Netherlands

Thin ice: Europeans warned not to skate on thawing canals after spate of accidents
Video of one skater’s unceremonious fall through an icy canal in the Netherlands has been viewed more than 5m times
Helen Sullivan
16, Feb, 2021 @3:22 AM

Rembrandt and slavery: did the great painter have links to this abhorrent trade?
No artist is more celebrated for their compassion and empathy. So why has the Dutch master’s work been included in a shocking new show linking art and the slave trade?
Jonathan Jones
09, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

'We want our riches back' – the African activist taking treasures from Europe's museums
Mwazulu Diyabanza has been fined and jailed for entering museums and forcibly removing ‘pillaged’ African artefacts. He tells our writer why the British Museum is now in his sights
Kim Willsher
07, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM

Boy, 16, found alive after stowing away on plane from Kenya to Netherlands
Teenager taken to hospital with hypothermia after surviving sub-zero temperatures for several hours
Molly Blackall
06, Feb, 2021 @4:57 PM

A quarter of people in France, Germany and the US may refuse Covid vaccine
Survey finds hesitancy related to trust in government, and more acute in younger people
Jon Henley
04, Feb, 2021 @2:03 PM

EU leaders begin to feel heat over slow Covid vaccine rollout
Merkel and Macron defend bloc’s policy as vaccination numbers lag behind those of Israel, UK and US
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
03, Feb, 2021 @5:23 PM

Amsterdam to move sex workers out of city centre in tourism ‘reset’
Brothel windows in red light district to be closed and ‘erotic centre’ set up elsewhere instead
Daniel Boffey in Brussels
01, Feb, 2021 @3:25 PM

Hundreds arrested at anti-lockdown protests in Brussels, Budapest and Vienna
Large numbers join rallies against Covid restrictions, with neo-Nazis in Austrian capital refusing to disband
Michael Safi and agencies
31, Jan, 2021 @7:10 PM

From lockdowns to pool parties: how Covid rules vary around the world
Countries have adopted different rules on business activity, education, socialising and travel
Guardian reporters
30, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM

Germany to push on with Covid travel ban plan as EU tries to coordinate rules
Berlin planning to ban travel from UK, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa to stop spread of variants
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
28, Jan, 2021 @5:36 PM

EU's vaccine supply issues mean light at end of tunnel that much further away
Analysis: Frustration around restrictions in Netherlands could be voiced in other countries
Daniel Boffey
27, Jan, 2021 @7:40 PM

Italian politics and Dutch protests add to Europe's Covid woes
Spain reports record number of third-wave daily deaths, France holds off on lockdown, and Germany discusses flights cut
Sam Jones in Madrid, Angela Giuffrida in Rome, Jon Henley and Kim Willsher in Paris
26, Jan, 2021 @4:37 PM
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