The populist Geert Wilders withdrew his right-wing party from the ruling coalition, saying partners were stalling plans for the Netherlands’ “strictest migration policy ever.”
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Haribo Recalls Cola Candy in the Netherlands After Cannabis Is Found
The Dutch food authority said cannabis had been detected in samples of the candy, and the police said it had made several people ill.
U.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Moves From N.Y.
The instructions from the office of Secretary General António Guterres were reviewed by The New York Times and came after President Trump ordered a review of U.S. funding to the agency.
Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust
The city “horribly abandoned its Jewish residents,” more than 60,000 of whom were deported and killed during World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema said on Thursday.
The Dutch Love Their Bicycles. Helmets? Not So Much.
Cyclists comprise the highest number of road fatalities in the Netherlands. The country has introduced a campaign to promote helmets, but many cyclists are not convinced.
Sperm Donors Fathered More Than 25 Children Each, Netherlands Data Reveals
The numbers raise concerns about the risk of genetic anomalies as those children eventually seek partners and give birth.
As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent
Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, however vague and fanciful.
As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent
Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, however vague and fanciful.
She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death
In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.