrating fans
The Netherlands won gold, silver and bronze in the women's 3,000m speed skating event - and fans took aim at Trump.
Every Briton born before Brexit could get EU citizenship
A group of British citizens living in the Netherlands hoping to retain their EU citizenship despite Brexit have won the right to take their case to the European Court of Justice.
6,000-year-old baby with teeth found cradled in mother's arm in Netherlands grave
Stone Age grave on banks of River Vecht gives up its secrets to archaeologists.
At least 11 killed as Storm Friederike slams into the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
Three people were killed in Belgium and the Netherlands, and at least eight people died in Germany as powerful winds ripped roofs off buildings, toppled trees and blew trucks off the road.
'Beheaded corpse' dumped at Amsterdam mosque by far-right group
Group calling themselves "Right in Resistance" post pictures of dummy decapitated corpse in anti-Muslim threat.
Animals evacuated from giant Noah's Ark replica after it broke free during storm and crashed
Replica of Noah's Ark breaks free and causes chaos, crashing into boats moored in harbour of Dutch fishing village Urk.
Dutch Sandwich: The accounting trick that helped Google avoid £3bn in taxes
Google has saved almost £3 billion in taxes by shuffling revenue around between three countries, including the Bahamas.
Trump ambassador caught lying about Muslim 'no-go zones' on Dutch news show
Former congressman Pete Hoekstra was caught in a tricky situation on Dutch TV programme Nieuwsuur after a reporter asked him about claims Netherlands has "no-go zones".
Schiphol Airport attack: Dutch police shoot knife-wielding man and evacuate passengers
Dutch police shoot man with knife at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and evacuate all passengers.
'Gimme a push': Hero passengers filmed pushing buses in the snow
Footage captured in London, UK and Leiden, Netherlands, on 10 December showed similar scenes as passengers were forced to help push buses up snowy inclines.
75 cent Adolf Hitler painting donated to Dutch Holocaust institute collection
NIOD said that the painting, handed to them by an unnamed visitor, was an original watercolour by the Nazi dictator.
Don't forget Britain's bloody appeasement of Ratko Mladić and racist Serbian nationalism
Ratko Mladić, the Serb commander who presided over the murder of more than 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia, will die in jail.
YouTube under fire for featuring programme that shows Dutch presenters taking MDMA and cocaine
YouTube accused of "glamorising drug-taking" by screening Drugslab which shows Dutch presenters Nellie Benner, Bastiaan Rosman, and Rens Polman taking cocaine, MDMA and LSD.
Amsterdam introduces beer bike ban after residents complain about drunk tourists
Amsterdam has banned beer bikes in the city centre after residents complained about "disorderly behaviour" of drunk tourists who urinate in public and disrupt traffic.
Terrorists searched naked and kept in cells 22 hours a day in 'inhuman' Dutch prisons, Amnesty warns
Former detainees at Dutch terrorist prisons told Amnesty that they were confined to their cells for up to 22 hours a day and subjected to full-nudity body searches.
Ronald Koeman 'not surprised' by link with Netherlands post but insists Everton is his priority
De Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper which Koeman provides columns for, recently said the Toffees boss is one of the main candidates for the Netherlands vacancy.
Ronald Koeman becoming Netherlands boss would 'suit' both him and Everton, says George Boateng
Koeman has come under a considerable amount of pressure due to his side's poor start to the new league campaign.
Carbon-neutral eggs have been created
"Using common sense and high-quality technology, we have developed a farm where... the environment is spared as much as possible."
The Netherlands finally forms coalition government seven months after election
208 days after Mark Rutte's Freedom and Democracy Party (VVD) won the election, a deal has finally been agreed with three other parties.
Romanian truck drivers were clue in 'major cocaine smuggling gang' busted across Europe
Drivers were caught smuggling cocaine into the UK last year.
Dutch sperm donor fathers 102 children after donating at 11 different clinics
Health authorities have launched an investigation after single mothers raised concerns about the donor.
Rotterdam concert cancelled after terror tip-off from Spanish police
The US band Allah-Las were due to play at the city's Maassilo venue.
Iraqi woman barred from apartment because only 'western cooking allowed'
Amsterdam housing agency claimed the comment was meant "to inform" and not as "racist remark."