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Dutch Royals express sympathy for victims of Greece forest fires

Jul 24 '18 14:43

El Al plane crash memorialized at Amsterdam crash site 25 years later

Oct 5 '17 13:30

The 25th anniversary of an El Al cargo plane crashing into two apartment buildings in Bijlmermeer, was commemorated in Amsterdam-Zuidoost on Wednesday. The accident killed 39 local residents and the four crew members on the plane.

Dutch police to improve crisis deployment; inexperienced officers used in MH17 disaster

Apr 20 '17 07:38

Crime Top Stories

The National Police wants to improve the manner in which it selects officers deployed to crisis situations, according to an internal assessment by the police about the MH17 disaster newspaper AD got hold of. Some of the police officers put on the MH17 case were too inexperienced or turned out not to be suitable for work in a disaster area, the assessment said, according to the newspaper.

MH17 survivors turn to EU for help getting information

Aug 31 '16 07:54

Crime

Relatives of MH17 victims asked the European Union for help in getting more information on the plane crash in eastern Ukraine in July 2014. They want the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to put pressure on those involved to release, among other things, missing radar image

Half of MH17 survivors at risk of severe psychiatric problems

May 31 '16 11:55

Health

A massive 53 percent of the people who lost a relative in the MH17 disaster on July 17th, 2014 are at risk of developing severe psychiatric problems, according to a study done by a group of Dutch mourning experts. One in eight of the survivors already suffered with severe mental health problems a year after the disaster

80 investigators assigned to bring MH17 perpetrators to justice

Mar 8 '16 09:57

Crime

A team of 80 police officers are assigned to the criminal investigation into the MH17 disaster. They are working from both the Netherlands and Ukraine, according to Wilbert Paulissen, head of the national detectives

Report: Russia leaders sent missile that struck MH17 to Ukraine

Feb 24 '16 07:38

Crime

The head of the Russian army and President Vladimir Putin made the decision to send the BUK missile system that shot down flight MH17 to the front in Ukraine. They are therefore responsible for the MH17 disaster, according to international research collective Bellingcat in a report they published on Wednesday

Flood victim identified 62 years after Zeeland disaster

Jun 19 '15 09:45

A second victim of the Zeeland flood disaster, which happened 62 years ago, has been identified based on a DNA match. The victim is 38 year old Maartje Verhelst from Nieuwerkerk. The announcement was made at a meeting for survivors in Ouwerkerk on Thursday night, Omroep Zeeland reports.

Remains, wreckage from MH17 returns to NL on Saturday

Feb 5 '15 17:54

A Dutch military transport aircraft will arrive on Saturday at the Eindhoven Airbase with the victim remains and wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster. The plane is scheduled to land at 4 p.m., the government stated on Thursday.

Government knew Ukraine airspace dangers

Jan 9 '15 13:37

Politics

The Ukrainian government did inform the Dutch government about the dangerous situation in the country's airspace before the shooting down of the flight MH17. The Dutch government however did not pass the information forward to the airlines, according to the government's response to parliamentary questions. MPs have asked for clarification on the issue.

Another earthquake rattles Groningen

Jan 6 '15 12:59

Nature

Groningen experienced yet another earthquake at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. The area of Loppersum, Groningen felt a 2.7 magnitude quake on Richter scale, according to the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).

Timmermans criticized for MH17 "oxygen mask" revelation

Oct 9 '14 12:18

The families of victims of the flight MH17 disaster were never told that a victim was found with an oxygen mask still around his neck.

Details emerge about Monster Truck Victims, driver

Sep 29 '14 16:36

Weird

Out of respect and sympathy for the victims of the monster truck accident yesterday, Haaksbergen gave very little information about their backgrounds.

Monster truck crashes into crowd; At least 2 dead, Dozens hurt

Sep 28 '14 18:10

Weird Top Stories

Dozens of adults and children were injured Sunday at an automotive event when a driver lost control of his monster truck, crashing into the attendees gathered at the function in Haaksbergen, Overijssel. Local news agency JouwHaaksbergen.nl says one bystander has died, though at one witness at the scene say that at least two people are dead, and another had severe lacerations to the face.

MH17 National Memorial considered

Jul 30 '14 11:51

Politics

Minister Ivo Opstelten of Security and Justice wants a national monument to remember the victims of the tragic MH17 plane crash. Of the 298 victims of that disaster, 193 were Dutch.

Schiphol to get permanent MH17 memorial

Jul 25 '14 14:34

The Netherlands' main airport, Schiphol, will get a permanent memorial to remember the 298 people killed in the tragic plane crash in eastern Ukraine last week.

Not knowing is the worst

Nov 12 '13 14:50

Filipinos in Amsterdam are distraught by the news about typhoon Haiyan. Contact with friends and family is impossible. Meanwhile, five hundred Amsterdam Filipinos came forward to help

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