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A decision will be taken this weekend on whether or not to send armed
police or soldiers to the area where Malaysia Airways MH17 was brought
down a week ago, prime minister Mark Rutte told MPs on Friday.
The public prosecution department has launched a criminal investigation
into the use of a banned antibiotic in Dutch animal feed from a producer
near Utrecht.
The Hague's mayor Jozias van Aartsen is being urged to get tough on
anti-Jewish demonstrators after people were heard chanting 'death to
Jews' at a protest rally in the city on Thursday evening.
Dutch students win robot football World CupA team of robotics students from Eindhoven’s University of Technology have won gold in this year’s Robocup World Cup football for robots. ABBA routes royalties through Dutch tax system, says new book Like the Rolling Stones and U2, Swedish pop group ABBA processes its royalties through the Netherlands to benefit from the country’s tax climate, the Telegraaf says on Friday. Dutch commandos poised to leave for eastern Ukraine: Telegraaf The Netherlands is poised to send its most elite soldiers to secure the crash site of Malaysian Airways MH17, the Telegraaf reports on Friday. Friday is Schiphol airport's busiest ever day Some 190,000 passengers are expected to move through Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Friday, making it the state-owned airport’s busiest ever day. 100 Dutch pig and veal farms shut after banned drug found in feed Food safety inspectors have shut 102 Dutch pig and veal farms and 11 in Germany because they were delivered feed containing a banned antibiotic, the Financieele Dagblad says on Friday. Groningen football fans attack Scots ahead of key European tie Groningen FC football fans have attacked a group of supporters of Scottish club Aberdeen in the city centre ahead of their crucial Europa Cup tie on Thursday night, according to local media. Third flight bringing MH17 victims due in Eindhoven today Two more plane will bring a further 74 victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 back from Ukraine on Friday. Dutch Somali woman faces deportation to US over terrorist funding A 30-year-old woman who lives in Terneuzen faces extradition to the US on charges of helping finance the al-Shabaab terror group. Man, 83, jailed for killing ill wife in act of desperation An 83-year-old man who strangled his ill wife, saying he wanted to make an end to her suffering, has been jailed for 18 months for manslaughter. 'Investor negotiated with itself to buy daycare group' Private investment group HIG negotiated with itself to buy out part of the bankrupt childcare group Estro earlier this month, the NRC says on Thursday. Top advisory body criticises government's online gambling plans The government's most senior advisory body has criticised plans by the justice ministry to deregulate the internet gambling sector and break the state monopoly on internet gambling. What the papers say - A day of national mourning: the day after The day of national mourning to honour the victims of Malaysia Airline flight MH17 dominates Thursday's newspapers, with most carrying a full page photograph of the ceremony. Hilversum mayor apologises for Putin daughter deportation call The mayor of Hilversum has described remarks he made on Radio 1 in which he called for the deportation of Putin's daughter, who is said to live in the Netherlands, as 'not sensible'. Unilever first half turnover down on 'significant headwinds' Food to detergent group Unilever booked first half sales down 5.5% at €24bn, the Anglo-Dutch company said on Thursday. Haarlem has most expensive café terraces, Nijmegen is cheapest The cheapest café terraces in the Netherlands are in Nijmegen, the Telegraaf says in its annual survey of the best places to drink a beer or glass of wine in the summer sunshine. Dutch start diplomatic offensive to secure MH17 site, troops an option The Netherlands has begun a major diplomatic offensive to send possibly hundreds of soldiers and police forensic experts to Ukraine to investigate the downing of Malaysia Airways flight MH17, the Volkskrant says on Thursday. Video: the Dutch remember the MH17 dead in moving ceremony The highlights of the official ceremony on Wednesday's national day of mourning for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. A minute's silence for the MH17 dead as first coffins reach Eindhoven Two planes carrying the first of the 40 victims of last week’s air disaster in Ukraine arrived at Eindhoven airport on Wednesday afternoon, in a somber ceremony attended by king Willem-Alexander, queen Máxima and other dignatories. Digital patient records do not break privacy rules, doctors told A judge in Utrecht has ruled work can continue on developing a new electronic filing system for patients, the NRC says on Wednesday. Dutch 'considering' sending soldiers, police to MH17 crash site The Dutch government is ‘seriously considering’ sending a group of soldiers or police officers to Ukraine to secure the MH17 crash site, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday quoting ‘sources in the Netherlands’. Dutch household spending rises - just Dutch household spending rose marginally in May compared with May 2013, the first rise this year, the national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday. MH17 victims' mobile phones 'answered by others' A number of relatives of people who died in the MH17 air disaster have been shocked when dialling their mobile phone number and hearing the phone answered by someone, the Telegraaf reports on Wednesday. Camper vans increasingly popular with the Dutch The number of camper vans in the Netherlands is expected to top 90,000 by the end of this year and 100,000 by 2016, news agency ANP reports on Wednesday. |
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