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Country in Northwestern Europe

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Netherlands: Country in Northwestern Europe
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean territories.

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NATO's Secretary Warns of Imminent War, Calls Europe for Urgent Defense Preparations Against Russia [Video]

NATO's Secretary Warns of Imminent War, Calls Europe for Urgent Defense Preparations Against Russia

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has issued a stark warning about the growing threats of war, urging NATO member nations to prepare for emergencies and significantly increase defense spending. With..

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Netherlands begins implementation of additional border controls [Video]

Netherlands begins implementation of additional border controls

The Netherlands is reintroducing temporary controls on its borders, set to last six months.

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Netherlands: Apartment explosion causes several injuries in The Hague [Video]

Netherlands: Apartment explosion causes several injuries in The Hague

An explosion occured on the morning of Saturday 7 December in the Dutch city of The Hague, damaging several apartments and injuring multiple people.

Credit: euronews (in English)     Duration: 00:35Published
Norway Opens NATO’s New Arctic Warfare Base:Bold Strategy to Counter Putin’s Growing Threat in North [Video]

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Norway has announced plans to open a new NATO Arctic and amphibious warfare center in the municipality of Sorreisa, located near Russia’s strategic port of Murmansk. This new base will be pivotal in..

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Germany, Netherlands, Austria face warning from Brussels for budget spending [Video]

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Rejigged EU austerity rules – in play for the first time since the pandemic – are now coming back to haunt the bloc’s biggest deficit hawks, in a move likely to prove explosive to national..

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EU DECODED: Could lab-grown meat arrive in supermarkets soon? [Video]

EU DECODED: Could lab-grown meat arrive in supermarkets soon?

In this episode we talk about new ways of manufacturing mankind’s primary source of protein: meat. The Netherlands, Spain and Germany lead the way in development of cell-based meat, but it has..

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Dutch coalition averts collapse after Finance Secretary quits over racist remarks [Video]

Dutch coalition averts collapse after Finance Secretary quits over racist remarks

The Dutch government has survived a crisis that centred on the resignation of the finance secretary. Nora Achahbar quit in response to comments made about immigrants blamed for attacking Israeli fans..

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PM hails arrest of man suspected of supplying Channel boats [Video]

PM hails arrest of man suspected of supplying Channel boats

Sir Keir Starmer insists the arrest of a 44-year-old Turkish man suspected of being a supplier of small boats is a "significant piece of the jigsaw" in tackling Channel migrant crossings, but says he..

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Old video from Russia resurfaces as brawl in Amsterdam following clashes [Video]

Old video from Russia resurfaces as brawl in Amsterdam following clashes

A misleading video has gone viral on social media, supposedly showing a brawl in Amsterdam during the trouble that took place in the Dutch capital before and after a football match.

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Dutch police disperse people from streets after Amsterdam tram set on fire [Video]

Dutch police disperse people from streets after Amsterdam tram set on fire

The Dutch capital has been experiencing ongoing tensions following violence last week when fans of an Israeli soccer club were targeted.

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Amsterdam reacts: Unravelling days of tensions that rocked the capital [Video]

Amsterdam reacts: Unravelling days of tensions that rocked the capital

Tensions erupted last Friday in Amsterdam after a UEFA football match, with European leaders widely condemning the violence. Euronews travelled to the Dutch capital to decipher the story.

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Attack on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam: PM Netanyahu Demands Action - 'We Will Not Accept..." [Video]

Attack on Israeli Soccer Fans in Amsterdam: PM Netanyahu Demands Action - 'We Will Not Accept..."

In a disturbing turn of events, Israeli soccer fans from Maccabi Tel Aviv FC were violently attacked by anti-Israel protesters in Amsterdam following a UEFA Europa League match. Prime Minister Benjamin..

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