The Latest Breaking News from Amsterdam

Unknown number of people held hostage at gunpoint in Amsterdam Apple store

Dutch police confirmed on Tuesday that they had sent special units to a central square in the city after receiving reports of a hostage situation

Irish Mirror · Feb 22, 2022

Amsterdam: Hostage drama at Apple store ends as gunman hit by police car

He was run over as he chased a hostage, reportedly a British man, who fled from the building

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2022

Hostage taker in Amsterdam Apple store dies of his injuries

The man who held a customer hostage at gunpoint at an Amsterdam Apple store has died of the injuries he sustained during his arrest, public prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 22, 2022

Storm Eunice: All the flights that have been cancelled and diverted across UK

Exclusive: British Airways has cancelled dozens of departures to and from Heathrow and London City

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022

“Bersiap”: a shared history of mass violence that haunts Indonesia and the Netherlands

A recently opened exhibition on the Indonesian Revolution at the Dutch Royal Museum (Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam could represent another step towards enhancing friendship between two former foes.

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2022

As tourists begin thinking about an overseas holiday, some destinations are wary about having too many back

As international borders reopen and people begin making holiday plans, some popular destinations are putting in measures to keep tourist numbers down, or at least make sure they stay on their best behaviour.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2022

Amsterdam heroin smuggler who claimed he was on Dunkirk day trip jailed

Daniel Whereatt was stopped in Dover in 2019.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2022

Former Queensland homicide detective played key role on team searching for who betrayed Anne Frank’s family to the Nazis

Former Queensland homicide detective Brendan Rook played a key role on the team that spent five years looking for an answer to the world's most famous cold case — the hunt for who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis in 1944.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

India Under-19 champions back home

The squad took the long flight back from the Caribbean with connections in Amsterdam and Dubai before reaching Bengaluru.

The Hindu · Feb 8, 2022

Just Eat Takeaway picks Europe over US as it ditches Nasdaq listing

Just Eat Takeaway will delist its shares from the Nasdaq in favour of listing on the London and Amsterdam stock exchanges, a rare move by a European tech firm.

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2022