Amsterdam: Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk on Saturday included 18-year-old defender Jetro Willems and winger Luciano Narsingh in his final 23-man European Championship squad that has a wealth of attacking options but could be frail in defence. The squad includes the topscorer from the English Premier League, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, and the German Bundesliga in Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Schalke. Van Persie will be hoping to carry his league...
03:52 PM, May 28, 2012
Amsterdam: Bulgaria surprised the Netherlands 2-1 on Saturday in a friendly that showed the World Cup runners-up are struggling to find their trademark fluency ahead of the European Championship. Substitute Ilian Micanski scored the winning header in injury time. Robin van Persie gave the Netherlands the lead on the stroke of half-time, running onto a pass over the Bulgaria defence by Wesley Sneijder and volleying home with his left foot...
10:02 AM, May 27, 2012
Rotterdam: Defenders Wilfred Bouma and Jetro Willems were the surprise names in the Netherlands squad for Euro 2012 with Vurnon Anita, Siem de Jong, Adam Maher and Jeremain Lens all missing out. Coach Bert van Marwijk cut his provisional 27-man squad to the required 23 ahead of a friendly against Bulgaria in Amsterdam later on Saturday. PSV Eindhoven's Bouma, 33, won his last cap for the Dutch during the previous...
07:12 PM, May 26, 2012
Amsterdam: Coach Bert van Marwijk included uncapped 18-year-old Adam Maher on Tuesday in his provisional 27-man Netherlands squad for the European Championship. The talented AZ Alkmaar midfielder made the cut as Van Marwijk trimmed down a 36-player roster ahead of a pre-tournament training camp in Switzerland. The squad has to be reduced again to 23 players by May 29. Van Marwijk sent home Urby Emmanuelson of AC Milan and Vitesse...
10:05 PM, May 16, 2012
Chennai: Here's some welcome news for burn victims. With the opening of a skin bank in the city on Wednesday, help is now at hand. The bank would harvest cadaver skin for use as biological dressing for burn victims, informed Dr S Murugusundaram, director of Chennai Skin Foundation and Yesudian Research Institute. The skin bank has been set up in association with Eurobank of Netherlands and Dr Dilip Shah of...
11:27 AM, Mar 08, 2012
London: A controversial mobile euthanasia programme has been launched in the Netherlands, sending specialised teams door-to-door to help patients end their lives, The Independent reported. The project, which has provoked sharp criticism from doctors, is the brainchild of the Dutch largely donor-funded pro-mercy killing group Right to Die NL. It follows the government's 2002 decision to legalise euthanasia, making the Netherlands the first country in the world to do so....
09:12 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Norwich: Wayne Rooney was ruled out of England's international friendly against the Netherlands by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson on Sunday, robbing the national team of another striker. Rooney has a throat infection which forced him out of United's past two matches, against Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday and Norwich in the Premier League on Sunday. "Wayne has still not recovered from his throat infection, so hopefully we'll...
01:43 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Tehran: Iran has stopped oil exports to six European states in retaliation for European Union sanctions imposed on the Islamic state's key export, its English-language Press TV reported on Wednesday. "Iran cuts its oil exports to six European countries," Press TV reported. Press TV said Iran has stopped exporting oil to Netherlands, Greece, France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. Brent crude oil prices were up $1 a barrel to $118.35 shortly...
06:37 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Amsterdam: The Dutch minority government plans to ban Muslim face veils such as burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face from next year. The ban would make the Netherlands, where 1 million out of 17 million people are Muslim, the second European Union country to ban the burqa after France, and would apply to face-covering veils if they were worn in public. "People should be able to...
09:52 AM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: A website promising to offer clear and non-judgemental information to the young on safe sex, homosexuality and other sex-related issues was launched on Friday. The site has two versions - lovematters.info in English and lovematters.in in Hindi - and was launched by Dutch international public broadcaster Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Apart from the website, people can access the information on their mobiles too. "Before coming to India, we conducted...
02:40 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Geneva: After France, Netherlands and Belgium, Switzerland is now on its way to become the fourth country in Europe to impose a ban on burqa, with lawmakers on Thursday voting for a far-right move to outlaw face veils in public. Swiss parliamentarians turned inwards on the sensitive issue of immigration on Thursday by endorsing a bill authored by a politician of a far-right party, that seeks to ban the wearing...
09:19 AM, Sep 29, 2011
London: The England, Netherlands friendly football match which was scheduled for Wednesday has been called off because of the London riots. The international fixture that was due to be played at Wembley has been cancelled and although further details are scarce it is believed to be because of police advice. Earlier, a statement from the club's official website reads: "The club were contacted this evening and told that all major...
02:48 PM, Aug 09, 2011
Amsterdam: The Dutch parliament on Wednesday passed a law banning telecommunications providers from charging their subscribers extra fees for Internet services such as Skype and instant messaging. The law is intended to preserve open access to the Internet at a time when some mobile operators in Europe are blocking or charging extra for specific voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services including Skype and instant messaging such as WhatsApp, used on...
12:37 PM, Jun 23, 2011
Oslo: Norway will scale down its fighter jet contribution in Libya from six to four planes and withdraw completely from the NATO-led operation by August 1, the government said on Friday. Defence Minister Grete Faremo said she expects understanding from NATO allies because Norway has a small air force and cannot "maintain a large fighter jet contribution during a long time." The announcement comes as the Obama administration puts pressure...
09:22 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Brussels: US officials say Defence Secretary Robert Gates pointedly prodded five allied nations on Wednesday to share more of the burden of the NATO-led air campaign against Libya. They say none committed to do more. Officials say Gates used his final NATO meeting before retirement to press Germany and Poland to join the military intervention, and Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands to contribute to strike missions against ground targets. The...
01:15 AM, Jun 09, 2011
After France and Switzerland, The Netherlands too is planning to ban the burqa in public. This comes as a part of a pact engineered by the newly elected minority coalition government in the country. ...
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10:51 AM, May 17, 2010
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11:24 PM, Mar 05, 2010
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