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Anti-terrorism: threat level in Europe likely to remain high for long time

​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.

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Lawsuit to repatriate Chinese Buddhist mummy starts in the Netherlands

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.

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Ban Ki-moon gets royal Dutch honor

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received a high Dutch royal honor on Tuesday in The Hague.

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Chinese Mummy Buddha: Dutch collector's conditions for repatriation raise questioning over his sincerity

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.

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Dutch public services facing huge task of dealing with refugee influx

​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.

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MH17 final report to be published in first half of October: Dutch Safety Board

​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.

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Dutch National Bank projects highest Dutch growth since 2008

​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.

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Dutch PM Rutte receives "positive" signals on treatment of bodies

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.

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Dutch Minister reveals phone calls monitored by its intelligence services

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.

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Al-Qaeda not involved in Dutch couple kidnapping

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.

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Dutch Minister Plasterk sued over NSA spying

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.

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U.S. monitors mails, phone calls in the Netherlands: minister

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.

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Moscow confirms Dutch apology for diplomat detention

The Netherlands offered a formal apology to Moscow for police detention of a Russian diplomat in The Hague, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

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Putin requests apology from Holland over diplomat arrest: report

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.

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Sotheby's in London auctions stolen Dutch artwork

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.

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Sotheby's in London auctions stolen Dutch artwork

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.

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Dutch Prince Friso dies 18 months after ski accident

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,