Geography of the Netherlands

Flat-cap wearing armed robbers staged a brazen daylight raid on an international art fair in the Netherlands on June 28, smashing a jewelry case with a sledgehammer in front of terrified visitors.

At least seven people were injured in a protest against green certificates in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

The clashes erupted after protesters pelted police with stones and bottles. In response, security forces fired warning shots. 20 people were arrested.

Due to the situation in the city, trains to Rotterdam have been stopped. Many metro stations are also closed.

If not for the pandemic, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum would have missed out on a classic Dutch 16th-century painting it so badly craved.

Instead, the work now graces a central hall of one of the world's most famous cultural institutions -- all because of a wealthy dealer in old masters elected to pay a very unusual tribute to COVID-19 victims.

Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said they were focused for now on holding the event planned for Rotterdam in May while weighing possible disruptions from the coronavirus crisis.

Dutch public broadcaster NPO said it was in consultations with the European Broadcasting Union, the co-producer of the hugely popular televised event, to review how the virus may impact the contest.

The representatives of several nations due to attend a delegations' meeting in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Monday ahead of this year's Eurovision Song Contest are canceling their trips due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, it emerged on Saturday.

Erasmus Smartport Rotterdam BV will be making its Posidonia debut this year.
The event will take place at the Metropolitan Expo Center next to Athens International Airport on June 1-5.

Changing the name costs EUR 200,000 to the country's budget.

On 1 January 2020 the name Holland officially ceases to exist as a designation of the Netherlands State. This was reported by local authorities, cited by BGNES.

Festim Lato, residing in Afferden, a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, has his own private army. Various Dutch authorities were aware of this, but did not intervene, the Dutch Telegraaf reports based on sources and its own research.
Lato was the self-proclaimed President of Chameria, an unrecognized republic on the border of Albania and Greece.

The two siblings from Afghanistan arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport early in the morning. Even though they had been waiting for this moment for three years, they were scared.

The Groningen natural gas field, the largest in the European Union, is running out of reserves, with an estimated 17 years left before stocks will be depleted, The Netherlands announced on Sept. 16.

"Dutch natural gas is nearly finished," said Peter Hein van Mulligen, chief economist at the country's Central Statistics Bureau (CBS).