The race to replace Job Cohen as leader of the Dutch Labour Party has begun in earnest. MPs Martijn van Dam and Diederik Samsom both want to set a new course for their party built on the old ideals.
Huge numbers of geese spend the winter in the Netherlands, where they eat the grass meant for sheep and cows. To reduce the problem, Dutch farmers are shooting more and more of the birds.
A juvenile court judge has refused to honour a request by the Child Protection Council to place a 17-week-old foetus under supervision, Dutch daily AD reports.
The Netherlands is joining a new centre being set up by Great Britain in the Seychelles to bring to justice pirates operating off Somalia's coast.
Greece is now a colony, and the Labour Party needs a flashy new leader: today’s papers chew over yesterdays news – Labour Party leader Job Cohen’s resignation and the latest Greek rescue plan.
Inmates convicted of violent crimes will increasingly have to serve their sentences in full, Deputy Justice Minister Fred Teeven has told Dutch daily De Telegraaf on the European Day of Victims.
Over 85 percent of people in the Netherlands eat too much salt, according to research by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.
A Dutch Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist has been cleared on all counts by a judge in Japan.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office is going to appeal against a ruling by a Dutch judge who annulled a fine imposed on an Orthodox Jewish man for failing to carry the mandatory identity card on a Sabbath.
Women in the Netherlands hold a mere 19 percent of top positions, well below the European average of 29 percent, consulting firm Mercer concludes.
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