Afsluitdijk "Salt Marshes" to 2nd Phase

The Afsluitdijk Integrated Improvement Study steering group has asked the consortium consisting of engineering consultancy DHV, knowledge institute Wageningen IMARES, and the design-office Alle Hosper to further...

17th century art discovered

Several paintings by master painters Frans Hals and Pieter Brueghel the Younger are found in private collections.HAARLEM -- The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem discovered five new paintings by the 17th century master. Four of the works were unknown paintings from...

Measles outbreak in Utrecht

Utrecht health services urge parents to vaccinate children after 16 cases of measles are reported since August.AMSTERDAM -- The local health service says it recorded 16 cases of measles in Utrecht since...

Dutch hold emergency debate

The Lower House holds an emergency debate on Tuesday to discuss the financial crisis.THE HAGUE -- The Lower House held an emergency debate on Tuesday on the global financial crisis and the EUR 4 billion...

No freedom of movement for Turks in EU, says Labour

Stricter conditions should apply to the freedom of movement for the inhabitants of Turkey if the country joins the European Union, says the Dutch Labour party. The demand is included in Labour’s first...

Europe discusses common approach to crisis

With the debris of the credit crisis washing up on our shores, European leaders are casting around for answers. Until now, European crisis management has consisted largely of...

The dutch back automatic organ donation

Some 75% of the population support a system in which everyone is automatically an organ donor unless they actively register their objection, according to a survey by TNS Nipo, reports Saturday’s Volkskrant. The...

8-limbs girl recovers from surgery with a smile.

A 2-year-old Indian girl born with four arms and four legs regained consciousness Friday, wiggled her toes and smiled at her parents, 48 hours after massive surgery removed the extra limbs, doctors...

Record high waves, but dikes pass test

10-metre high waves beat the North Sea coast of the Netherlands overnight, but no major problems were reported by Friday morning. The north-west storm that raced over the Netherlands with wind speeds of more than...

Coastal defences under close watch

Almost all the dikes along the Dutch coast will be monitored because of the storm expected over the next few days. The monitoring will be in effect from Thursday afternoon already in Zeeland. A spokesperson...

Leni Riefenstahl photos stolen from German firm

GERMAN police are investigating the theft of 250 photographs by Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's official filmmaker, from the basement of a firm in Cologne. The Riefenstahl photos and 300 works by...

Suspensions for alleged computer hacking

A number of spokespeople for the Dutch Social Affairs Ministry have been temporarily suspended from their jobs, Social Affairs Minister Piet Hein Donner announced Tuesday. The decision follows news reports that...

Two released suspects missing

Two of the eight suspects released last week because their pre-trial detention had been ordered by an unqualified judge in Den Bosch are nowhere to be found. The police have not been able to find the two since the...

Tsunami of bananas on islands

Some of the beaches on Terschelling and Ameland (Dutch islands) were flooded with bananas on Wednesday morning. A spokesperson for the municipality of Terschelling said that ten containers from the ship Duncan...

Wrestler 'Fabulous Moolah' Dies at 84

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Nov. 5) - Lillian Ellison, professional wrestling's Fabulous Moolah, has died. She was 84.Ellison died Friday, according to Dunbar Funeral Home in Columbia.Born Mary Lillian Ellison in 1923, she was...
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