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Dutch police arrest 19 over new COVID riots

By AFP

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...

  • FILE: The red-light district, known as De Wallen, in Amsterdam. De Wallen is the largest red-light district situated in the centre of Amsterdam and a major tourist attraction. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    451 days ago
  • Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives to take part in a European Union (EU) summit dominated by the migration crisis at the European Council in Brussels, on 15 October, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1892 days ago
  • Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives to take part in a European Union (EU) summit dominated by the migration crisis at the European Council in Brussels, on 15 October, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    2399 days ago
  • FILE: The company is in negotiations to ship them to partners in England. Picture: Freeimages.com.

    Biodegradable coffin mattresses offer comfort six feet under

    Mollis Lectus, Latin for ‘a soft bed’ provides the mattresses to undertakers in the Netherlands.

    2420 days ago
  • King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. Picture: Facebook.

    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.

    2831 days ago
  • Bodies of victims wrapped in bags wait to be collected at the site of the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in Grabove, in rebel-held east Ukraine, on 19 July, 2014.

    MH17: Netherlands mourns

    The country will observe a national day of mourning to remember victims of flight MH17.

    2860 days ago
  • FILE: The remains of nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane were sent to the Netherlands. Picture: AFP

    Bodies from MH17 sent to Netherlands

    The remains of nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane were sent to the Netherlands.

    2861 days ago
  • Lionel Messi and his team mates celebrate after beating the Netherlands which earned them a spot in the finals of the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Picture: World Cup Facebook.

    Argentina through to finals

    Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 on penalties to progress to the World Cup finals.

    2873 days ago
  • FILE: Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi jogs during a training session at Cidade do Galo. Picture: AFP.

    Argentina face tough Netherlands

    Argentina will seek to join Germany in the finals when they take on a tough Dutch outfit in Sao Paulo.

    2874 days ago
  • Costa Rica beat Greece 5-3 on penalties and will now play the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Picture: Facebook.

    Costa Rica through to last 8

    Costa Rica beat Greece 5-3 on penalties and will now play the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.

    2883 days ago
  • FILE: The Dutch finish with nine points on three straight group play wins. Picture: Fifa.

    Netherlands beat Chile to top group

    The Dutch finish with nine points on three straight group play wins.

    2889 days ago
  • 'Flying Dutchman' Robin van Persie of the Netherlands scores the equalising goal with a diving header in the first half during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group B match between Spain and Netherlands at Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil, 13 June 2014. Picture: Fifa.

    Ruthless Dutch thump unsuspecting Spain

    ‘Flying Dutchman’ Robin van Persie scored with an epic header to begin Holland’s assault on Spain.

    2899 days ago
  • Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Van der Vaart out of World Cup

    Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart will miss the World Cup with a calf injury.

    2916 days ago
  • King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands leaves with his wife Queen Maxima at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on April 30, 2013 following his investiture.

    King Willem-Alexander takes Dutch throne

    King Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as the new King of the Netherlands.

    3308 days ago
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