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Archaeologists find over 3,000 artifacts from Stone Age to WWII in Netherlands valley

The stream valley lies between the villages of Sleen and Oosterhesselen, and is currently under redevelopment to make space for nature and water. 

One of the 3,000 artifacts discovered in Drenthe, the Netherlands, June 19, 2026.
Police officers stand outside a Jewish school following an explosion that caused minor damages, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 14, 2026.

Quarter of all Dutch discrimination offenses in 2025 were antisemitic, new report reveals

A police boat approaches the cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026.

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship due to arrive at Rotterdam port as final destination

Democrats 66 (D66) party leader Rob Jetten gestures as he speaks following the first exit poll result in the Dutch parliamentary elections in Leiden, Netherlands, October 29, 2025.

Explosion hits Netherlands' largest political party's headquarters, police say


Dutch seismologist warns of potential earthquake in Middle East

“It does not happen often, but if you are in Iran, be on extra alert as well,” Hoogerbeets added.

 An aerial view shows collapsed and damaged buildings after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 7, 2023.

7-year-old Dutch motorcycling champion Sid Veijer dies after training accident

Sid was critically injured on December 22 while training on a mini motorcycle at an indoor karting facility in Swalmen, Netherlands.

 Minibike racing. Illustration.

'War in Court': Dutch project reveals names of 425k. WWII Nazi collaborators

The archive, consisting of 32 million pages, includes about 425,000 mostly Dutch people who were investigated for collaboration with German occupiers during World War Two.

Arrest of Dutch Jews by the Nazis, February 1941

Amsterdam riots: Five sentenced for antisemitic attacks against Israelis

The court reportedly said that a prison sentence was appropriate "given the seriousness of the facts and the context they took place in."

 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters demonstrate and light flares in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 7, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Dutch Parliament votes to phase out UNRWA funding over terror ties

The measure, led by MPs Stoffer (SGP party) and Eerdmans (JA21 party), cut funds to the widely criticized UN agency by almost 25% for the first year.

 Dutch orthodox-protestant Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partijmember Chris Stoffer speaks during the discussion of the private member's bill of GroenLinks and PvdA in the House of Representatives to also have the abortion pill dispensed by the general practitioner in The Hague, on February 9, 2022.

Dutch court rejects bid to stop arms exports to Israel

"The interim relief court finds that there is no reason to impose a total ban on the export of military and dual-use goods on the state," it said in a statement.

 Presiding judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua, Judge Tomoko Akane, and Judge Kimberly Prost prepare to deliver the verdict in the case of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 26, 2024.

Dutch government creates new national strategy for combatting antisemitism

The strategy will take effect immediately and encompasses all facets of society, including sports, education, immigration, and security.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian and Israeli flags as they gather in front of the National Holocaust Museum on the day of its opening, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 10, 2024.

The Netherlands are lost: Dutch seek to blame Israeli victims of Amsterdam pogrom - opinion

We grew up on the legend of the Dutch as “Righteous Among the Nations,” heroes who helped save Jews during World War II. However, the truth is starkly different.

 PEOPLE WAVE Palestinian flags and a man wears a ‘Free Palestine’ shirt as students and employees of the University of Amsterdam protest, earlier this year.

Dutch House of Reps votes to close mosques that preach destruction of Jews, Israel

The House also passed a motion to create a proposal to punish antisemitism more severely.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian and Israeli flags as they gather in front of the National Holocaust Museum on the day of its opening, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 10, 2024.

'I don't wear a yarmulke anymore': Netherlands’s Jews endure outbreak of antisemitism

Stickers were found across Apeldoorn demanding the city be made "Jew Free."

 A woman wrapped in an Israel flag stands outside the place where mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema attends a press conference following the violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer team, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.