Amsterdam

Rappers Bob Vylan mocked the death of Charlie Kirk during an Amsterdam performance, and reportedly told their fans to attack “fascists”.

An apparently transgender pro-Palestine activist was arrested on Saturday after allegedly defacing a war memorial in Amsterdam with spray paint.

“If Jerusalem falls, Athens, Paris, or Amsterdam are next,” warned firebrand Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders during a heated Dutch parliamentary clash following the collapse of his coalition government.

Across the Netherlands, people donned orange clothes – from tuxedos to feather boas – and boats packed with revelers clogged Amsterdam’s canals to celebrate their king’s birthday Saturday.

Dutch police have revealed that the suspect in the Amsterdam mass stabbing on Thursday is a 30-year-old Ukrainian from the war-torn region on Donetsk.

Police say they are investigating a potential motiv after a mass stabbing in the historic centre of Amsterdam saw at least five injured.

Men involved in violence which erupted around a Uefa Europa League football match between a Dutch club and Israel´s Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Israelis in Europe warned to “categorically avoid” being visibly Jewish, yet finding an match to watch is becoming increasingly difficult.

Riots broke out in Amsterdam on Monday evening as hordes of young men dressed in black set fires, threw rocks, and shot off makeshift missile fireworks, just days after a “Jew hunt” in the city following an Israeli soccer match.

The Islamist “Jew hunt” following a soccer match in Amsterdam last week was premeditated and organised on messaging apps before the game, a report has found.

Dutch authorities confirmed Saturday that none of the 62 people arrested Thursday was involved in the actual attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam during what has been described as an Islamist “Jew hunt”.

The power behind the Dutch government and the leader of the country’s largest party Geert Wilders has demanded deportations.

A “pogrom” of Israeli football supporters saw police overwhelmed by motorcycle gangs hunting Jewish people in Amsterdam.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent two planes to Amsterdam in The Netherlands to rescue Israelis from rampaging pro-Palestinian mobs who attacked them in the streets after the local Ajax soccer team defeated Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The statue honouring Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Amsterdam’s Merwedeplein Square was graffitied with the word “Gaza” in red paint.

Rapper Nicki Minaj is alleging that her arrest on drug charges in Amsterdam on Saturday is a racist conspiracy leveled against her.

Witnesses offered counselling after a “horrible” death where a person “walked into the engine” of a passenger jet. 

Student protests gaining momentum across Europe, following similar actions in the U.S. universities where several encampments have spread out.

Police in the Dutch capital said that their action was “necessary to restore order” after protests turned violent.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters converged on Amsterdam on Sunday as the Dutch city unveiled the National Holocaust Museum.

A string of apparently gang war-style bombings broke out in Amsterdam following the shooting and killing of a local rapper.

Pop star and Joe Biden campaigner Lizzo is being hit with a lawsuit by three former tour dancers who allege that they were subjected to sexual harassment and a hostile workplace environment. They also claim they were pressured to touch nude dancers during a live sex show.

Amsterdam museum severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Supporters of the Morocco football team rioted in Brussels on Sunday to celebrate their victory over their host country, Belgium.

Oct. 9 (UPI) — Sosie Bacon’s horror movie, “Smile,” is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend, earning an additional $17.6 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Dutch prosecutors arrested a 27-year-old Polish man suspected of organizing the killing of well-known crime reporter Peter R. de Vries.

A Dutch court is examining evidence of the fatal shooting of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who was brazenly gunned down almost a year ago.

A gunman held a hostage at the Amsterdam Apple Store demanded a ransom of €200mn in crypto before he was run over by a police car.

Europe’s security could be under threat as security scanners in sensitive spots were revealed Thursday to have been manufactured by a Chinese Communist Party-backed company.

An MEP has called out the ‘brutal’ actions of police at lockdown protests in Europe, drawing comparisons to the old communist regimes.

A United Nations official has slammed the ‘savagery’ of officers during a lockdown protest in the Netherlands, prompting Dutch police to complain to the UN.

Video footage has emerged appearing to show a police dog mauling a man at an anti-lockdown protest held in Amsterdam on Sunday.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch music fans have been banned for months from going to large-scale festivals due to coronavirus restrictions. On Saturday, the festivals came to them. Hundreds of performers and festival organizers held marches through six Dutch cities on Saturday to protest what they argue are unfair restrictions that have forced the cancellation of summer music festivals and other events. Thousands of people attended one of the “Unmute Us” marches in Amsterdam, walking and dancing behind a convoy of trucks carrying DJs and sound systems pumping out music.

Dutch veteran crime journalist Peter R. de Vries died on Thursday, just over a week after he was shot point-blank on the streets of Amsterdam.   De Vries, 64, passed away Thursday after fighting for his life for just over a week

Dutch police have arrested three suspects in connection with the shooting of veteran crime journalist Peter R de Vries, who was shot in the centre of Amsterdam earlier this week.

A Dutch court convicted a 32-year-old woman and sentenced her to six years’ imprisonment Tuesday for involvement in war crimes.