A Small European Nation Has a Big Explosions Problem

Three bombs go off on an average night in the Netherlands, blowing out windows and sometimes causing injury or death. “It is not normal,” a security guard says.

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Jury in El Salvador Convicts 3 Ex-Officers in 1982 Killings of Dutch Journalists

A jury convicted the former military officers for the murder of four Dutch television journalists who were covering the Salvadoran civil war.

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Geert Wilders Withdraws Party from Dutch Governing Coalition

Geert Wilders said the decision was made because the four-party coalition had not made progress in cracking down on immigration.

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Whatever happened to Joost Klein, last year’s jilted Eurovision star?

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Claude, representing the Netherlands, is a refugee turned pop star.

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Who Are the Favorites to Win Eurovision?

KAJ, representing Sweden with an ode to the sauna, is the bookmakers’ favorite, but singers from France, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland are also causing a stir.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Leo Beenhakker, Winning Soccer Coach Without Borders, Dies at 82

Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships.

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