Netherlands

Huub Stevens quits as PSV Eindhoven coach

Huub StevensAmsterdam - Huub Stevens has resigned as PSV Eindhoven after less than a season, the Dutch club said on Wednesday.

PSV said in a statement that the relationship between Stevens and the players never "clicked" despite many efforts.

"To their regret, PSV and Huub Stevens had to realize that the relationship and the trust between the coach and the squad wasn't good enough to perform in the best way," said the statement.

PSV are yet to name a successor.

Germany's efforts to atone for Holocaust "unique", says ICJ judge

Amsterdam - Germany's efforts to atone for the Holocaust are unique in history and should serve as an example to other nations, Thomas Buergenthal said Tuesday afternoon in Amsterdam in a lecture commemorating the Holocaust.

The 74-year old, who has served as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) since 2000, had been invited by several Dutch Holocaust organizations to deliver the annual Auschwitz Never Again lecture.

The lecture is traditionally held on the anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation on January 27, 1944.

Museums aplenty in Netherlands

Museums aplenty in NetherlandsAmsterdam - Small museums enjoy cult status in the Netherlands exhibiting items as varied as tulips, handbags, trees and dredges.

The latter in the town of Sliedrecht, near Rotterdam, is the National Museum of Dredging (Nationaal Baggermuseum).

"And here we have our Rembrandt," said curator Hans Wijn as he pointed to a glass display case with a model of the dredge Pharaon. Used for many years in the Suez Canal, it was sunk during the Suez Crisis in 1956.

Unemployment in Netherland on the rise

Unemployment in Netherland on the riseAmsterdam - Unemployment in t

Dutch politician to be tried in court for publicly criticizing Islam

Dutch politician to be tried in court for publicly criticizing IslamAmsterdam (The Netherlands), Jan. 22 : A far-right Dutch politician who gained global notoriety with a film claiming links between the Koran and terrorism is to be put on trial for his public statements against Islam.

According to the Independent, Geert Wilders, the leader of the extremist Freedom Party (PVV), said he was surprised that the Amsterdam Appeals Court has allowed his criminal prosecution for inciting hatred and of discriminating against Muslims by comparing their religion to Nazism.

Dutch congratulate Obama, emphasize Dutch-US friendship

Queen BeatrixAmsterdam - Dutch Queen Beatrix and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende congratulated Barack Obama on his inauguration as 44th US president, the Dutch Royal Communication Office RVD said in a statement released on Wednesday.

Queen Beatrix sent the US president a telegram Tuesday night, wishing him "success."

Balkenende sent Obama a letter on behalf of the government following Tuesday's inauguration ceremony.

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