March
The eight extraordinary hotel openings in Europe to book this summer
Debuting this season, these luxury stays will soon be the talk of the Continent, including private country manors, trendy ocean-side resorts and next-gen wellness retreats.
November 2024
The meaning of Amsterdam’s ‘Jew Hunt’
Recent street violence in Amsterdam reveals profound changes in how the left and right deal with antisemitism. For European Jews, it’s a strange new world.
November 2023
How immigration became a toxic brew
Migrants have been used to tackle dire demographic trends and shrinking workforces. But anxious voters are telling politicians to find another way.
November 2023
Europe’s far-right populists buoyed by Wilders’ win in Netherlands
There is hope in the air again for nationalist conservative populists, especially with a European Parliament election coming up in June.
Europe’s Donald Trump set for massive election win
The far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for victory in Dutch national elections, in a major upset that sent shockwaves through the EU.
July 2023
New phase of far-right politics brings down Dutch ‘Teflon Mark’
Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned after his coalition partners rejected his tough new line on refugees, favouring his own political future over compromise, critics say.
Dutch government collapses over immigration policy
The crisis was triggered by a push by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to the Netherlands.
April 2023
How the Dutch mastered bike parking at train stations
Every weekday in the Netherlands, more than 400,000 people – 40 per cent of all train passengers – secure their bike at a local station on their way to work.
March 2023
How this charming small city avoided ‘death by tourism’
A remarkable two decades-long project to restore the medieval Dutch city of Utrecht has made it the envy of the Netherlands.
February 2023
Putin supplied missiles that downed MH17
A Dutch-led international team found there are “strong indications” President Vladimir Putin approved supplying the missile system to Russia-backed rebels.
January 2023
Around the world, rebel farmers are pushing back on climate action
Drastic measures to reform a food system that generates about 31 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions have prompted a growing backlash.
December 2022
European tech giant’s expansion stirs opposition in its hometown
As one large semiconductor producer is finding, communities have increasingly started to push back against excess development.
Big oil hit with new climate activist campaign
Follow This has filed shareholder resolutions demanding the four companies cut emissions more aggressively.
September 2022
How one of Australian cricket’s unluckiest men got very, very lucky
The man once known to his mates as “the Prince of Perth” can’t wait to be back on home soil.
Shell CEO to leave at end of year, replaced by gas chief Sawan
Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of this year after almost 40 years at the company.
May 2022
Wind turbine expansion plan in North Sea to ease gas reliance
Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands plan to build four artificial islands with wind farms, that will create as much energy as 30 nuclear reactors.
July 2021
Celebrity Dutch crime reporter dies after being shot on the street
Journalist Peter R. De Vries had written exposes of the Dutch underworld and was gunned down on the streets of Amsterdam last week.
Delta wave casts growing shadow over European summer
French people rushed to jab clinics as vaccination becomes the price of entry to bars and cafes, while the Dutch PM admits he ‘miscalculated’.
June 2021
Rembrandt’s damaged masterpiece is whole again, with AI’s help
Sections of “The Night Watch” were cut off in the 18th century and lost. Now, new technology lets viewers imagine how the original work might have looked.
February 2021
The many lives of Cold War double agent George Blake
I was beguiled when I met the notorious British spy in Moscow, but the charm wore off fast when I considered the man’s life.