ASML, China customers haunted by uncertainty on new Dutch chip export rules
The Dutch firm had 14% of its sales in China in 2022 and has sold more than US$8.46 billion worth of chip lithography equipment in China over the past decade.
Covid lifts Dutch ‘coffeeshop’ trade to new highs
Since 1976, the Netherlands has tolerated the smoking of cannabis and hashish, weed and other products which can be bought at coffeeshops.
Dutch find 61 Covid positive on ‘dystopia’ flights from South Africa
Passengers say they endured miserable hours at the arrivals hall to get tested, with witnesses saying many people failed to wear face masks or keep to social distancing.
Dutch consider new partial lockdown as virus cases hit record
A surge in infections has put pressure on hospitals throughout the country, forcing them to scale back regular care to treat Covid-19 patients.
Dutch reintroduce face masks as Covid cases surge
Infections in the Netherlands have been rising for a month after most social distancing measures were scrapped in late September, and reached their highest level since July in the past week.
Dutch court tracks BUK missile that downed MH17
Intercepted communications suggest a defence strategy was quickly drafted after the plane was shot down, according to which it was said to have been hit by a Ukrainian combat jet, which was then downed by the Russian missile battery.
Heineken to cut 8,000 jobs as virus takes fizz out of sales
Heineken, the world's number two brewer, says it recorded a 109% fall in profits from the year before.
