THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A body found washed up in the northern Netherlands has been identified as that of an 81-year-old German who disappeared from a cruise ship earlier this month, Dutch police said Thursday. The body was discovered Tuesday morning on a beach on Terschelling, one of a chain of islands in the shallow Wadden Sea…
Thousands March to Demand a Return of Dutch Music Festivals
AMSTERDAM—Dutch music fans have been banned for months from going to large-scale music festivals due to coronavirus restrictions. On Saturday, the festivals came to them. Hundreds of performers and festival organizers held marches through six Dutch cities on Saturday to protest what they argue are unfair restrictions that have forced the cancellation of summer music…
Dutch Military Plans to Send ‘Several Flights’ to Afghan Capital for Evacuations
A Dutch military plane is on the way to the Afghan capital to pick up people in Kabul following a Taliban takeover on Aug. 15, the country’s defense minister said on Monday. “A military plane is currently en route to becoming the first to evacuate interpreters, local embassy personnel, and families from Kabul,” Dutch Minister of…
No Keeping Her Down: After a Fall, Busy Hassan Gets a Gold
TOKYO—Sifan Hassan scored two remarkable victories on the Olympic track Monday. Her gold-medal run in the women’s 5,000 meters came a mere 11 hours after she picked herself up from a scary fall on the final lap of her 1,500-meter heat to not only finish that race—but win it, as well. Those two wins kept…
Dutch Data Protection Authority Fines TikTok Over Privacy
July 22, 2021
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority said Thursday it has fined TikTok 750,000 euros ($885,000) for not offering a privacy statement in Dutch, saying many children who use the popular video sharing app would be unable to understand the information. The agency said that by not offering a Dutch-language privacy statement, “TikTok failed to…
Thousands of Dutch Urged to Leave Their Homes as Rivers Flood
AMSTERDAM—Thousands of people in the south of the Netherlands on Thursday were urged to leave their houses quickly to escape floods as rivers were on the brink of bursting their banks. Several towns and villages along the Meuse river in the province of Limburg strongly advised people to seek refuge until at least Friday afternoon,…
Dutch Media: Crime Reporter De Vries Dies After Shooting
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Peter R. de Vries, the renowned Dutch crime reporter shot last week in a brazen attack in Amsterdam, has died, Dutch media reported Thursday, citing a statement from his family. “Peter fought to the end, but was unable to win the battle,” RTL, the Dutch network De Vries regularly worked for, cited the…
Tiktok Sued in the Netherlands for $1.7 Billion Over Collecting Children’s Data
June 8, 2021
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The Amsterdam-based Market Information Research Foundation (SOMI) representing 64,000 Dutch parents sued Tiktok for 1.4 billion euros (about $1.7 billion) for collecting data of millions of children. Meanwhile, Tiktok has updated its privacy policy in the United States with regards to collecting personal data such as facial and voice recognition. According to Dutch media, on…
Albino Girl Abandoned by Parents in China Gets a New Life, Finds Success as a Teen Model
A girl from China who was abandoned by her parents at a tender age due to her albinism has—despite her condition—gone against the odds and succeeded in becoming a teen model. As a baby, Xueli Abbing, now 16 years old, was dropped off outside an orphanage by her parents without them leaving a note explaining…
AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended Again in Netherlands After Woman Who Received Jab Dies
April 2, 2021
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The Netherlands temporarily suspended AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for a second time for people under the age of 60 after a woman who had received the jab died and four other women experienced serious complications, according to a report. The announcement to pause the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company’s vaccine was made in a government statement on Friday, which…
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