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Holland striker Van Nistelrooij retires

Former Dutch international Ruud van Nistelrooij has announced his retirement from football. The striker ended his playing career with Spanish side Malaga.

At a press conference, the 35-year-old told journalists, “I’ve playe...

Dutch to face much higher energy bill in 2013

The average Dutch household will spend at least 160 euros more on energy in 2013.

National daily AD writes that the expected eight-percent increase has a number of causes.

A 7.6-percent increase in the price of natural gas will ...

Holland squad start Euro 2012 training camp

Half the provisional Holland squad are starting their pre-Euro 2012 training camp in the eastern village of Hoenderloo today.

The 19-strong training squad is mainly made up of players who no longer have any commitments with their club....

Dutch CDA want more humane asylum policy

Members of his own Christian Democrat party (CDA) have slammed the policies of outgoing Immigration and Asylum Minister Gerd Leers for not being humane enough.

National daily Trouw writes that CDA councillors from 81 local councils (o...

206.870 Dutch students sit final exams

Monday saw the start of their final exams for 206.870 students in secondary education.

The standards have been raised this year, the average grade for all subjects must now be 5.5 (on a scale from one to ten) or higher.

Educati...

Large-scale wind farms planned in Groningen

Economic Affairs Minister Maxime Verhagen has commissioned a study to determine whether two areas in the northern province of Groningen are suitable for the construction of large-scale wind farms.

Private investors in Groningen have ...

Dutch football league play-offs

Sunday’s relegation/promotion play-offs saw Doetinchem club De Graafschap relegated to the Jupiler League.

In a home game against Jupiler league club FC Den Bosch, De Graafschap proved unable to score a second goal and the match ...

Dutch golfer wins Turkish Open again

Dutch golfer Christel Boeljon has successfully defended her title in the Turkish Open.

The 24-year-old from the town of Beverwijk kept her nerves under control in the final round on the Belek golf course and finished in 73 strokes. She ...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Wilders offers no solutions

Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders is unable to turn his election promises into policy.

Dutch publicist and former politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali made this statement on Sunday in a Dutch current affairs programme. Mr Hirsi Ali, who is know...

105-kilo cocaine haul in Netherlands

The police have found 105 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of pineapples.

A worker at a company in the Dutch town of Westland called the police when he spotted several sports bags among crates of pineapples in the back of a lo...