Dutch News in English
Latest headlines from the Netherlands in English. Covering Amsterdam, Haarlem, and national Dutch news.
Why more and more companies are choosing branded mugs as corporate gifts
Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit undergoes lung transplant
Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit has successfully undergone a lung transplant at Rikshospitalet. The royal court announced that the operation went well, though she is expected to remain in the hos...
Norwegian Crown Princess has had a lung transplant
Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit has successfully undergone a lung transplant at Rikshospitalet. The royal palace reported that the procedure went well, though she will remain hospitalized for sev...
Dam Square closed and gun salutes at Navy Yard for Japanese Emperor's state visit to Amsterdam
Text of provisional US-Iran peace agreement leaked
The draft text of a preliminary peace agreement between the United States and Iran has reportedly been leaked. Bloomberg reports that it has obtained the fourteen-point plan outlining the proposed ter...
15 million extra for electric tractor and machinery subsidies
Dutch Agriculture Minister Jaimi van Essen has allocated an additional 15 million euros to fund subsidies for electric tractors and agricultural machinery. This increased budget aims to allow more far...
Debate at De Pletterij about Werf Conrad, the gift Haarlem refuses to unwrap?
A debate will be held on June 23 at the Pletterij regarding the preservation of Werf Conrad in Haarlem. Participants will discuss whether the municipality is overlooking the site's significant cultura...
Laren overtakes Bloemendaal: average house value hits one million
Laren has overtaken Bloemendaal as the municipality with the highest average property values in the Netherlands, according to new data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. The average WOZ-value in L...
VSV to move to Oostlaan in Velserbroek at turn of the year. First football pitches already finished
Football club VSV is scheduled to move to its new location on Oostlaan in Velserbroek around the turn of the year. While the first football fields are already completed, construction of the clubhouse ...
NPO broadcasts poor quality World Cup footage due to costs: 'Dutch jersey does not fit within standard color palette'
The Dutch public broadcaster NPO is intentionally broadcasting World Cup matches at a lower image quality than the available 4K resolution to save on costs. Viewers have reported visual issues, includ...
G7 leaders agree to increase pressure on Russian economy
G7 leaders have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for Ukraine and its territorial integrity. They agreed to further increase economic pressure on Russia's war economy to address the o...
Fundraiser for Rayan, seriously injured by electric shock on school trip
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for 15-year-old Rayan, an Amsterdam student who was critically injured by an electric shock during a school trip to Kehl, Germany. The initiative aims to rais...
Nearly a quarter million young people want to work more hours
Nearly a quarter of a million young employees in the Netherlands want to work more hours than their current contracts allow. While over two-thirds of workers under the age of 30 prefer full-time emplo...
Wim T. Schippers made the craziest things because he found life a bit crazy too
Cabinet gives itself four years to reduce dependence on the US
The Dutch cabinet has introduced a new international security strategy aiming to reduce its military dependence on the United States over the next four years. Working with European allies, Foreign Aff...
Snack-bar-free neighborhood in Haarlem-East potentially off the table: ‘It is really very difficult’
The Haarlem city government may abandon plans for a snack bar-free zone in the new Hart voor Oostpoort neighborhood due to implementation difficulties. Outgoing councilor Floor Roduner indicated that ...
Silent protest by war victims during Japanese Emperor’s wreath-laying at Dam Square: ‘He knows we are here’
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako began their state visit to the Netherlands with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam. During the event, victims and...
Retailers see higher turnover, especially from online sales
Retailers in the Netherlands saw a 2.2 percent increase in turnover during the first quarter compared to the previous year. According to data from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), this growth was primari...
Armie Hammer on career stalling: 'I caused the problems myself'
Actor Armie Hammer admitted in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he is responsible for his own career stalling. The actor's professional life was severely disrupted following allegations o...
Lionel Messi scores hat-trick on historic World Cup night against Algeria
Lionel Messi led defending champion Argentina to a 3-0 victory over Algeria by scoring a hattrick in their opening match of the 2026 World Cup. The 38-year-old forward accounted for all of his team's ...