http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1392-netherlands.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1392-netherlands.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2096378-coast-guard-to-take-testimony-shell-grounding.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Circumstances surrounding the grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island will be explored in a public hearing in Anchorage. The Coast Guard says a marine casualty investigation into the grounding of the Kulluk will begin at noon Monday at the Loussac Library and could last two weeks. The Kulluk in ... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2096378-coast-guard-to-take-testimony-shell-grounding.html 2013-05-19T17:18:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093486-un-chief-names-dutch-envoy-to-head-mali-mission.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Albert Koenders of the Netherlands to head the new peacekeeping mission in Mali. The mission is authorized to help restore democracy and restore peace to the north, which was controlled by Islamic fighters and terrorists until France intervened in January. Ban announced Koenders' appoi... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2093486-un-chief-names-dutch-envoy-to-head-mali-mission.html 2013-05-17T17:24:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090764-shell-large-gas-business-nigeria-shut.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has stopped delivering gas to Nigeria LNG, one of the world's largest sellers of liquefied natural gas, due to a pipeline leak. Shell said Thursday 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas capacity per day has been shut down for the time being. The company described the leak as being located near the Awoba oil field, in... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090764-shell-large-gas-business-nigeria-shut.html 2013-05-16T16:15:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2088372-ivanovic-header-chelsea-2-1-win-benfica.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Branislav Ivanovic watched from the stands as Chelsea won its first Champions League last season. He eased the pain of missing that match through suspension by scoring an injury time winner Wednesday to give his team a 1-2 victory over Benfica and the Europa League title. "When you won one time, you want another one, this never stops. It ... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:20:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2088372-ivanovic-header-chelsea-2-1-win-benfica.html 2013-05-16T00:20:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2087734-eu-investigation-oil-price-fixing.html The European Union's executive arm, the Commission, on Tuesday said it had raided the offices of a number of oil industry companies for possible price-fixing. Here are some questions and answers on the investigation. — Which companies were raided and why? The EU Commission did not say which companies it is investigating. However, some firms have confirmed... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:07:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2087734-eu-investigation-oil-price-fixing.html 2013-05-15T17:07:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087120-dutch-sociologist-spains-asturias-prize.html MADRID (AP) — A Dutch sociologist has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias social sciences prize for her work in the field of globalization and urban sociology. The jury said that one of Saskia Sassen's greatest scientific contributions was "her concept of the 'global city', now accepted and used worldwide." The concept describes cities that are center... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:13:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2087120-dutch-sociologist-spains-asturias-prize.html 2013-05-15T13:13:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2084840-eusebio-amsterdam-to-inspire-benfica.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ever since Eusebio scored two goals to lead Benfica to its last European title, the Portuguese team has endured enough final heartache to fill an evening of mournful fado songs in a Lisbon bar. A 20-year-old Eusebio's goals helped Benfica to a 5-3 victory over Real Madrid in 1962 to make it back-to-back European Cup triumphs, but that nig... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:39:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2084840-eusebio-amsterdam-to-inspire-benfica.html 2013-05-14T18:39:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2083972-chelseas-eden-hazard-europa-league-final.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Chelsea will face Benfica in Wednesday's Europa League final without Eden Hazard after the gifted Belgium playmaker failed to recover in time from a hamstring injury. By comparison, Benfica only has to deal with hurt pride after it lost the Portuguese league lead to archrival FC Porto last weekend. If anything, Hazard's absence will dimin... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:26:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2083972-chelseas-eden-hazard-europa-league-final.html 2013-05-14T18:26:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2084784-kenyan-wants-to-skip-war-crimes-trial.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya asked international war crimes judges Tuesday if he can skip most of his trial and attend only its opening and closing sessions, and any other sessions judges deem particularly necessary. At a hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Ruto said he is seeking to balance hi... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:17:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2084784-kenyan-wants-to-skip-war-crimes-trial.html 2013-05-14T18:17:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2083944-dutch-wont-charge-company-israeli-barrier-case.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a blow to pro-Palestinian activists, Dutch authorities said Tuesday they will not prosecute a company on war crimes charges for renting out equipment to construct Israel's West Bank separation barrier. Dutch human rights lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld, who filed in 2010 on behalf of the Palestinian group al-Haq, said she was disa... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:26:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2083944-dutch-wont-charge-company-israeli-barrier-case.html 2013-05-14T10:26:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2082224-hundreds-bicyclists-pour-through-dutch-museum.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Guards removed the final barriers blocking the way, and a cheer went up from the crowd. Moments later, a small army mounted on bicycles of all shapes and sizes eagerly stormed the path that leads straight through the heart of the Netherlands' newly renovated national museum. Their bells were ringing all the way. It has taken Amsterdam's p... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2082224-hundreds-bicyclists-pour-through-dutch-museum.html 2013-05-13T19:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2081360-midfielder-phillip-cocu-hired-psv-coach.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Phillip Cocu has been appointed coach of PSV Eindhoven on a four-year contract, replacing Dick Advocaat. Cocu, who had two spells at PSV as a creative midfielder and also played for Barcelona and 101 times for the Netherlands, was caretaker coach in 2012 after Fred Rutten was fired. Cocu said Monday he aims to use his long tenure to impro... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:19:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2081360-midfielder-phillip-cocu-hired-psv-coach.html 2013-05-13T10:19:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2080238-psv-eindhoven-loses-2nd-dutch-league.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — PSV Eindhoven will play in the Champions League qualifying round next season after finishing second in the Dutch league following a 3-1 loss at FC Twente in the last round. Feyenoord is level on points with PSV after its 1-0 win over NAC Breda on Sunday but the Eindhoven team has a better goal difference. Vitesse Arnhem finished fourth af... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:02:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2080238-psv-eindhoven-loses-2nd-dutch-league.html 2013-05-12T16:02:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2071406-dutch-govt-website-attacked-suspect-extradited.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government said Wednesday its main website is being hacked, and also confirmed that a man suspected of participating in another major cyberattack on Swiss-British anti-spam watchdog group Spamhaus has been extradited from Spain to the Netherlands. The suspect, Sven Kamphuis, was arrested in Barcelona last month and extradited Mo... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:13:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2071406-dutch-govt-website-attacked-suspect-extradited.html 2013-05-08T15:13:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2070500-ing-quarter-earnings-rise-asset-sales.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch financial company ING Groep NV reported Wednesday that its first-quarter earnings rose as it sold businesses and improved profit margins at its banking arm. Its insurance arm reported a loss. Net profit was 1.80 billion euros ($2.36 billion), compared with 728 million euros in the same period a year ago. This quarter's figure includ... Wed, 08 May 2013 08:07:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2070500-ing-quarter-earnings-rise-asset-sales.html 2013-05-08T08:07:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2070512-insurer-aegon-quarter-profits-drop.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Aegon NV, the Dutch insurer that does most of its business in the United States under the Transamerica brand, says first quarter profits fell sharply due to stock market losses. Net profit was 204 million euros ($267 million), down from 525 million euros in the same period a year ago. Aegon said Wednesday that it lost 286 million euros on... Wed, 08 May 2013 06:59:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2070512-insurer-aegon-quarter-profits-drop.html 2013-05-08T06:59:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2068090-imfs-lagarde-criticizes-us-spending-cuts.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde criticized the U.S. government's budget policies as too tight on Tuesday, in an appearance in Amsterdam that was interrupted by student protestors. Lagarde said the U.S. government's debt reduction plans are too abrupt, including the $85 billion in federal budget cuts known as the sequest... Tue, 07 May 2013 16:24:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2068090-imfs-lagarde-criticizes-us-spending-cuts.html 2013-05-07T16:24:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2067940-refs-death-consequence-lack-sportsmanship.html Pete McCabe was sickened, but not surprised, by Saturday's tragic death of Ricardo Portillo, a week after the youth football referee was punched in the head by a 17-year-old player angry over a yellow card. McCabe knows only too well the dangers of officiating. Four years ago, two American Football teams were still on the field exchanging the traditional ... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:59:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2067940-refs-death-consequence-lack-sportsmanship.html 2013-05-07T07:59:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2067106-ally-slain-politician-suspects-political-motive.html WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — A close ally of a charismatic but divisive politician killed by two assailants in Curacao said Monday he believes the lawmaker was slain in some sort of politically motivated attack on the Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Donald Balentina, president of the Curacao political party founded by slain politician Hel... Tue, 07 May 2013 01:56:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2067106-ally-slain-politician-suspects-political-motive.html 2013-05-07T01:56:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2065530-wiggins-appearance-fee-armstrong.html ISCHIA, Italy (AP) — Bradley Wiggins didn't need to be recruited to the Giro d'Italia with a $1 million financial commitment like Lance Armstrong did. Last year's Tour de France champion came to race the Italian classic purely out of his own personal desire. Giro director and RCS Sport general director Michele Acquarone told The Associated Press in an int... Mon, 06 May 2013 07:30:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2065530-wiggins-appearance-fee-armstrong.html 2013-05-06T07:30:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2064102-ajax-clinches-dutch-championship.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax won its third straight Dutch league championship in style on Sunday, trouncing Willem II Tilburg 5-0 on goals from five different players. It is Ajax's 32nd Eredivisie title and guarantees the Amsterdam club a spot in the Champions League next season. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson headed in the first goal in the 12th minute and, when Christia... Sun, 05 May 2013 13:57:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2064102-ajax-clinches-dutch-championship.html 2013-05-05T13:57:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2062630-police-bust-drug-gang-with-plantations-spain.html MADRID (AP) — Officials say police have dismantled an organization that allegedly cultivated marijuana in Spain for sale in the Netherlands, frozen some of its assets and arrested 21 mostly Dutch suspects. The Interior Ministry said Saturday that more than a hundred agents, including Inland Revenue investigators from both countries, uncovered 15 plantatio... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:20:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2062630-police-bust-drug-gang-with-plantations-spain.html 2013-05-04T11:20:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2058398-dutch-ponder-police-to-hack.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled the draft of a law that would give police investigating online crimes the right to hack into computers in the Netherlands or abroad and install spyware or destroy files. Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten said Thursday that such actions would carried out only after the approval of a judge. The bill would also... Thu, 02 May 2013 13:50:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2058398-dutch-ponder-police-to-hack.html 2013-05-02T13:50:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of a man who sold horse meat labeled as Halal beef to two French traders, but reduced his punishment to a six-month suspended sentence and a 50,000-euro ($65,000) fine. Jan Fasen was convicted in 2012 for purchasing hundreds of thousands of kilograms of horsemeat from Brazil and Mexico... Thu, 02 May 2013 11:23:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2058176-dutch-horse-meat-trader-fined-halal-beef.html 2013-05-02T11:23:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2057884-shell-ceo-voser-to-retire-2014.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday Chief Executive Peter Voser will step down in early 2014, and the company reported lower first-quarter profits in the wake of a decline in oil prices. The departure comes as a surprise, as Voser is just 54 years old and is well-regarded within the industry. Shell broke with a longstanding tradition of alt... Thu, 02 May 2013 10:50:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2057884-shell-ceo-voser-to-retire-2014.html 2013-05-02T10:50:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2055674-van-gogh-museum-reopens-with-display-craft.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with "Van Gogh At Work," an exhibition that shows the famously tortured artist's working methods right down to his paints, brushes and other tools. Appropriately, the final painting curators hung Wednesday was a self-portrait in which Vincent Van Gog... Wed, 01 May 2013 15:29:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2055674-van-gogh-museum-reopens-with-display-craft.html 2013-05-01T15:29:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2052816-willem-alexander-dutch-king.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Millions of Dutch people dressed in orange flocked to celebrations around the Netherlands Tuesday in honor of a once-in-a-generation milestone for the country's ruling House of Orange-Nassau: after a 33-year reign, Queen Beatrix abdicated in favor of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander. At 46, King Willem-Alexander is the youngest monarch in... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:00:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2052816-willem-alexander-dutch-king.html 2013-04-30T22:00:03Z