AMSTERDAM—Apple said on Saturday it would allow developers of dating apps in the Netherlands to offer non-Apple payment options to their users, complying with an order from the country’s market regulator to do so by Jan. 15 or face fines. The country’s Authority for Consumers and Markets found in a decision published on Dec. 24…
Apple Complies With Dutch Watchdog Ruling on Payment Options in Netherlands
New Dutch H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Will See 190,000 Chickens Culled
AMSTERDAM—Around 190,000 chickens on two neighbouring farms in the east of the Netherlands will be culled after the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus was detected on one of the farms, Dutch health authorities said on Tuesday night. It is the second bird flu outbreak reported in the Netherlands this week, after a similar discovery…
Dutch Former Queen Beatrix Tests Positive for COVID-19
Dutch former queen Beatrix, 83, has tested positive for COVID-19, the royal information service RVD said in a statement Saturday. Princess Beatrix, as she has been known since her abdication in 2013, got tested after coming down with “mild cold symptoms,” the statement said. “The princess is at home in isolation and adheres to the…
Couple Detained on Plane After Leaving Dutch Quarantine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Dutch military police arrested a husband and wife Sunday who had left a hotel where they were being quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 and boarded a plane. Local media reported that the couple were trying to fly home to Spain. A spokeswoman for the local security authority that covers Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport…
Dutch Police Detain Dozens in a 2nd Night of COVID-19 Rioting
AMSTERDAM—Five police officers were injured in the Netherlands and at least 28 people detained across three provinces as violent protests against COVID-19 restrictions continued for a second night into Sunday. Dutch authorities used water canon, dogs, and mounted police to stop rioting youths who set fires and threw fireworks in the worst disturbances since a…
Dutch Health Body Urges Booster Shots for Those 60 and Over
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The Dutch health council advised the government Tuesday to begin giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to everybody 60 and older and residents of nursing homes, saying it was seeing indications that COVID-19 protection was waning among older people. “To get ahead of an increase in serious illness, the council advises the health minister…
Dutch Woman Brought to Virginia to Face Terrorism Charge
October 30, 2021
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A Dutch woman charged seven years ago with raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial. Farhia Hassan, 38, made an initial appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria after being brought to the U.S. on Thursday on charges of conspiring to provide material…
Uber Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors, Says Dutch Court
AMSTERDAM—Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, and so entitled to greater workers’ rights under local labor laws, a Dutch court ruled on Monday, handing a setback to the U.S. company’s European business model. The Amsterdam District Court sided with the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV), which had argued that Uber’s roughly 4,000 drivers in…
US Women’s Soccer Advances to Quarterfinals After 0–0 Draw With Australia
KASHIMA, Japan—The United States did what was necessary to advance at the Tokyo Olympics, it just wasn’t exactly the high-flying offensive juggernaut that the Americans are known for. The U.S. women made it through to the quarterfinals of the women’s soccer tournament after a 0–0 draw with Australia on Tuesday in an stadium mainly empty…
Nike Loses Fight Against EU Probe Into Dutch Tax Deal
BRUSSELS—U.S. sportswear maker Nike on Wednesday lost its fight to stop a probe into its Dutch tax affairs, as Europe’s second-highest court backed an EU investigation opened two years ago. The EU case was part of a crackdown on multinationals’ sweetheart tax deals with EU countries that Brussels says gives them an unfair advantage, among…
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