The Netherlands News

January 21, 2019

VFS Global launches exclusive Netherlands Passport and ID Application Centre in the United Kingdom

The centre in London will manage processing of Dutch passport and ID card applications. The Netherlands is the first Schengen government for which VFS Global offers passport and ID card services and there will be similar centre launched in the…

January 18, 2019

Dutch PM says ‘no tweaks’ to Brexit plan

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned British counterpart Theresa May on Friday that there could be “no tweaks” to the Brexit deal that the parliament in London rejected this week. Rutte, one of several EU leaders who spoke by phone…

January 18, 2019

Dutch top court slaps down Yukos bankruptcy ruling

Top Dutch judges refused Friday to recognise Russia’s 2006 bankruptcy ruling of Yukos, in a case involving the transfer of shares from the defunct oil giant to a Russian state company. Once the face of post-communist Russian capitalism, Yukos was…

January 18, 2019

I.Coast’s Gbagbo detained until at least February

Ivory Coast ex-strongman Laurent Gbagbo will stay behind bars until at least February despite his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal court, the tribunal said Friday. Judges in the Hague cleared Gbagbo and his right-hand…

January 18, 2019

I.Coast’s Gbagbo to stay detained until February

Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo will stay behind bars at least until a fresh appeal hearing on February 1, despite his acquittal this week by the International Criminal Court, the tribunal said Friday. Judges cleared 73-year-old Gbagbo on Tuesday on…

January 17, 2019

Philips to shut UK factory over ‘geopolitical’ concerns

Dutch multinational Philips announced Thursday the closure of a British factory making baby bottles, threatening 430 jobs, citing “ongoing geopolitical challenges”, months after warning about the potential negative effects of Brexit. Philips said it aimed to close its Avent plant…

January 17, 2019

Dutch journalist deported from Turkey over alleged terror links

Turkey deported a Dutch journalist on Thursday after Turkish officials said Ankara received a tip-off from police in the Netherlands that she had suspected links to a jihadist group in Syria. However the Dutch prosecutor’s office said that while it…

January 17, 2019

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo seeks immediate release from ICC

Defence lawyers sought Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s immediate release by the International Criminal Court on Thursday following his acquittal over post-election violence. The Hague-based court halted the freeing of 73-year-old Gbagbo, the first former head of state to face trial…

January 17, 2019

Dutch journalist arrested and deported from Turkey

A Dutch journalist based in Turkey said was deported from the country on Thursday, a day after she was arrested. “I got arrested yesterday (Wednesday), got deported this morning. Flying out now”, Ans Boersma, a freelance journalist based in Istanbul…