The summer of 2018 will go down in the record books as the warmest ever recorded in the Netherlands, the…
Month: August 2018
VVD MP steps down because of ‘affair’ with young party worker
VVD MP Han ten Broeke has stepped down because of revelations about what he qualified as a ‘short-lived and intimate…
Man arrested for planning a terrorist attack on Muslims
A 43-year-old man from Lingewaard, south of Arnhem, is suspected of planning a terrorist attack on Muslims, the public prosecution…
More people turn for help in disputes with neighbours
More people are turning to professional help to solve disputes with their neighbours about noise and fences and other mainly…
Man guilty of sending death threats to Rutte and party leaders
A man who e-mailed death threats to the leaders of all four coalition parties has been given a suspended sentence…
Dutch mayor bans urban music from the town’s summer festival
The mayor of a small Dutch town has banned urban music from the annual end-of-summer festival on safety grounds. Reinie…
Man arrested after missing teenage girl is found in The Hague
A 33-year-old man has been arrested in The Hague in connection with the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl in July….
Police name suspect in 20-year-old child murder, may now be in France
Maastricht police said on Wednesday that mass dna tests had given them a suspect for the murder of an 11-year-old…
Pakistan makes formal protest about Wilders’ Mohammed cartoon contest
Pakistan has summoned the Dutch charge d’affaires to protest about the Mohammed cartoon contest being organized by PVV leader Geert Wilders….
Four held on ‘terrorist threat’ charges released, no connection to suspicious suitcase
Four men arrested at Tilburg train station for allegedly being involved in a bomb scare on Sunday evening have been…