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Somali-Dutch distance runner Abdi Nageeye wins the 53rd New York City Marathon men's race with a time of 2:07:39. Kenyan distance runner Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race with a time of 2:24:35.
2024-11-3

At least seventeen people are killed in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom as Storm Eunice impacts northwestern Europe. Millions are also left without power.
2022-02-18

The Netherlands reports its first cases of the Omicron variant in 13 people who traveled from South Africa on November 26.
2021-11-28

A number of European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, France and Ireland, condemn the recently passed anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary which bans the "display and promotion of homosexuality" among under-18s as "grotesque". Luxembourg says that the bill violates human rights and along with Belgium says that the bill is a "flagrant form of discrimination".
2021-06-22

Prime Minister Mark Rutte extends the country's strict lockdown until the end of the month and advises against foreign travel until April 15. The curfew from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. will remain in place through the election on March 17, but those working or visiting a voting booth will not be fined for breaching it.
2021-03-8

The number of cases in the Netherlands surpasses 100,000, after a record of 2,357 new cases is reported in the last 24 hours.
2020-09-23

Ard van der Steur the Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands resigns after allegedly misinforming the House of Representatives over the fallout of a payments scandal.
2017-01-26

In the Netherlands, State Secretary of Finance Frans Weekers resigns after opposition parties give fierce criticism about his performance.
2014-01-30

In Enschede the Netherlands part of the roof of the stadium of football club FC Twente "De Grolsch Veste" collapses leaving two people dead and a dozen injured.
2011-07-7

Dutch football club HFC Haarlem, national champion in 1946, is declared bankrupt, becoming the first Dutch professional club to be disestablished since FC Wageningen and VCV Zeeland in 1992.
2010-01-25