Dutch PM claims victory for party in elections Sep 13th, 2012 - 03:20h (CET +01.00) Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte has claimed victory for his conservative VVD party in national elections. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, claims, victory, party, elections, Top Keywords

A look at the key leaders in Dutch election Sep 12th, 2012 - 09:00h (CET +01.00) A glance at the leaders of the main parties taking part in Wednesday's Dutch elections. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : look, leaders, dutch, election, elections, Top Keywords

Dutch vote to test EU popularity in tough times Sep 9th, 2012 - 08:50h (CET +01.00) The Netherlands has long been a source of inspiration for closer European integration - and a bellwether of European discontent. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, vote, test, popularity, tough, times, Top Keywords

Dutch Labor party surges in polls Sep 8th, 2012 - 14:30h (CET +01.00) With less than a week to go before national elections, an abrupt rise in the popularity of the brainy new leader of the Netherlands' Labor Party, Diederik Samsom, has conservative Prime Minister Mark Rutte suddenly fighting to hang on to his sli... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, labor, party, surges, polls, times, Top Keywords

Stoner voters targeted in Dutch election campaign Sep 4th, 2012 - 15:00h (CET +01.00) With slogans like "Don't let your vote go up in smoke!", owners of the free-wheeling cafes where bags of hashish are sold alongside cups of coffee are mounting a get-out-the-stoner-vote campaign ahead of next week's Dutch election... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stoner, voters, targeted, dutch, election, campaign, Top Keywords

Dutch populist leader takes aim at EU _ and flops Aug 31st, 2012 - 11:20h (CET +01.00) With his mane of platinum-blond hair, Geert Wilders rose to prominence by hammering away at a hardcore anti-Islam message. Now, as the Netherlands heads into elections with economic crisis raging across the continent, Wilders has taken aim at a diffe... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, populist, leader, takes, flops, campaign, Top Keywords

Dutch F16s escort Spanish jet to Schiphol Aug 29th, 2012 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) The Netherlands scrambled two F16 fighter jets Wednesday to escort a Spanish passenger plane to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after air traffic controllers could not make contact with the aircraft's crew. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, f16s, escort, spanish, schiphol, campaign, Top Keywords

Dutch fire nine past Britain to reach final Aug 9th, 2012 - 23:50h (CET +01.00) The Netherlands crushed Great Britain 9-2 on Thursday to reach the men's hockey final where they will tackle defending champions Germany for the gold medal. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, fire, past, britain, reach, final, Top Keywords

Dutch win shoot-out, face Argentina in final Aug 8th, 2012 - 23:20h (CET +01.00) Defending champions Netherlands won the first ever Olympic Games hockey shoot-out to beat New Zealand and set-up a women's final against Argentina on Wednesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, shootout, face, argentina, final, final, Top Keywords

Dutch diplomat named top NATO civilian in Afghanistan Aug 7th, 2012 - 14:30h (CET +01.00) NATO on Tuesday named Dutchman Maurits Jochems as its next senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, replacing British ambassador Simon Gass. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dutch, diplomat, named, nato, civilian, afghanistan, Top Keywords