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BERLIN (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out anew against the Netherlands and European nations, repeating an assertion that the Dutch were responsible for the slaughter of Bosnians in Srebrenica in 1995 and saying the EU was “drowning” in its fear of Muslims and refugees.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters cast ballots Wednesday at polling booths across the nation in parliamentary elections that are being closely watched as a possible indicator of the strength of populism ahead of national votes in France and Germany later this year.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch prime minister said Monday that he wants the Netherlands to turn the tide of populism in this week’s parliamentary election.

(AP) – Turkey’s minister in charge of European Union affairs says his country should consider reviewing its migration deal with the EU and relax controls on people reaching Europe over land.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the Netherlands’ top diplomat to formally protest its treatment of a Turkish minister in that country over the weekend as well as what it said was “disproportionate” use of force against demonstrators in a protest that ensued.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government on Saturday withdrew landing permission for the Turkish foreign minister’s aircraft, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two NATO allies over campaigning for a Turkish referendum on constitutional reform.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says he will go to the Netherlands to address Turkish citizens despite Dutch authorities’ demands that he not show up for a rally there on the upcoming Turkish referendum.

One week from the Dutch elections, the leader of the mainstream conservative party has demanded all school children sing and “respect” the national anthem, in a sign that populist Geert Wilders is pulling political discourse to the right.

THE HAGUE (AFP) – Legalising all drugs, banning a blackface children’s character, scrapping Sunday shopping and introducing mobile apps to tell MPs how to vote are some of the unorthodox ideas being peddled by Dutch political parties.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Geert Wilders, the Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker who is at the vanguard of a wave of European far-right populists aiming to take power at elections this year, is pushing ahead with his platform to “de-Islamisize” the Netherlands, despite lawyers saying it could breach the Dutch constitution.

(REUTERS) – Campaigning for the Dutch election kicks off on Wednesday with anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders frontrunner in a vote that will test the anti-establishment sentiment that swept Britain out of the European Union and Donald Trump into the U.S. presidency.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say they discovered nine migrants hiding in a refrigerated truck near the country’s border with Belgium, after one of the migrants called officers because the group was so cold.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch firebrand populist Geert Wilders is accusing Prime Minister Mark Rutte of behaving like a “dictator” by ruling out a coalition with Wilders’ Party for Freedom after national elections on March 15.

Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), has said that the outcome of his “hate speech” trial could show signs of tyranny forming in the Dutch establishment.

A government-commissioned report has found anti-Semitism to be rife in many Dutch schools, particularly amongst Muslim students. The 55-page report on discrimination in education — ‘Two Worlds, Two Realities – How Do You Deal With It As a Teacher’ — was collated

As migrants have reached Western European countries in recent days, they have been greeted by some locals with open arms. Sweets, toys and water were handed out in Munich, but in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands, the welcoming was musical. In Munich on

In the face of the growing Islamic threat in the nation of the Netherlands, Member of Parliament Geert Wilders continues to stand and fight for the de-Islamization of his home country. Wilders addressed the Prime Minister for the lack of

A gunman has been arrested after forcing his way into a Dutch television studio, declaring that he was heavily armed. The young man, believed to be 19 years old, demanded that the national television broadcaster NOS put him on the