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Dutch soldier; Flag of the Netherlands on military uniform
Politics
Nearly half of Dutch lack confidence in government handling of rising defense spending
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte pointing past a grinning Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof while speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump at the start of the NATO Summit in The Hague. 24 June 2025
Politics
Dutch worried about crumbling international legal order, Netherlands' resilience
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Police stand outside the Cheider Jewish School on Zeelandstraat in the Buitenveldert district after an overnight explosion damaged an exterior wall of the Orthodox Jewish primary and secondary school. March 14, 2026
CrimePolitics
Iran war making Netherlands less safe: Experts expect attacks on Jewish & U.S. targets
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A container for ASML extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machinery is loaded into an airplane. May 2021
PoliticsBusinessTechInnovation
ASML sold chip machine parts to Chinese military & quantum research institutes last year
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One of buildings of children's hospital Okhmatdyt in Kyiv after Russian missile attack on Ukraine on 8 July 2024
CrimePolitics
New Dutch chips regularly found in Russian weapons despite sanctions
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees arrive in the Netherlands per week, but influx levels off
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Chinese Marine soldiers of Peoples Liberation Army on parade
Business
European universities partnered with Chinese military on 3,000 studies in two decades
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Drone flying over clouds
Politics
The Netherlands must ban use of ‘killer robots’: Belhaj