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Police watch a car that has been set on fire on 18 Septemberplein in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on Sunday. Photograph: Photograph: Rob Engelaar/EPA
Dutch PM rules out calling in the army after anti-lockdown riots

The Netherlands’ caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, has ruled out calling in the army to impose order after two nights of violent weekend rioting b(...)

The 19 women taking this action were aged between 11 and 21 during their time with the sisters.
Subpoenas served on order of nuns as Dutch court asked to lift statute of limitation

A Dutch court is to be asked to lift the statute of limitation on a legal action in which 19 women aim to sue the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the (...)

Smoking cannabis in a coffee shop in Amsterdam. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty
High time: Netherlands moves to clean up absurd cannabis policy

If there’s one contradiction that goes to the heart of why Dutch drugs policy has lost its way, it’s this: that while it’s legal for “coffee shops” to(...)

Dutch minister of justice and security Ferdinand Grapperhaus: Turkish repatriation decision is “very disappointing”. Photograph: Sem van der Wal
Turkey repatriates two women to Netherlands over Isis membership

The Dutch government has admitted it did everything possible to dissuade Turkey from repatriating two women who joined Islamic State in Syria, but has(...)

People cool down along the canal de l’Ourcq in Paris on Wednesday. Photograph: Julien de Rosa/EPA
Temperatures soar as second extreme heatwave hits continental Europe

The Netherlands and Belgium recorded their highest ever temperatures as the second extreme heatwave in consecutive months to be linked by scientists t(...)