International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Ahmed Aboutaleb, a 47-year-old former journalist, has been compared to President-elect Barack Obama for breaching barriers that have long kept immigrants out of office in the Netherlands.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Moroccan immigrant was installed today as mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second-largest city, in a move hailed as a significant step for the integration of minorities in the European Union nation.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Moroccan immigrant was installed today as mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second-largest city, in a move hailed as a significant step for the integration of minorities in the European Union nation.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
A Moroccan immigrant was installed Monday as mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, in a move hailed as a significant step for the integration of minorities in the European Union nation.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
A Moroccan immigrant was installed Monday as mayor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, in a move hailed as a significant step for the integration of minorities in the European Union nation.
Radio Netherlands English (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Dutch opposition MP Harry van Bommel called for a new intifada against Israel at a demonstration in Amsterdam on Saturday. Other MPs have called Mr van Bommel's remarks "repulsive".
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Divisions in European capitals over Israel’s incursion into Gaza were laid bare today as the EU failed to co-ordinate a united response and rival peace missions headed to the region.
Minispace (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Granted, it beats nuclear rockets. Must be some kind of trend ... so come on Balkenende ! Show us what you've got !!
Torchlight (Free subscription) | 20/12/2008
This nonsense comes to us from Radio Netherlands; Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende believes the Netherlands can emerge from the recession more strongly if its people show "backbone. Writing in the financial daily, Het Financieele Dagblad, Mr Balkenende says...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Three Danish soldiers and one from the Netherlands were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Friday, losing their lives just as the commitment of some countries to the fight in Afghanistan begins to wane.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Three Danish soldiers and one from the Netherlands were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Friday, losing their lives just as the commitment of some countries to the fight in Afghanistan begins to wane.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Three Danish soldiers and one from the Netherlands were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Friday, losing their lives just as the commitment of some countries to the fight in Afghanistan begins to wane.
Canadian Armed Forces Blogger (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Source: newKerala Amsterdam - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has said his government would consider a possible US request for a new Dutch contribution to the International Security and Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Speaking in a late night Dutch television show Thursday, Balkenende said US president-elect Barack Obama's advisors have given indications the US might ask the country...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
Three Danish soldiers and one from the Netherlands were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Friday, losing their lives just as the commitment of some countries to the fight in Afghanistan begins to wane.
Radio Netherlands English (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
An inquiry into the Dutch decision to support the US invasion of Iraq will not take place while the Dutch Labour party is part of the present government. But an inquiry remains a Labour policy aim, its leader says.
