The terrorism threat level in Europe will probably remain high for the long term, although significant progress has been made particularly in information sharing across the continent, Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) Dick Schoof told the press on Wednesday.
A lawsuit has been filed in the Netherlands for the repatriation of a 1000-year- old Buddhist mummy stolen from Yangchun village in China's southeast province of Fujian.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received a high Dutch royal honor on Tuesday in The Hague.
The Dutch collector's three conditions for the repatriation of the 1,000-year old Chinese Mummy Buddha, which raised serious questioning over his sincerity, have been rejected by the Chinese authorities except the one on cooperation for researches, Xinhua learnt from well-informed sources.
With about 50,000 to 60,000 new arrivals of refugees by the end of this year, the Dutch public services announced Monday that they are working together to make sure that all steps from registration to eventual repatriation or permit granting proceed safely and smoothly.
The final report of the investigation into the crash of flight MH17 which was shot down while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014 is expected to be published in the first half of October, the Dutch Safety Board told Xinhua on Thursday.
Six years of meager Dutch economy figures are over, with a projected economic growth of 2 percent in 2015, the Dutch national bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB,) indicated in the new half-yearly forecast on Monday.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is satisfied with recent developments in the handling of the dead bodies of the victims of MH17 crash, he said during a press conference in The Hague on Monday.
The Dutch intelligence and security services have collected data on 1.8 million phone calls, text messages, mail traffic and browsing habits by the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013.
The kidnapping of Dutch journalist Judith Spiegel and her husband Boudewijn Berendsen had no link to al-Qaeda, Thomas Bruning, general secretary of the Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ), told Xinhua Wednesday.
A coalition of Dutch citizens and organizations initiated legal proceedings against the Dutch State, represented by Minister of Interior Affairs Ronald Plasterk on Wednesday, demanding Dutch intelligent services to stop using NSA data.
Dutch Minister of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk on Wednesday night revealed he received a letter from the United States National Security Agency (NSA) confirming the monitoring of mail and phone traffic in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands offered a formal apology to Moscow for police detention of a Russian diplomat in The Hague, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin asked for an apology from the Netherlands for the arrest of a Russian diplomat in The Hague last weekend, Putin said during an Asian summit in Bali.
Sotheby's in London has auctioned an artwork by Dutch artist J. J. Schoonhoven, despite a warning it was stolen, Dutch newspaper NRC reported on Tuesday.
Sotheby's in London has auctioned an artwork by Dutch artist J. J. Schoonhoven, despite a warning it was stolen, Dutch newspaper NRC reported on Tuesday.
Dutch Prince Friso, who had been in a coma after being buried by an avalanche last year, died on Monday, the Netherlands Government Information Service RVD said,