Illegally-stored fireworks found during a bust in Winterswijk could have damaged everything within a 400-meter radius, police said. The “large amount of heavy illegal fireworks” was discovered in a neighborhood of the eastern district of the Gelderland village.The 260 kilograms o … | Continue reading
Maritime archaeologist Yftinus van Popta of the University of Groningen discovered four submerged villages in the northeastern part of the Zuiderzee area. His research shows that the first inhabitants lived in the area in the 10th and 11th centuries, when they started clearing an … | Continue reading
Large companies should avoid having smartphones or tablets in the room when they meet and discuss trade secrets, because Russia and China are using such devices to spy on the Netherlands, Jan Swillens, head of the military intelligence service MIVD, said in an interview with the … | Continue reading
Three Dutch hackers managed to break into Donald Trump's Twitter account just three days before the elections, on 27 October 2016, They said they did not intend any harm as they were testing the security on the account, and then they reported the vulnerability to Trump and the Un … | Continue reading
During a major hack into Twitter's systems last week, the perpetrators had access to the direct messages of 36 account, "including 1 elected official in the Netherlands", Twitter Support said on Thursday. As far as is known, PVV leader Geert Wilders was the only Dutch politician … | Continue reading
Residents in Amsterdam will no longer need to separate plastic recycling from their trash once city-owned waste management firm AEB launches a new setup to separate out plastic and drink cartons for them. "If we separate it after collection, we are less dependent on good behavior … | Continue reading
The Dutch cabinet introduced three new regulations to fight the spread of coronavirus in the country, after a sunny weekend brought thousands of people to popular outdoor areas, defying the ban on groups of people gathered in one place and the advice that people keep at least a 1 … | Continue reading
The university hospitals in Nijmegen and Utrecht are giving healthcare workers a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to see if it better protects them against the coronavirus, the hospitals announced on Wednesday. The TB vaccine boosts the immune system, so the healthcare workers involved … | Continue reading
Amsterdam's rule that allows residents to rent their homes to tourists for up to 30 days a year without a permit, as long as they report the rental to the municipality, is in violation of the Housing Act, the Council of State said in a ruling on Wednesday. Amsterdam is not allowe … | Continue reading
While investigating the Turkish Airlines plane crash near Schiphol in 2009, the Dutch Safety Board was pressured by Americans to downplay the role design errors in the Boeing 737 NG played in the crash, the New York Times reports based on its own research. According to the newspa … | Continue reading
A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, supports a proposal by ruling party VVD to build more nuclear power plants in the Netherlands. Opponents worry about nuclear waste and what it will mean for future generations, NOS reports. The VVD proposal was … | Continue reading
Chinese spies stole trade secrets from Dutch chip machine maker ASML, causing hundreds of millions of euros worth of damage, Financieele Dagblad reports based on its own research. This is the largest known espionage case ever at a Dutch company, the newspaper writes. | Continue reading
A few dozen Dutch companies have been infected with ransomware SamSam, according to security company Fox-IT. A precise number can not be given because it is unknown how many companies paid the ransom or managed to get rid of the malware themselves, NOS reports. | Continue reading
The Dutch State must do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the court in The Hague ruled after dismissing each of the state attorney's arguments one after the other. The Hague court therefore maintains a previous ruling three years ago that was a groundbreaking victory for e … | Continue reading
The Public Prosecutor reached a settlement of 775 million euros with ING. The bank allowed customers to abuse their accounts for the laundering of hundreds of millions of euros between 2010 and 2016, NOS reports. The amount of the settlement consists of a 675 million euros fine a … | Continue reading