John Terry: Why has the Blues captain decided to leave Chelsea?
And when the Europa League was won against Benfica in Amsterdam a year later Terry, whose relationship with another interim manager Rafael Benitez was fragile, was out through injury. In September 2012...
View ArticleDutch Coven: researchED Amsterdam builds bridges
Downside? Because sessions were in Dutch, I could only watch them perform, uncomprehending, like a Scottish Tantalus. Never do you feel more British than when you address about 300 people in English...
View ArticleDutch population growth fuelled by immigration
From provisional population data over 2015, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the Dutch population increased by 79 thousand to 16.9 million residents. The post Dutch population growth fuelled...
View ArticleAmsterdam police search water for missing tourist Richard Cole
Cole is from Dursley, England, and was traveling from Copenhagen to Assen with a stop in Amsterdam, the BBC reported. His brother, Lee, and his girlfriend, Alicia Marie, arrived in Amsterdam on Sunday...
View Article'I'm a fair weather cyclist – if it's raining we take the car'
It was during our time living there that I first travelled to Amsterdam, and returned home declaring that I wanted to move here! We visited a couple of times a year and fell in love with Haarlem, as a...
View ArticleHamilton Heights: Harlem Enclave With River Views
The number of rescue dogs that Barry Katz crosses paths with in Hamilton Heights, a section of West Harlem, tells him something about his neighborhood. “At this point, it's not a wealthy area,” he...
View ArticleNATO: Russian air strikes 'undermining' Syria peace efforts
“What we have seen is that the intense Russian air strikes mainly targeting opposition groups in Syria are undermining the efforts to find a political solution to the conflict,” Stoltenberg said as he...
View ArticleAirbnb pays city of Paris 1.2 million euros in tourist tax
The agreement followed similar pledges by the San Francisco group to collect and remit taxes in Amsterdam from January 2015 and the US capital Washington and Chicago from February 2015. Airbnb which...
View ArticleVERSLAG: The Darkness – 03/02 – Melkweg
De geliefde rockband The Darkness is terug. In 2006 leek er een eind aan te komen, doordat de zanger als gevolg van drugs- en alcoholproblemen de band verliet. Ze draaien inmiddels alweer een aantal...
View Article20 arrests as tensions rise at Amsterdam Pegida rally
standstill in Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon, as tension mounted between Pegida supporters and anti-fascist groups. In total, some … Terrance, I'm not trying to be pedantic, but if you are writing in...
View ArticleDe revolte van gisteren
De Peggy's gisteren in Amsterdam kwamen uit heel Nederland (en Duitsland) en waren grofweg dezelfden als bij eerdere vergelijkbare demonstraties. Sinds Jeroen Wollaars … In Birmingham waren er maar...
View Article'I think the spirit of engineering is ingrained in the Dutch psyche'
The couple have been running a pop-up restaurant – Bulelani BBQ – for the last 18 months and are now looking to crowdfund a permanent location in Amsterdam. A fan of Dutch design and Dutch haring, Timo...
View ArticleRijksmuseum visitor guide: how to master the reborn museum
It has been a 10-year wait, but the restoration of Amsterdam's great Rijksmuseum of art and culture is finally complete. Home to some of the greatest and most famous works of Dutch art – from Vermeer's...
View ArticleMatch-fixing attempts uncovered by Dutch probe
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Attempts to fix the result of a Dutch league match seven years ago have been uncovered by a Dutch football association (KNVB) investigation, it said on Monday. It is the first...
View ArticleDJ Hardwell on living the dream and his return to Dubai
Nearly three years after launching the tour in Amsterdam in April 2013, the EDM juggernaut finally rolls into the UAE on Friday, with a 15,000-capacity outdoor gig at Dubai's Meydan. Naturally, things...
View Article'The Kröller-Müller museum in Arnhem is a real gem'
At the time I had no Dutch so I enrolled in the only suitable course at Utrecht University – English. During my … I've thought about this, and first I'd have to say Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor...
View ArticleLunder still charged in VimpelCom case
The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and currently headquartered in Amsterdam, hence the involvement of the American and Dutch authorities including the US Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleSimon Stone, Australian theatre's wunderkind, releases superb film The Daughter
No, the reason is more pedestrian: he hasn't conversed in English for some time. … Since then the gripping, stripped-back production has played to packed houses in Australia and offshore, in Amsterdam,...
View ArticleAmsterdam theater Carré to bring annual Broadway shows
The 129-year-old Amsterdam theater Carré has announced plans to bring a major American production to the Netherlands every year as part of the new “Broadway on the Amstel” theatrical series. The series...
View ArticleUK furthers its special status in European Union
The other nine states have a different status as part of the Amsterdam Agreement. The UK is one of the member states outside of the Schengen Zone and holding on to its own currency. The history of the...
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