Netherlands News

Mexican plastic pipe maker Mexichem SAB de CV finally won acceptance from its European rival Wavin N V, after raising its takeover offer for the third time to 531 million .

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has distanced himself from allegations that he was instrumental in taking post election violence suspects to The Hague to remove political competition in the Presidential race.

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic says if more time runs out, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia should turn to arbitration to solve border disputes.

Russia's veto of a Security Council resolution on Syria goes far beyond mere protection for a close ally and arms buyer - it showed Moscow's determination to crush what it sees as a Western crusade to use the United Nations to topple unfriendly regimes.

THE HAGUE: More than 1,000 Dutch auto workers demonstrated on Tuesday outside Mitsubishi's sole western European plant, a day after it revealed plans to stop production by year-end, union organisers said.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague has overturned an Italian ruling that would have forced Germany to pay a pension to an Italian former slave laborer for the Nazis.

Ice age Europe: How the big freeze, with temperatures as low as MINUS 40, has turned Britain and the continent BLUE Europe continues to be blanketed in snow as the cold snap which has so far killed hundreds across the continent shows no signs of stopping.

Electronic music is one of the major export products of the Netherlands. It seems we have an almost endless supply of talent in our country, more than anywhere else.

London, Feb.7: Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and it is expected that the weather will stay the same till the end of the week.

University of Southern Mississippi senior Emily Simmons stands in front of the The Hague Parliament Building.

From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives - and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment - for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South.

The International Court of Justice , the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today elected a new President and Vice-President, who will each serve a term of three years.

Opposition forces report nearly 75 deaths in the violence. The Hague calls Syria a "doomed" and "murdering regime" while the UN Secretary-General says the Security Council did not give Syria license to step up attacks.

China says it is barring its airlines from participating in a European Union system requiring carriers to pay for their carbon dioxide emissions when flying in or out of European airports.

Adam LeBor documents the life of the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, who was called before the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague on charges of crimes against humanity on February 12, 2002.

The first mistake anyone can make when entering a Dutch bar, caf or restaurant and trying to get the waiters attention is: entering a Dutch bar, caf or restaurant and trying to get the waiters attention.

VPRO , a Dutch public broadcasting organization, has produced a TV documentary called "The Netherlands from Above." Location-based information was used to map and portray many phenomena, from pop culture to nature to environmental disaster management.

Though it was the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, a strange quietness shrouded the empty lobby in the four-star Shanghai Hotel Holland, a sleek, glass building with Chinese decor in downtown Delft, a municipality in the Netherlands.

RCMP have joined the investigation into the murder of a Surrey, B.C., woman who was killed in Holland last week while she tied up loose ends before starting a new life in B.C. with her family.

As of Sunday, the toll rose to at least 297 following latest reported victims in Ukraine, Poland, Italy and France, the Australian ABC website, citing the AFP, said.