Young Western Isles footballer selected to represent Scotland youth side in next month’s triple bill
A budding young football star from the Western Isles has reason to celebrate after being called up to represent her country.
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‘Vulnerable’ Van Gogh painting staying put in Amsterdam museum
A “full body scan” carried out on the Van Gogh Museum’s version of the Dutch master’s famous Sunflowers has shown the painting is not fit to travel because it is in a “stable but vulnerable” condition, the museum’s director said.
Pair of North Sea producers agree merger
North Sea oil producers Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE) and Dyas have agreed to merge, according to a report from Reuters.
Britain has ‘dropped the vase’ over Brexit ‘chaos’, says Dutch prime minister
Britain’s politicians and people have “dropped the vase” over Brexit and left the country in chaos, one of Theresa May’s closest EU allies has said.
Dutch court rejects 69-year-old man’s bid to be recognised as 49
Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband says he feels like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69.
Dutch court rejects positivity guru’s bid to be declared 20 years younger
A Dutch court has rejected the request of a self-styled positivity guru to shave 20 years off his age, in a case that drew worldwide attention.
Photo thought to be of Vincent van Gogh ‘is his brother’
A photo thought to be of a young Vincent van Gogh has turned out most likely to be of his brother Theo, experts said.
Dramatic footage shows high-speed train narrowly missing cyclist
A cyclist in the Netherlands must be thanking his lucky stars after surviving a very close call with a speeding train at a level crossing.
Dutch rail company to pay reparations for Second World War deportations
The Dutch national railway company says it will set up a commission to investigate how it can pay individual reparations for its role in mass deportations of Jews by Nazi occupiers during the Second World War.
Memphis Depay’s rap video met with praise and bewilderment online
Footballer Memphis Depay has shared a rap to mark his reaching five million followers on Instagram, but it’s been met with a mixed reaction online.
Dutch couple’s experiment with soya pays off
When it comes to high-yielding soya production, the Netherlands probably isn’t the first country that springs to mind.
Aberdeen City Council clamp down on staff travel despite plans to visit Belgium, Netherlands, Qatar, Japan and Mexico
Cash-counting council chiefs in Aberdeen are looking to clamp down on staff travel costs in an effort to deal with increasing financial pressures.
Tracks replace tyres in next generation
Tracks in place of tyres have become an established option on large tractors and also combine harvesters as a means of spreading the load over a larger soil surface area, and now the concept has been applied to self-propelled forage harvesters.
Scottish kirk in Rotterdam celebrates 375th anniversary – despite being destroyed by the Nazis
It has survived as a Scottish place of worship in the Netherlands since the 17th Century.
Dutch resort is a hidden gem
It has been a feast followed by a famine. After a month-long honeymoon to North America in 2012, the arrival of our daughter and son led to us not even getting on a plane since flying home from Canada, let alone leaving the country (unless you consider four nights in Berwick a foreign trip). We agreed it was time to put this right.
Scotland to face Netherlands at Pittodrie
Pittodrie Stadium will host an international friendly next month after the SFA arranged a friendly for Scotland against the Netherlands.
Health chiefs going Dutch to improve social care
Social care bosses are planning a foreign fact-finding mission to look into an innovative Dutch district nursing system.