The netherlands
Dutch police arrest 19 over new COVID riots
Dutch police have arrested 19 people over riots in The Hague after the country was rocked by a second night of violence over the government's coronavirus...
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Dutch sex workers, cafe owners challenge COVID curbs
This follows Prime Minister Mark Rutte's announcement on Tuesday to relax some measures but to extend the country's controversial nightly curfew and maintain bans on sex work and on the hospitality industry.
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Dutch PM cheers EU leaders by seeing off far-right’s Wilders
A win for Wilders would have been seen as a boost for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, running second in opinion polls.
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Netherlands PM Mark Rutte to visit SA next month
Mark Rutte will be in SA leading one of the country’s largest ever trade delegations to a foreign country.
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Biodegradable coffin mattresses offer comfort six feet under
Mollis Lectus, Latin for ‘a soft bed’ provides the mattresses to undertakers in the Netherlands.
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Dutch spend fortune on fencing king's holiday home
Media reports say the Dutch government paid €461,000 to fence Willem-Alexander’s seaside villa.
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MH17: Netherlands mourns
The country will observe a national day of mourning to remember victims of flight MH17.
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Bodies from MH17 sent to Netherlands
The remains of nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane were sent to the Netherlands.
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Argentina through to finals
Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 on penalties to progress to the World Cup finals.
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Argentina face tough Netherlands
Argentina will seek to join Germany in the finals when they take on a tough Dutch outfit in Sao Paulo.
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Costa Rica through to last 8
Costa Rica beat Greece 5-3 on penalties and will now play the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.
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Netherlands beat Chile to top group
The Dutch finish with nine points on three straight group play wins.
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Ruthless Dutch thump unsuspecting Spain
‘Flying Dutchman’ Robin van Persie scored with an epic header to begin Holland’s assault on Spain.
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Van der Vaart out of World Cup
Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart will miss the World Cup with a calf injury.
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King Willem-Alexander takes Dutch throne
King Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as the new King of the Netherlands.
