Tag: Netherlands
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Peanut butter floor returns to Dutch museum as tribute to late artist
More than 800 pounds of peanut butter — enough for around 15,000 peanut butter sandwiches — have been spread across the floor of a museum in the ... -
A street in The Hague is drenched in orange as Netherlands soccer fans celebrate the World Cup
As the clock ticks down to the Netherlands’ opening World Cup match, soccer fans are gripped once more by orange fever. Nowhere is the mood of euphoric ... -
Royal recruits boost volunteers as country builds up its military reservists
Their faces daubed with camouflage, the troops emerge almost silently from a forest with Colt C7 rifles slung across their chests. They scan their surroundings for ... -
From ‘Robot Jetten’ to prime minister: The rise of the Netherlands’ youngest leader
Rob Jetten has become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister of the Netherlands. Before Jetten, 38, took the oath of office this week to ... -
Israeli president’s presence in Netherlands’ Holocaust museum causes concern
The Netherlands’s National Holocaust Museum opened yesterday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence is ... -
Some Dutch people seeking euthanasia cite autism or intellectual disabilities, researchers say
Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal lives, ... -
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits International Criminal Court
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday made an unannounced visit to the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for ... -
Macron visits Netherlands after Taiwan comments make waves
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to deliver a speech outlining his vision for the future of Europe during a two-day state visit to the Netherlands ...
