Dutch News in English
Latest headlines from the Netherlands in English. Covering Amsterdam, Haarlem, and national Dutch news.
Castricum hosts no asylum seekers and has no sites in mind: Municipality summoned to explain; ‘We count on understanding’
The municipality of Castricum currently provides zero asylum seeker reception spots and lacks concrete plans for future housing. Consequently, the local government must soon explain its lack of progre...
'What if this goes horribly wrong?' MPs alarmed by poor inspections and lack of oversight of municipal bridges
Dutch Members of Parliament have expressed alarm over reports of neglected bridge maintenance and poor oversight across various municipalities. MPs Chris Stoffer and Lucienne Boelsma-Hoekstra warned o...
Trump backs right-wing presidential candidate in Colombia
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his full support for far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia's upcoming presidential election. De la Espriella will face left-wing human righ...
Dutch virologist charged in US for importing mpox virus
Dutch virologist Vincent Munster has been charged in the United States for smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is also accused of lying to federal inves...
Ouafae Karimi (50) founded a clinic for elderly people with a migrant background: ‘I want them to feel seen – not as a file, but as a human being’
'There's something you should know about me,' she said as we stood in her house and the rain swept across Amsterdam
'I watched all kinds of kissing tutorials on YouTube, but the first kiss was still a disaster': how Storm (25) and Jagona (24) lost and found each other again
150-person funeral procession marches through Amsterdam-West in theatrical walk ‘The Procession’
Opinion: 'A palace for civil servants on the Amstel? Placing it in Noord or the Bijlmer bridges the city’s divide'
PRO Amsterdam and D66 present coalition agreement today: what will be cut and where will they invest?
Pregnant woman after police incident: I was just asking a question
Malak Mahmoud, a pregnant woman who fell during a police intervention at an asylum seeker center, told Al Jazeera that she was merely trying to ask officers a question when the incident occurred. The ...
Iran fires missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, US strikes back
Iran launched several ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, according to the U.S. Central Command. All missiles failed to hit their targets, as three were intercepted by U.S. and Bahraini forc...
KLM and Transavia cancel flights to and from Portugal due to strike
KLM and Transavia have canceled several flights to and from Portugal on Wednesday due to a strike in that country. These cancellations affect flight schedules at Schiphol, Eindhoven, and Rotterdam air...
Experts divided over Míchel's arrival at Ajax: 'This is not a top coach'
Evidence found for real 'Pirates of the Caribbean' near the Bahamas
Researchers have discovered shipwrecks off the coast of the Bahamas that were likely looted by pirates during the 18th century. Although the region was a well-known pirate haven at the time, this mark...
Marja Pruis wrote walking book about haunted Amsterdam-Noord: ‘Here you leave the city behind for a while’
Monumental housing block near Jan Evertsenstraat in Nieuw-West may lose status to allow for demolition
No machines, but a scythe: these volunteers help the municipality with green maintenance
Volunteers in Amsterdam have established the Zeiscollectief Amsterdam foundation to perform green maintenance using traditional scythes in areas inaccessible to heavy machinery. This eco-friendly meth...
One hundred homes instead of fifty at Heimanshof in Zandvoort-Noord: New coalition breaks old agreement
The new governing coalition in Zandvoort, consisting of OPZ, Jong Zandvoort, and VVD, has announced plans to build 100 new homes at the former Rückert riding school site instead of the previously agr...
Former professional footballer Danny Hesp guest of honor at football collectors' fair: 'As a boy I collected Panini stickers'
Former professional footballer Danny Hesp will be the guest of honor at a football collectors' fair held this Saturday at the Telstar stadium in Velsen-Zuid. Hesp, who was once considered for the Dutc...