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French company Naval Group has been selected to build 4 new submarines for the Dutch navy

Mar. 15, 2024 11:23 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — French defense industry heavyweight Naval Group has been chosen to build four new diesel-electric submarines for the Dutch navy, the government announced Friday, in a provisional deal to replace three ageing Walrus Class subs. The Dutch government did...

Geert Wilders says it is 'constitutionally wrong' that he had to sacrifice his leadership ambitions

Mar. 14, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said Thursday it is unfair and “constitutionally wrong” that he had to sacrifice his leadership aspirations in order to pave the way for a right-wing ruling coalition in the Netherlands after his party won the most seats in a...

Soccer star Quincy Promes has reportedly been arrested in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors

Mar. 13, 2024 16:35 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch soccer star Quincy Promes, who was convicted in absentia last month by an Amsterdam court of involvement in cocaine smuggling and sentenced to six years in prison, has reportedly been arrested by authorities in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors who will...

Geert Wilders says he doesn't have support of likely coalition partners to become Dutch premier

Mar. 13, 2024 15:56 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Geert Wilders, whose anti-Islam, anti-immigration rhetoric swept him to a stunning victory in the November election, said Wednesday he doesn’t have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister. Wilders...

France's Macron announces legislation allowing 'aid in dying' under strict conditions

Mar. 11, 2024 05:41 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country. The move follows last year’s report indicating that most French citizens...

The Netherlands opens a Holocaust museum as protesters oppose Israeli president's presence

Mar. 10, 2024 21:22 PM EDT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence prompted protest because of Israel's military campaign in Gaza. The museum in Amsterdam tells...

Old Masters and Roman statues vie for the attention of well-heeled collectors at Dutch art fair

Mar. 07, 2024 07:44 AM EST

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) — Old Masters, Roman statues, modern furniture, tribal masks and vintage watches are vying for the attention of well-heeled collectors as the TEFAF art fair opened on Thursday in the southern Netherlands. The show takes place in a cavernous exhibition...

A new Holocaust Museum shows how three-quarters of Dutch Jews were deported and killed

Mar. 05, 2024 21:11 PM EST

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch resistance spirited newborn Flip Delmonte away after his parents were detained by Nazi occupiers of the Netherlands in World War II. They were among 102,000 Jews deported from the Netherlands and murdered in Nazi death camps. Delmonte's mother was killed...

Ukraine official says Russia massing forces around a key city in the country's east

Mar. 01, 2024 14:09 PM EST

KYIV (AP) — Russia is accumulating large forces around Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine as it seeks to make a breakthrough in the Donetsk region, a Ukrainian official said Friday. Illia Yevlash, spokesperson for the operational group overseeing the eastern front line, told Radio Free...

The Dutch government has spent $180M dealing with the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight in 2014

Feb. 29, 2024 19:36 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has spent more than 166 million euros ($180 million) dealing with the aftermath of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014, from repatriating victims' bodies to investigating and prosecuting some of those involved...