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''We have to act now to prevent a worst-case scenario,'' said Prime Minister Mark Rutte. ''Without measures, we could be witnessing an uncontrollable situation at the start of January.'' Nations [...]

Mark Rutte, who has weathered a scandal and criticism for overstaying his welcome, will be prime minister for a fourth term. After nine months of negotiations among a group of [...]

Inger Stojberg was sentenced to two months' incarceration after being found by a court to have illegally ordered the separations of married migrant couples in which at least one person [...]

The prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said she did not know the government lacked legal authority to order the mass slaughter of 17 million minks after infected animals passed the virus [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink Extreme rainfall is causing deadly and destructive floods globally. The Netherlands averted disaster this summer by creating flood plains. The Netherlands, accustomed to wet weather, was midway [...]

Extreme rainfall is causing deadly and destructive floods globally. The Netherlands averted disaster this summer by creating flood plains. The Netherlands, accustomed to wet weather, was midway through what would [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink Lale Gul's autobiographical and sexually frank tale of a woman breaking with her conservative Muslim culture, and her strict parents, is a best seller in the Netherlands. [...]

Lale Gul's autobiographical and sexually frank tale of a woman breaking with her conservative Muslim culture, and her strict parents, is a best seller in the Netherlands. ''I'm done hiding,'' [...]

Peter R. de Vries, who was shot in the head last week, ''fought until the end,'' his family said in a statement. Two suspects have been arrested. AMSTERDAM -- A [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink For the next two decades, the scenic city and tourist magnet is going to look more like one gigantic construction site. It was a rainy evening in [...]

For the next two decades, the scenic city and tourist magnet is going to look more like one gigantic construction site. It was a rainy evening in April when Marlies [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Christina Anderson The government is turning an old research base above the Arctic Circle into a state-of-the-art satellite launching center. The reindeer will not be happy. [...]

A dancing finger, chained demons and a victory for Italian rockers. But Eurovision, the largest music contest in the world, is more than just weird. ROTTERDAM -- The Italian band [...]

The government is turning an old research base above the Arctic Circle into a state-of-the-art satellite launching center. The reindeer will not be happy. KIRUNA, Sweden -- The path to [...]

For years, right-wing populists have been a driving force in the Netherlands. But this week a pan-European party called Volt shook things up. Lost among the mostly humdrum national elections [...]

Mark Rutte's party convincingly won the Dutch elections. But wins by liberal-democrats can force him to compromise on his critical European stances. LEIDEN, the Netherlands -- Mark Rutte, one of [...]

Millions of people have received the vaccine without safety problems, and there is no evidence of any causal link between the vaccine and blood clots. Health authorities in three European [...]

A parliamentary report concluded that tax authorities unfairly targeted poor families over child care benefits. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire cabinet stepped down. Prime Minister Mark Rutte of [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink Dutch officials seized packed lunches from truck drivers entering the European Union from Britain under import rules that came into effect at the start of this year. [...]

Dutch officials seized packed lunches from truck drivers entering the European Union from Britain under import rules that came into effect at the start of this year. A ham sandwich [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink The Dutch city, in an effort to crack down on growing numbers of low-budget 'drug tourists' and organized crime, plans to forbid the sale of marijuana to [...]

Parliament has approved an emergency law allowing the government to place limits on public places, fine individuals and order businesses to close down. Sweden, which has long shunned lockdowns and [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Christina Anderson The country has been keeping restaurants and bars open, trying not to let the pandemic disrupt life. But the second wave is forcing the [...]

No one was injured in the rare attack on a diplomatic mission in the Netherlands. AMSTERDAM -- At least one gunman opened fire outside the Saudi Embassy in The Hague, [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink They have long prided themselves on an efficient government, some say to the point of smugness. Ranking high in the rate of daily infections is forcing a [...]

They have long prided themselves on an efficient government, some say to the point of smugness. Ranking high in the rate of daily infections is forcing a reckoning. AMSTERDAM -- [...]

After having weathered high death rates when it resisted a lockdown in the spring, Sweden now has one of Europe's lowest rates of daily new cases. Whether that is an [...]

The program aims to counter social media that bombards young people with images of perfect bodies. COPENHAGEN -- ''OK, children, does anyone have a question?'' the TV show's host, Jannik [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Martin Selsoe Sorensen The program aims to counter social media that bombards young people with images of perfect bodies. COPENHAGEN - 'OK, children, does anyone have [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Andrew E. Kramer Stockholm reinforced its defenses on a strategic island, amid military activity in the Baltic Sea that has 'not been seen since the Cold [...]

Stockholm reinforced its defenses on a strategic island, amid military activity in the Baltic Sea that has ''not been seen since the Cold War.'' STOCKHOLM -- Holiday makers in Sweden [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink Fearing the country's lax approach to combating the coronavirus, Sweden's Scandinavian neighbors have all closed their borders to Swedes. Every summer for the past 13 years, fans [...]

Fearing the country's lax approach to combating the coronavirus, Sweden's Scandinavian neighbors have all closed their borders to Swedes. Every summer for the past 13 years, fans of Nordic culture [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Christina Anderson When a Chinese manufacturer swept in to save the Swedish car marque, it was warmly welcomed. A decade later, plans for a fuller merger [...]

When a Chinese manufacturer swept in to save the Swedish car marque, it was warmly welcomed. A decade later, plans for a fuller merger are being debated in a frostier [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Christina Anderson A prosecutor said there was 'reasonable evidence' that the man who shot the Swedish prime minister was Stig Engstrom, a graphic designer, who took [...]

A prosecutor said there was ''reasonable evidence'' that the man who shot the Swedish prime minister was Stig Engstrom, a graphic designer, who took his own life in 2000. Bedeviled [...]

At a time when populists are overturning social norms, Prime Minister Mark Rutte did not visit his mother in the weeks before her death. It was against his country's policies. [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink and Henrik Pryser Libell At first, the disappearance of the wife of one of the country's richest people seemed to be an abduction. But then suspicion turned [...]

At first, the disappearance of the wife of one of the country's richest people seemed to be an abduction. But then suspicion turned on the husband. FJELLHAMAR, Norway -- Her [...]

Byline: Thomas Erdbrink Life in one of the world's most complex border towns was made even more puzzling when Dutch and Belgian officials took very different approaches to handling the [...]

Life in one of the world's most complex border towns was made even more puzzling when Dutch and Belgian officials took very different approaches to handling the coronavirus. BAARLE-HERTOG-NASSAU -- [...]

The country was an outlier in Europe, trusting its people to voluntarily follow the protocols. Many haven't, but it does not seem to have hurt them. STOCKHOLM -- She stood [...]

The Dutch dominated a global, multibillion-dollar industry employing tens of thousands and spawning millionaire D.J.'s. On Tuesday, it was shuttered. AMSTELVEEN, the Netherlands -- It would have been a routine [...]

TEHRAN -- A suicide bomber killed at least 27 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and wounded 13 on a bus in a restive region of southeast Iran on [...]

TEHRAN -- All her life Yalda Moayeri, a 37-year-old photojournalist from Iran, has struggled with men. She has dealt with mansplaining colleagues, Iranian censors and the country's security forces. Some [...]

TEHRAN -- Braving a drenching rain, Iranians came out in droves on Monday to march up Revolution Street to the capital's Freedom Monument, including families pushing strollers decorated with balloons [...]

In February of 1979, Tehran was in chaos. A cancer-stricken Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Western-backed autocrat, had gone into exile in mid-January, leaving behind a rickety regency council. On Feb. [...]

TEHRAN -- Wherever Asal Bahrierad goes, her Shih Tzu terrier, Teddy, follows. The 31-year-old Iranian even slept in her car with Teddy for three nights, she said, when visiting with [...]