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King Willem-Alexander visited with disgruntled farmers to hear their pleas for help against the green agenda of the government of Mark Rutte.

The Dutch government said the timeline for the imposition of climate standards is not up for discussion in the second meeting with farmers.

Amsterdam will accommodate at least 1,000 migrants on a cruise ship as the Netherlands seeks to end an immigration accommodation crisis.

EU ministers talk ramping up weapons production, boost training for the Ukrainian troops and inflict heavier costs on Russia.

A man was convicted of dumping straw on a Dutch road in one of the first cases stemming from widespread protests by farmers.

The Dutch farmers have unveiled plans to protest during the famed Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) bicycle race later this month.

The Dutch farmers have characterised the first round of negotiations with Prime Minister Mark Rutte as disappointing, with some declaring “stronger” actions will follow the meeting.

Dutch farmers once again took to the motorways to deploy flaming bales of hay as road blocks ahead of negotiations with the government.

Dutch farmers blocked a paper factory on Wednesday with their tractors to protest the double standards of the government’s green agenda.

Police were filmed forcefully cracking down on a protest from a Dutch farmer group over the removal of an anti-government mural.

Major highways were shut down as the direct action taken by Dutch farmers to blockade roads with manure and burning bales of hay continued.

In protest against the governments plans to shut down vast swaths of farmlands, Dutch farmers dumped manure on highways across the country.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ignored cries of anger and desperation from farmers and provincial officials last weekend by pressing ahead with a climate change agenda that will dramatically reduce Canada’s use of fertilizer – the same ruinous strategy that drove Dutch farmers into revolt and destroyed the agriculture of Sri Lanka.

State control over food production enables deep control over people, Eva Vlaardingerbroek said of the Dutch farmers’ protests.

Dutch lawyer and independent political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek discusses the Dutch farmers protesting against a draconian environmental proposal that could put them out of business and lead to food shortages.

Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek told Breitbart News that her homeland is being used as a “pilot” for the Great Reset agenda.

MAASLAND, Netherlands (AP) – Bales of hay lie burning along Dutch highways. Supermarket shelves stand empty because distribution centres are blocked by farmers. Then, at dusk, a police officer pulls his pistol and shoots at a tractor.

Police in five European countries took part in an operation on Tuesday aimed at dismantling a large migrant smuggling network that organised crossings of at least 10,000 migrants across the English Channel, arresting dozens of people.

Police in The Netherlands fired gunshots at farmers who were protesting the implementation of EU-based climate rules on nitrogen emmissions.

Farmers protesting plans to reduce emissions that could put many out of business have continued blocking supermarket distribution centres.

Dutch farmers angry at government plans to slash emissions protested with tractors, the latest actions in a summer of discontent.

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

The Dutch central bank apologized for the institution’s involvement in the 19th-century slave trade, the latest such expression of contrition.

A German-led European police taskforce claims to have arrested eight “highly dangerous” people smugglers and 127 others who operated a major migrant smuggling network that allegedly helped 10,000 enter Europe illegally. The European Union police agency Europol announced the results

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.

European universities have collaborated on thousands of joint projects with institutions tied to China’s military, an investigation claimed.

Prosecutors said a Rwandan man has been arrested on an extradition request, with suspicion that he was involved in the 1994 genocide.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch brewing giant Heineken says it is pulling out of Russia amid Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

The Australian and Dutch governments instigated a joint legal case Monday against Russia in an effort to hold Moscow accountable for its alleged role in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

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.

Residents of the Dutch city of Rotterdam are so unhappy with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his $485 million superyacht that many are planning to launch rotten eggs at the billionaire’s boat. 

French police have squared off with protesters attempting to establish a Canadian-style convoy in Paris in response to coronavirus measures.

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday insisted the shocking viral video of a Dutch TV journalist getting dragged away from his camera in mid-broadcast by Beijing Winter Olympics security guards was actually “reasonable and justified,” but “anti-China forces” have magnified the incident into a major free speech scandal.

Shops, bars and restaurants in a southern Dutch town opened Friday in a protest action in response to weeks of coronavirus lockdown measures.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch King Willem-Alexander is swearing in a new ruling coalition Monday, led for the fourth time by Mark Rutte, amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown and policy challenges ranging from climate change to housing shortages to the future of agriculture.

AMSTERDAM (AP) – Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square.