Caribbean

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Fossils from the Dubois collection, taken from Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule, will be returned after more than a century in the Netherlands, kept at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden
Politics
Royal Collections probe finds dozens of colonial-era objects likely acquired unlawfully
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Cocaine seized on the Caribbean Sea, December 2022
Crime
Netherlands and France team up to fight drug trafficking in the Caribbean
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Doctor administering a vaccine to a child
Health
Researchers advise earlier RSV shots for infants in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba
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Several KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport. 21 May 2021
PoliticsBusiness
Extra Dutch flights to fetch travelers stranded in Antilles over the Venezuela situation
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Fire rises at Fort Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, following a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026.
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch citizens urged to leave Venezuela as KLM cancels Caribbean flights
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Close up of a plane at the airport on Curaçao
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Two near collisions between military, civil aircraft in Curaçao airspace
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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Nature
Tropical Storm Jerry prompts closures in Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint-Eustatius
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CrimePolitics
Ransomware attacks cripple government services across Dutch Caribbean islands
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A Marechaussee officer walking through Schiphol Airport. 19 July 2024
Crime
Internationally wanted watch thief arrested at Schiphol
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Sint Eustatius island
Business
ING to begin offering bank services to residents of Sint Eustatius and Saba
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Tiger Mosquito
Health
Three people have died from Dengue fever in Curaçao in a two-month span
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The Nieuw Amsterdam, a Holland America Line cruise ship, anchored off Half Moon Cay / Little San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. 7 October 2020
Crime1-1-2Business
Dutch Safety Board investigating cruise ship accident that killed two in the Bahamas
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2000 kilograms of cannabis seized by Dutch navy ship Zr. Ms. Groningen in the Caribbean on 22 August 2023.
Crime
Dutch naval crew seizes €60 million in drugs in Caribbean busts
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3,587 kilograms of cocaine found in a banana container at the port of Rotterdam, 26 June 2023
Crime
Massive €269 million cocaine shipment found in Rotterdam; More seized in Caribbean
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Kralendijk, Bonaire
PoliticsNatureCulture
Bonaire residents feel forgotten by Dutch politics regarding climate change problems
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Cocaine seized on the Caribbean Sea, December 2022
Crime
Authorities intercept 9.7 tons of cocaine in Caribbean Sea; 15 arrested
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Kralendijk, Bonaire
TechNature
Bonaire is at risk of flooding due to severe climate change, researchers say
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2,900 kilograms of drugs seized by by Dutch navy ship Zr. Ms. Groningen in the Caribbean on 10 August 2022
Crime
Dutch navy in the Caribbean seize over 4,500 kilos of drugs in one week
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ABN Amro
PoliticsBusiness
ABN Amro apologizes for historical links to slavery; Will not pay reparations
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Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem
PoliticsBusiness
Yacht linked to Russian oligarch in the Netherlands changed hands during invasion
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The Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam
Culture
Tropenmuseum plans permanent exhibit on Dutch colonial history
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Drugs found floating in the Caribbean during a bust. 28 Sept. 2020
Crime
Dutch Navy makes two large drug busts in the Caribbean; Up to €105m in cocaine
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465 kilos of cocaine seized on the Caribbean by Zr. Ms. Groningen, September 2020
Crime
Dutch marine ship intercepts drug transport in Caribbean
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Monkey and 445 kilos cocaine intercepted by the Zr. Ms. Groningen near Aruba, 8 September 2020
Crime
Dutch ship captures 445 kilos cocaine, Capuchin monkey near Aruba