The Coast Guard of Rotterdam port has started a rescue operation in the North Sea, after a collision occurred about 100 kilometers off the coast. Around 19.15 hours The Baltic Ace ship, sailing under Bahamas’ flag clashed on container ship Corvus J from Cyprus. The Baltic Ace is now sinking. ... Read More

After the first part of the European summit, in Brussels, members concluded that The Netherlands should probably pay to Europe several hundred million Euros more. The European President Herman Van Rompuy proposes as a solution, that the current fee of 25 percent, which The Netherlands and other countries get for collecting agricultural ... Read More

The Netherlands and Germany are the only countries in Europe that are in the possession of the latest type of the US air defense system. Therefore the Defense Ministries of the two countries are considering an eventual joint deployment of Patriot air defense missiles to the conflict border area between ... Read More

After a serious misfortune occurred in February 2012 Prince Friso lies in a coma in a hospital in London. Doctors’ predictions were not particularly optimistic at that stage. Now, after nine months of waiting and praying, for the first time Prince Friso gives minimal signs of consciousness. It can still take months ... Read More

The Netherlands will donate 10 million euros to the UN Refugees Agency UNHCR for Syrian refugees. The situation in Syria is becoming a critical and threatening one. Due to the fact that the number of refugees is rapidly growing, the camps became too small to offer shelter for everybody that needs ... Read More

Compared to the second quarter the Dutch economy shrunk with 1.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These figures where presented by the CBS statitics company in the Netherlands. This is a significant change taking into mind that the first two quarters growth of 0,1 percent was noted each quarter. ... Read More

In the mutual confrontation that Germany played against The Netherlands, in Amsterdam, there were not too many great opportunities recorded. In the first half of the match the only one closest to a goal was the German player Marco Reus by hitting the pole. Arjen Robben tried some dangerous action ... Read More