Longest-serving Dutch premier, Ruud Lubbers, dies at 78
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ruud Lubbers, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister who guided his country through economic turmoil to prosperity and helped shape the foundations of the European Union, died Wednesday at 78.
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Could indoor farming help address future food shortages?
By 2050, Earth’s population is expected to rise to 10 billion, while the resources on the planet continue to shrink. Researchers in the Netherlands are experimenting with one way to feed more people with less: growing crops indoors. NewsHour Weekend’s…
Dutch reject far-right Geert Wilders in national election for prime minister
With record voter turnout, more than 80 percent of eligible Dutch voters cast ballots.
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Dutch police use eagles to hunt illegal drones
Police in the Netherlands are taking a unique approach toward finding illegal, and potentially unsafe, drones. They are the first in the world using eagles to hunt and catch them. The NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker has more.
Following recent attacks in Paris and Brussels, some European countries are backing initiatives by religious leaders, community organizations and law enforcement to prevent radicalization. NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan reports on the Netherlands' efforts to stop Muslim youth from joining the Islamic…
A nursing home in the Netherlands allows university students to live rent-free alongside the elderly residents, as part of a project aimed at warding off the negative effects of aging.
Think telling your children they're special will help them reach higher, work harder and bravely pursue their dreams? Maybe. But you might also be making them narcissists.
Britain has agreed to aid in the analysis of data retrieved from two black boxes that were salvaged from the downed Malaysia Airlines flight that killed 298 people Thursday. British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that investigators from the…
So long, streetlights -- there’s a new technology lighting up the pavement in the Netherlands. On a 500-meter stretch of highway in the city of Oss, you can now find road markings that glow in the dark.
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