Europe

A 4,000-year-old shrine was recently unearthed in the Netherlands which has been dubbed the "Stonehenge of the Netherlands." This remarkable site, dating back around 4,000 years, comprises a burial mound that also functioned as a primitive form of solar calendar. Within...

One person has died and dozens have been injured, many seriously, after a passenger train derailed in the south of the Netherlands in the early hours of Tuesday. Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train transporting about...

The Netherlands will be under a strict Christmastime lockdown in order to curb the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, making it the first European country to take the drastic measure in response to the mutation. Prime Minister Mark Rutte...

Greek, Armenian and Syriac genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century were recognized by the Netherlands earlier in the week.

A 31-year-old Greek man is being held by Dutch authorities, suspected for killing his partner, a 47-year-old woman he was living with. According to Dutch media, the woman was found dead at her home late on Monday night. Later, a...

Greek restaurant Filoxenia ("hospitality" in Greek) in the seaside village of Zandvoort, the Netherlands, has gained increasing reputation due to its delicious Greek dishes. Babatsia family, owners of the restaurant, left Greece and immigrated to the Netherlands 17 years ago.  They recently celebrated...

A new solidarity movement towards Greece and its people is expanding on the Internet. This time it comes from the Netherlands, where Greek residents of the country have created a Facebook group account entitled “Support Greece”. The Group's mission is...

Two exhibitions concerning Alexander the Great are on display in the Netherlands.  One is at the Amsterdam Hermitage and the other is at Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. The exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum is about “Alexander the...

The popularity of Dutch universities is rising among Greek students as 2,500 of young Greeks who want to study abroad have chosen to do so in the Netherlands. Despite the economic crisis in Greece, there are currently 2,500 Greeks enrolled...

EU aid to help workers made redundant in various industries in Greece, Spain, The Netherlands and Romania to find new jobs was approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) funding, which would complement...

According to the Dutch news program RTL Nieuws, the Ministry of Finance announced that Greece is not in the position to avoid bankruptcy. The Dutch government noted that bankruptcy is a matter of time and the question is not...

A permanent exhibition multiplex will launch in Holland in September. It will provide the opportunity to Greek businesses to carry out thematic presentations, and to large cultural organizations to approach the Dutch market. The aim is to increase tourism in Greece, by reactivating the EOT's Office in the Netherlands. A special event was held over the previous...

A total of 118 people have now been declared dead in the floods that have ravaged Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium this week.

Greece and Turkey on Thursday will formally join the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), a German-led missile defense project, according to Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias. ESSI is a project to build a ground-based integrated European air defense system that...

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of seeds from a poisonous plant in a rural Roman settlement in the Netherlands that may have been used as a hallucinogenic drug. The seeds discovered at the settlement of Houten-Castellum originate from the poisonous plant...