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Ajax gets 3 new board members

The shareholders of Ajax approved the appointment of Hans Wijers, Theo van Duivenbode and Leo van Wijk to the supervisory board on Thursday. It happened during an extraordinary meeting of the football team's shareholders.

With the new b...

Karadzic writes to Dutch foreign minister

Radovan Karadzic requested help from Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Uri Rosenthal on Thursday.

The former Bosnian Serb political and military leader sent a letter requesting the minister to arrange a meeting between Karadzic's...

Dutch deficit below 3 percent in 2013

An audit by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis has calculated that the so-called Spring Agreement between the conservative VVD, Christian Democrats, democrat D66, Green Left and Christian Union parties will bring the budget def...

Opposition majority support for public transport bill

A parliamentary bill submitted by the opposition parties which is designed to thwart government privatisation proposals for public transport is to be debated in parliament today.

The Christian Democrats and the VVD will strongly...

Dutch minister visits Curaçao in crisis

The Dutch Interior and Kingdom Relations Minister Liesbeth Spies is in Curaçao to discuss the financial problems the fledgling country is encountering. Meanwhile, Curaçao Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte admits there is a crisis in g...

Half the country watched the football on TV

Nearly eight million Dutch people watched the Euro 2012 match between Holland and Germany on Wednesday evening. That is almost half the population.

According to viewing research organisation Stichting KijkOnderzoek, around 8.6 m...

Queen Beatrix visits Turkey

Queen Beatrix is in Turkey on a two-day visit as part of the celebrations to mark 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. Today, she will meet with students and scientists for lunch and this evening she is due to ...

Refusenik registrars soon to be history

Parliament wants to get rid of all 'refusenik' registrars, civil servants who refuse to perform same-sex marriages because of their religious beliefs.

National daily de Volkskrant reports that a broad majority in parliament is in favou...

World's tallest man picks up his Dutch shoes

The world's tallest man will be coming all the way to the Netherlands on Thursday to collect... a pair of shoes! A specialist shoemaker in the eastern town of Zutphen has made him a new pair.

German-born cobbler Georg Wessels has been m...

Belgian soccer fans rented by Dutch sponsor

An anonymous Dutch sponsor has hired an army of Belgian soccer fans to cheer the Dutch team.

Belgium is not taking part in the 2012 European Soccer Championships in Poland and Ukraine. Belgium remains a soccer-loving nation though with ...