Latest articles on The Netherlands

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Groenen strikes to take Netherlands through to World Cup final against USA

Article Andy Scott - 4 Jul 2019

The European Champions have a chance to become world champions when they take on the current holders of the Fifa Women's World Cup

Dutch vote in ‘Rutte referendum’ after shooting

Article Jan Hennop - 20 Mar 2019

The ballot, in which 13 million people are eligible to vote, will be widely watched abroad as a bellwether for European Parliament elections in May

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Dutch police arrest suspect after three shot dead on tram

Article Clement Zampa & Jan Hennop - 19 Mar 2019

Mosques and schools were closed across the Netherlands' fourth-largest city following the bloodshed

One dead in possible terror attack on Dutch tram

Article Danny Kemp - 18 Mar 2019

One person has been killed after a gunman opened fire on a tram in the Dutch city Utrecht.

‘Multiple wounded’ in Dutch tram shooting: police

Article Agency - 18 Mar 2019

Authorities in the Netherlands say several people have been injured in a shooting on a tram in Utrecht

Banyana suffer 2-1 loss against Netherlands

Article Agency - 20 Jan 2019

This was the first match of the year for both sides who were using it to kick-start preparations for the upcoming Women’s Soccer World Cup

Whose injera is it anyway?

Africa Simon Allison - 29 Jun 2018

A Dutch company holds the patent for Ethiopia’s most popular food — but now Ethiopia wants its intellectual property back

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Rwanda can’t achieve reconciliation without fixing its democracy

Africa Noel Twagiramungu - 29 Apr 2018

As Rwanda marks the 24th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, much more needs to be done to unite the country

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Tulip mania: The classic story of a Dutch financial bubble is mostly wrong

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Feb 2018

The Bitcoin crash was dubbed a "tulip mania 2.0" but there is one problem with the story of the Dutch financial craze — much of the story is untrue

Winter Olympics calling for Ghana’s skeleton ace

Article Alastair Himmer - 8 Feb 2018

After failing to qualify as a sprinter, Ghana's Akwasi Frimpong is set to become the second athlete from West Africa to compete in Pyeongchang

Dutch councils aim high in dope growing experiment

Article Agence France Presse - 7 Nov 2017

Local Dutch councils are queueing up to join a government experiment to grow marijuana which could see its production legalised in the Netherlands.

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Dutch, Belgians launch raids as Europe egg scandal grows

Article Danny Kemp - 10 Aug 2017

Millions of eggs have been destroyed or taken off the shelves across Europe

These five countries are conduits for the world’s biggest tax havens

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jul 2017

These countries funnel major corporate money into secret offshore tax shelters, according to a new study.

Dutch say no to far-right populism

Article Andrew Hammond - 17 Mar 2017

Most Netherlands voters have rejected the ‘Dutch Trump’, but his rhetoric is hitting home for some

Turkey-Netherlands row shows no sign of ebbing

Article Al Jazeera - 12 Mar 2017

Turkish government insists on holding campaign meetings in W-Europe, but Germany and the Netherlands will have none of it.

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BIO Africa Convention

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special reports - 12 Aug 2020

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Brand South Africa’s statement in response to allegations of corruption

special reports - 11 Aug 2020

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special reports - 11 Aug 2020

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special reports - 7 Aug 2020

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special reports - 7 Aug 2020

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