Turkish plane crashes near Amsterdam airportAMSTERDAM - A Turkish passenger plane crashed Wednesday near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport just before landing, Dutch television reported. Aircraft crashes at Amsterdam airportAMSTERDAM - A Turkish Airlines aircraft crashed at Amsterdam airport Wednesday. Further details are awaited. Male victims of domestic abuse get shelters in NetherlandsAMSTERDAM - Male victims of domestic abuse in the Netherlands can seek refuge in special shelters that are due to open Tuesday, the health ministry said Monday. Dutch develop Obama flowerAMSTERDAM - A flower farm in Valkenburg in the southern Netherlands has developed a special chrysanthemum that it has named after the new US President Barack Obama. Philips stock rises despite dismal Q4 resultsAMSTERDAM - Shares of Royal Philips Electronics rose by 8.25 percent Monday, despite its publication of disappointing fourth quarter results. Lubanga used child-soldiers ‘to kill, pillage and rape’: ICCAMSTERDAM - Former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo Monday pleaded not guilty before an international tribunal to charges of recruiting child soldiers for war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dutch ING Group to cut 7,000 jobsAMSTERDAM - Dutch banking and insurance group ING Monday announced it plans to cut 7,000 jobs and that its chief executive Michel Tilmant is to step down. Sex sells, defying economic slowdownAMSTERDAM - Despite an economic slowdown and a credit crisis, Dutch sex shops and businesses offering erotic services appear to be doing just fine. |