Tag: The Netherlands
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Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for the annual Pride boat parade
Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this ... -
Students cram in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw as musicians play
From the stage of Amsterdam’s historic concert hall, violinist Hyunjin Cho and cellist Efstratia Chaloulakou look out over row after row of young faces illuminated by ... -
Dutch museum makes confirmation of Rembrandt painting
A painting that was once rejected as a work by Rembrandt van Rijn has now been acknowledged as a work by the Dutch master, thanks to ... -
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 ... -
Surrounded by water, Dutch swimmers have plenty of places to cool off
While Parisians have recently rediscovered the pleasure of swimming in the Seine, Amsterdammers have been enjoying a cooling dip in the Dutch capital’s Ij waterway for ... -
Dutch police detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration in The Hague
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among dozens of people detained during the weekend by police in The Hague as they removed protesters who were partially blocking ... -
UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator
Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations ... -
Colonized countries rarely ask for redress over past wrongs – the reasons can be complex
The king of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, apologized in July 2023 for his ancestors’ role in the colonial slave trade. He is not alone in expressing remorse ... -
In political shift to the far right, anti-Islam populist Wilders wins big
Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote yesterday, in a stunning lurch to ...
