the Netherlands

A van registered in Spain sits near the concert venue Maassilo in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where a rock concert set for Wednesday night was canceled because of a terror threat. The driver of the van, which contained some gas bottles, was arrested.

Rotterdam Concert Canceled After Terror Plot Warning

2:16pm August 24, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Dutch police canceled a concert by the Los Angeles band Allah-Las after a tip from Spanish authorities about the possibility of an attack at the venue. Two men have been arrested.

Firebrand ethno-nationalist lawmaker Geert Wilders prepares to cast his vote in the Dutch general election Wednesday in The Hague, Netherlands. Exit polls suggested a poor showing for his party.

World News

Geert Wilders, 'Dutch Donald Trump,' Takes Second Place In Closely Watched Election

9:38am March 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's center-right party is celebrating a resounding win over populist Wilders' Party for Freedom, in a result that's being welcomed by centrists and progressives.

Queue Listen Now

In a living room in the Westhoff family's house in the Dutch town of Marle, a woman fills out her ballot in Wednesday's national elections. The family also runs a bed and breakfast out of their farm house.

Yes, There Is A Voting Booth In This Dutch Family's Living Room

2:24pm March 15, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In an arrangement that goes back to 1948, the Westhoffs' farm house has hosted voters in their small community of fewer than 100 people.

Voters leave the Kerkhovense Molen, a windmill turned polling station in Oisterwijk, south central Netherlands, Wednesday. Local media are reporting high turnout in the country's national elections.

World News

Dutch Election Is Underway, In Latest Test Of Populist Nationalism

11:58am March 15, 2017

by Bill Chappell

High voter turnout was reported by local media in the first hours of voting, with 33 percent of voters hitting the polls by 1:45 p.m. local time.

Geert Wilders, chairman of the Freedom Party of the Netherlands is pictured at a press conference last month in Germany. This week, he tweeted a faked photo of a political rival with terrorists.

World News

Dutch Far-Right Leader Tweets Fake Image Showing Rival With Islamists

8:39pm February 08, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Geert Wilders posted a photo that he said showed a liberal leader "demonstrating with terrorists" — but the image was a phony. After his political rival objected, Wilders called him a "drama queen."

Van Gogh's Seascape at Scheveningen, 1882, was stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002.

2 Stolen Van Goghs Recovered By Anti-Mafia Police In Italy

12:31pm September 30, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The two paintings — of a seascape and of a congregation at a church — were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002. "They are the real paintings!" a curator said in a statement.

Children from a refugee camp in the Dutch city of Nijmegen arrive for their first day of school last month.

World News

In A Dutch City, A Syrian Couple Settles In And Is Reminded Of Home

3:51pm February 03, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

A Syrian husband and wife wait in a prison turned shelter while their bid for asylum is processed. Wife Lena says she's ready to start all over in the Netherlands, "just like a baby."

Queue Listen Now

The European eagle owl, like this one from the Mulhouse Zoo in eastern France, is one of the largest owl species, with a wingspan of about 6 feet.

An Owl Is Attacking And Injuring Residents Of A Netherlands Town

7:42pm February 25, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

Drones aren't the only airborne worry in Europe this week. An aggressive owl is terrorizing the Dutch town of Purmerend. Hormones, perhaps? Or maybe it's just hungry.