Netherlands

Netherlands

Lonely at Christmas: How much of a problem is it across Europe?

The remarkable story of why the Netherlands is on a drive to tackle loneliness, and how the problem is being taken increasingly seriously around Europe.

25/12/2019

Netherlands

'Enormous victory for climate': Netherlands ordered to cut CO2

The Urgenda environmental group has come out victorious of its six-year legal battle against the Netherlands with the High Court citing the EU's Convention of Human Rights in its ruling.

20/12/2019

World

New remotely controlled device removes plastic floating in water

You'll never go into the water again...if you're plastic.

05/12/2019

Netherlands

Russia refuses Dutch request to hand over MH17 suspect

Volodymyr Tsemakh is not among four men who will go on trial in absentia in a Dutch court in March over the downing of the aircraft.

02/12/2019

Netherlands

Why did 12m people in the Netherlands receive an emergency message?

The Dutch government uses the NL-Alert system to inform citizens about disasters and give emergency instructions.

02/12/2019

Netherlands

Suspect arrested after stabbing on shopping street in The Hague

The Dutch police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing that injured three on shopping street in The Hague on Friday evening.

29/11/2019

Business Planet

Hatching start-up success: incubators that grow your business

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet travels to Zwolle in the Netherlands to see how one award-winning business incubator has become a seedbed for start-ups.

29/11/2019

Business Planet

The prize-winning project reshaping the way we make plastic

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet looks at how one award-winning Dutch incubator is helping dozens of startups to produce the next generation of sustainable plastics.

29/11/2019

The Cube

Do deepfakes have power to rewrite history?

A new deepfake art installation reimagines the story of the moon landings, revealing threats to both democracy and history,

27/11/2019

Netherlands

Dutch police arrest two suspected of 'preparing terrorist attack'

Authorities believe the attack would have been carried out at the end of the year, involving bomb vests and "one or more car bombs".

26/11/2019

Netherlands

Netherlands not required to return children of IS families, says court

An appeals court has ruled the Netherlands is not required to repatriate the children born into families of its fighters that left to join the Islamic State.

22/11/2019

Netherlands

UK-bound ship returns to Netherlands after 25 migrants found onboard

The migrants were hiding in a refrigerated container, Dutch police said.

19/11/2019

Netherlands

Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of Dutch footballer Kelvin Maynard

Dutch police have said one person has been arrested following an investigation into shooting of footballer Kelvin Maynard.

14/11/2019

Netherlands

Netherlands to reduce speed limit to combat pollution

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has confirmed that the national speed limit will be dropped to 100km/h (62mph) in a bid to combat the country's nitrogen pollution crisis.

13/11/2019

Netherlands

DRC's Bosco Ntaganda jailed for 30 years for war crimes

The former Congolese military leader was sentenced after a trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Thursday.

07/11/2019

Netherlands

Schiphol Airport security scare 'was false alarm', says airline

Air Europa said that a pilot triggered an anti-hijacking alarm by mistake.

06/11/2019

Green News

WATCH | Robots to clear plastic from 1000 rivers over 5 years

Non-profit The Ocean Cleanup has launched its next mission to rid the world's water sources of plastic.

31/10/2019

Netherlands

Watch: Dutch inventor unveils device to purge rivers of plastic

The Interceptor is a vessel which trawls rivers collecting plastic waste. The solar-powered boat catches the rubbish before it reaches the ocean.

29/10/2019

Netherlands

New campaign reveals Europe's most-wanted female fugitives

A new campaign by European crime agency Europol is shining a light on the "most-wanted" female fugitives.

19/10/2019

Netherlands

Watch: Tractor convoy heads to The Hague as Dutch farmers protest

Farmers say they are unfairly blamed for high nitrogen emissions and are demanding an "independent party" measures farms' emissions.

16/10/2019

Netherlands

Dutch police arrest second man as six people found in isolated house

"The arrested person, a 67-year-old man from Ruinerwold, is one of the six persons discovered this Monday in the house," said police.

16/10/2019

World

Post-referendum relocation: meet the people leaving Britain for the EU

The European Medicine Agencies was one of the first organisations to signal it would leave London following the Brexit vote. It took hundreds of employees with them to Amsterdam.

15/10/2019

Next Series

What is it about chicory roots that has scientists in spin?

In partnership with The European Commission

5,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians cultivated the chicory plants which are not only beautiful but health boosting. And even today, the plant’s healing qualities are still revealing themselves.

14/10/2019

Climate Now

Rising sea levels - how the Netherlands found ways of working with the environment

In partnership with Copernicus

The Climate Now programme looked at the different ways the city of Rotterdam combats Climate Change. It looks at how the city deals with the rise of sea levels, how a roof garden is helping to store water and grow its own produce and how a floating farm works.

14/10/2019

Netherlands

EU needs NATO protection against China and Russia — Dutch PM Rutte

Rutte advocated for the EU to increase funds to keep NATO afloat in the face of growing threats from China, Russia and other countries.

04/10/2019

Netherlands

Dutch farmers demanding respect cause 'busiest rush hour ever'

Dutch farmers taking part in a protest that involves driving their tractors to The Hague resulted in the "busiest rush hour ever" in the Netherlands.

01/10/2019