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Dutch hospital violated confidentiality

Doctor-patient confidentiality was allegedly violated at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam during recordings for a new medical reality programme to be broadcast by commercial television channel RTL.

Medical law Professor Joh...

Prince Friso's prognosis postponed

It may take Austrian doctors longer than first predicted to give a proper prognosis for Prince Friso after he was buried by an avalanche last Friday.

The Dutch Government Information Service says a medical prognosis is not expect...

Drees cabinet allegedly covered up war crimes

The Dutch government of 1954 allegedly covered up a bloodbath in Indonesia according to Dutch daily de Volkskrant. The cabinet under Prime Minister Willem Drees decided not to prosecute Dutch soldiers for war crimes on the Indonesian island Cel...

Anne Frank reportedly baptised by Mormons

A temple of the Mormon church reportedly baptised Anne Frank last Saturday. The news was brought to the attention of the US media by researcher Helen Radkey on Tuesday. Mormons believe that if you baptise people posthumously their souls can go ...

Race to replace Cohen begins in earnest

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.

Thirty-four-year-old Mr Van D...

Dutch government asked to condemn anti-Polish website

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland has called on the Dutch government to distance itself from a Dutch website for reporting complaints by East European migrants.

The website was set up by the anti-i...

No protection for 17-week foetus

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 council was seeking protection for an 18-year-old unwed mother against a potenti...

The Hague joins British anti-piracy centre

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.

The Regional Anti-Piracy Prosecutions Intelligence Coordination Centre (RAPPICC) in the ...

Dutch deputy minister: fewer early releases

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.

In future, the Dutch judiciary wi...

Dutch cigarette smoking at all-time low

Cigarette smoking among Dutch people dropped to an all-time low of 25 percent in 2011, down from an average of 70 percent in the middle of the twentieth century. The figures were released by anti-smoking foundation Stivoro.

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