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Surveys have fluctuated wildly in the run-up to election day, but observers believe that whichever party wins the most seats in this Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in the Netherlands may need support from at least three other parties to govern. Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to outgoing PM Mark Rutte, is hoping to cap a meteoric rise by clinching the top job. She would be the first woman to do so in the Netherlands. Born in Turkey, the 46-year-old Yesilgoz has taken a hard line on immigration. For more, we speak to Professor Joop van Holsteijn from the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.

Rotterdam shootings: Gunman arrested after killing 3 people A gunman has been arrested in the Netherlands after shooting dead at least three people in the…

The EU commission president’s endorsed the Dutch government’s choice for E-U climate czar to replace outgoing social democrat Frans Timmermans. Current foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra hails from the right, just like Ursula Von der Leyen. The shift raising eyebrows. FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza tells us more.

A young girl standing under a Dutch Wonderland rollercoaster was struck in the head by a ‘box cutter type device’.

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The Ghana international is currently valued at £40m but that could change.

Several more people have been injured.

‘It’s unreal.’

Secondary schools in the Netherlands are preparing for a government ban on all mobile phones amid fears they distract students

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologised on Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech

‘We have definitely had our hands full.’

The news was announced by his current club, Royal Antwerp.

The Dutch government eases lockdown in the Netherlands as shops, hairdressers and gyms will be allowed to reopen in the EU country, but bars and…