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Alcohol fraud uncovered in Venlo

A massive fraud operation has been uncovered in the province of Limburg, according to police. Two Romanians and an Italian allegedly earned 1.2 million euros illegally exporting liquor to England.

The three suspects are thought t...

New investigation into matchfixing

The Dutch caretaker ministers of sports and justice have agreed to start an investigation into matchfixing in the Netherlands.

Caretaker Health and Sports Minister Edith Schippers believes that recent international developments have ca...

Police raid leads to unrest in The Hague

A police raid led to unrest in The Hague's Laakkwartier neighbourhood Tuesday evening. Around 50 people attempted to prevent police from doing their work and threw fireworks at officers.

According to police, riot officers were used to ...

Pact on ritual slaughter agreed

The economic affairs ministry reports that after months of negotiations an agreement has finally been reached on unstunned ritual slaughter.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Henk Bleker met with representatives of religious organisations, sl...

Rutte criticises Van Rompuy

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is not interested in “discussions on the future structure of Europe.” His comment was in response to statements made by EU President Herman van Rompuy on Monday.

Mr Rutte wil...

‘Gay cure’ no longer reimbursed

The outgoing health minister has decided that health insurers no longer have to pay for a controversial therapy intended to ‘cure’ gay people as provided by the Christian organisation 'Different'.

In her letter to parliamen...

Dutch ‘Nobel Prizes' awarded

The Netherlands' Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on Monday announced the winners of this year’s Spinoza Prizes, the most prestigious Dutch science awards.

The prizes, also known as the Dutch Nobel prizes, were awarded ...

Arantxa Rus knocked out of French Tennis Open

Dutch tennis player Arantxa Rus has been knocked out of the last 16 at Roland Garros. Estonian tennis player Kaia Kanepi, ranked the world's 23rd best female player, beat her in three sets with: 6-1 4-6 6-0.

Ms Rus is the first ...

NedCar takeover talks intensify

A firm from Eindhoven, VDL, is discussing possible takeover of NedCar. Sources involved in the negotiations say the talks with the carmaker from the province of Limburg are becoming more intensive.

The two companies want to reac...

More Dutch police on the beat

In 2011, an additional 840 police officers were assigned to patrol local areas on foot. According to the force's annual police report, presented to parliament on Monday,  there are now more than 50,500 full–time police officers on th...