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European court finds Russian responsible for international law violations. Here’s the key takeaways

European court finds Russian responsible for international law violations. Here’s the key takeaways

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments on Wednesday against Russia, finding Moscow responsible for widespread violations of international law in Ukraine and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines...

ECHR rules Russia violated international law in Ukraine

ECHR rules Russia violated international law in Ukraine

A local girl with a dog reacted in Dec. 2024 at the site of a missile strike in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine. On Wednesday, the France-based International Court on Human Rights handed down two rulings against Russia, saying since 2014 it violated...

Dutch embassy in Tanzania launches ‘No Waste’ campaign to promote recycling, protect marine life

Dutch embassy in Tanzania launches ‘No Waste’ campaign to promote recycling, protect marine life

Dar es Salaam. The Embassy of the Netherlands in Tanzania has launched a new public awareness campaign dubbed No Waste, aimed at promoting environmental cleanliness through improved waste management and recycling practices. The initiative, which...

Dutch government debt set to hit 126% of GDP by 2060 without policy change, CPB warns

Dutch government debt set to hit 126% of GDP by 2060 without policy change, CPB warns

The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) has published new projections showing that government debt could surge to 126 percent of gross domestic product by 2060 if current policies remain unchanged. The agency said the sharp...

Dutch court convicts man for sharing sensitive knowledge from tech giant ASML with person in Russia

Dutch court convicts man for sharing sensitive knowledge from tech giant ASML with person in Russia

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 10/07/2025 - 17:52 GMT+2 A 43-year-old Russian was convicted in the Netherlands of breaching international sanctions by sharing sensitive information from Dutch semiconductor chip machine maker ASML and...

European court rules Russia violated international law, responsible for MH17 downing

European court rules Russia violated international law, responsible for MH17 downing

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia violated international law in Ukraine and is responsible for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, marking the first time an international court has officially held...

Russia responsible for downing flight MH17 and violating international law, court rules

Russia responsible for downing flight MH17 and violating international law, court rules

“In none of the conflicts previously before [the Court had] there been such near universal condemnation of the ‘flagrant’ disregard by the respondent State for the foundations of the international legal order established after the Second World...

Netherlands court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years

Netherlands court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years

THE HAGUE - A Dutch court on July 10 sentenced a Russian former employee of tech giant ASML to three years behind bars for passing sensitive microchip technology to Moscow in breach of Western sanctions. In a high-security courtroom in Rotterdam,...

Top European rights court says Russia broke international law in Ukraine

Top European rights court says Russia broke international law in Ukraine

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Judges also rule that Russia was behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014. Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that Russia violated international law in Ukraine, marking the first time an...

Netherlands to provide additional €30m for Ukraine's recovery

Netherlands to provide additional €30m for Ukraine's recovery

Yuliia Svyrydenko and Caspar Veldkamp. Photo: Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Ukraine and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum on the allocation of an additional €30 million under the Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF). Source: Ministry of...

Dutch economy to show moderate growth but deficit will rise

Dutch economy to show moderate growth but deficit will rise

July 10, 2025 Photo: Depositphotos.comThe impact of geopolitical uncertainty has had a limited impact on the Dutch economy so far and growth is likely to be moderate this year and in 2026, the government’s macro-economic forecasting agency said on...

Dutch court sentences Russian spy to three years in prison

Dutch court sentences Russian spy to three years in prison

A court in Rotterdam has sentenced a 43-year-old Russian national known as German A. to three years in prison on charges of industrial espionage. Source: NOS, a Dutch public broadcaster, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Rotterdam court...

Dutch court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years

Dutch court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years

THE HAGUE: A Dutch court Thursday sentenced a Russian former employee of tech giant ASML to three years behind bars for passing sensitive microchip technology to Moscow in breach of Western sanctions. In a high-security courtroom in Rotterdam, the...

Dutch court throws out personal data case against Unibet

Dutch court throws out personal data case against Unibet

Gokverliesterug was seeking damages on behalf of several players who requested personal data from Unibet. Amsterdam’s District Court on Monday dismissed a case involving several players seeking damages from Kindred Group’s Unibet over the alleged...

Europe’s top human rights court finds Russia has committed major violations of international law in Ukraine

Europe’s top human rights court finds Russia has committed major violations of international law in Ukraine

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court finds Russia has committed major violations of international law in Ukraine. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,...

Dutch treat for Duterte: Alan Cayetano seeks house arrest for Rody in The Hague

Dutch treat for Duterte: Alan Cayetano seeks house arrest for Rody in The Hague

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has filed a resolution urging the Philippine government to push for the transfer of former President Rodrigo Duterte from his detention cell in The Hague to house arrest at the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands,...

Russia responsible for MH17 downing, international law violations in Ukraine, Europe's human rights court rules

Russia responsible for MH17 downing, international law violations in Ukraine, Europe's human rights court rules

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Russia responsible for the downing of Flight MH17, a Malaysian airliner shot down by Russian proxy forces in Ukraine in July 2014, according to a July 9 statement. The Strasbourg-based court also...

ECHR condemns Russia for serious violations of international law

ECHR condemns Russia for serious violations of international law

0 The Russian Federation is responsible for the downing of a passenger plane over Ukrainian territory on July 17, 2014, and for human rights violations during the war that began three years ago in Ukraine, according to the judgments issued by the...

Dutch economy to grow modestly as purchasing power rises, CPB forecasts

Dutch economy to grow modestly as purchasing power rises, CPB forecasts

The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) has released new projections indicating that the Dutch economy is expected to grow moderately over the next two years, with purchasing power increasing and poverty levels declining, despite...

Dutch Hospitality Outlook: Growth With Caution

Thursday, July 10, 2025 7:00 AM EDT Image Source: Pexels The outlook for the Dutch hospitality industry is mixed. While improved purchasing power is expected to boost consumer spending, the sector’s recovery remains constrained by persistently low...

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