Steve Jobs‘ yacht was unveiled in a Dutch shipyard, where the unusual boat designed by Jobs and famed minimalist designer Philippe Starck, was christened “Venus,” after the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. The finished ship was launched at shipbuilder Koninklijke… Read More

Several important works of art of considerable value have been stolen from the Kunsthal art gallery in Rotterdam in an overnight burglary. The stolen works are Picasso’s Harlequin Head (1971), two 1901 Monet canvases (Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London), Matisse’s Reading Girl… Read More

The FBI is investigating how needles ended up in sandwiches served on four Delta Airline flights from Amsterdam to the US on Sunday. The sandwiches were produced by Amsterdam catering company Gate Gourmet, which has launched its own investigation into the incident. Needles were found… Read More

Robin van Helsum persuaded Berlin officials he was an orphaned ‘Forest Boy’ who lived in the woods. Now his Dutch identity is revealed – and his troubled story with it. ABC News wants confirmation that the forest boy has the Dutch nationality, more information about… Read More

The Eleven Cities tour (Elfstedentocht in Dutch) is a speed skating tour (with 200 contestants) and a leisure skating tour (with 16,000 skaters) of almost 200 kilometres. It is held in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. Is is a tour… Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is ‘deeply concerned’ about researchers creating a more contagious and fatal form of the H5N1 bird flu. Researchers in the Netherlands have manipulated the virus to make it more transmissible among humans, and it could potentially kill millions… Read More

Gregory Anthony “Greg” Halman (August 26, 1987 – November 21, 2011) was a Dutch professional baseball outfielder. He played with the American Major League Baseball team the Seattle Mariners during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Gregory Halman was also a member of the Dutch national… Read More

Professor Merel Kindt from the University in Amsterdam (UvA) managed to reduce fear. By administering the Beta-blocker Propranolol, the UvA research team managed to weaken the memories of fear of testees. A very interesting research result is the fact that the fear response does not… Read More

For a few live weather forecasts in Amsterdam by the ABC weatherman Sam Champion from the American TV channel ABC program Good Morning America , filming licences and cooperation of a local café owner and a chocolate maker and some boats that need to sail… Read More

Sam Champion, the weatherman from the TV program Good Morning America from the American TV channel ABC, plans to do a few weather forecasts from the centre of Amsterdam. An ABC research team comes over to Amsterdam to find the right live locations, a good… Read More

Two United States residents of Yemeni descent flying from Chicago to Amsterdam are detained by the Dutch police after landing on Schiphol Airport. The news program from the American TV channel ABC to know all details about the arrest, where the detainees are locked up,… Read More

The Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, known for his connection to the disappearance of the American woman Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is arrested in Chili and brought to Peru as a suspect for the murder of Peruvian young woman Stephany Flores Ramirez. After a few… Read More