The Dutch government said Friday it will buy the operations of Fortis NV in the Netherlands for 16.8 billion euros ($23.2 billion) after a previous bailout failed and...

The Dutch government said Friday it will buy all operations of Fortis NV in the Netherlands for 16.8 billion euros ($23.2 billion) as the troubled bank teetered on the...

An appeals court on Thursday increased the prison sentences of four Islamic radicals accused of plotting attacks on Dutch politicians, convicting them of the additional...

EU Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet and officials from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg huddled in intense, closed-door talks Sunday night, trying to...

Nicole Cooke of Britain has added the world road race title to her Olympic gold by beating prerace favorite Marianne Vos of the Netherlands in a sprint finish.

South Korea wants developing countries to put their plans for reducing carbon emissions on paper _ a proposal it hopes will break the stubborn deadlock in climate...

Fortis NV says it has named a member of its managing board as chief executive, giving the troubled bank and insurance company its third CEO in as many months.

South Korea has proposed a new way to commit developing countries to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change.

Fortis NV plans to raise up to $14.6 billion by selling assets in a move to improve its financial underpinnings, the chief executive of the Dutch-Belgian banking and...

The Dutch Finance Minister is banning “naked” short selling of financial stocks for the next three months to increase the stability of financial markets.

At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled “animal friendly,”...

Philip E. Clapp, a veteran U.S. environmental activist who helped bring high-powered business lobbying to issues like climate change, has died in Amsterdam, the Pew...

Dutch police have recovered five 17th-Century paintings, including a Jan Steen, that were stolen from the Frans Hals Museum in 2002, the museum said Tuesday.

Holocaust scholars appealed Monday to the International Criminal Court prosecutor to pursue his indictment of Sudan’s president on charges of genocide in Darfur.

Just thinking about it is enough to rattle your teeth. The Dutch media are enthralled by the trials of two men dubbed the “horror dentists.” They were...

NXP Semiconductors BV says it will close or sell four plants including one in Fishkill, New York, and three in Europe and cut 4,500 jobs.

An accident that damaged the foundations of centuries-old downtown buildings shut down work Thursday on Amsterdam’s troubled new subway line.

A Netherlands court says the government does not owe compensation to relatives of two Bosnian Muslims handed to Serb forces by Dutch peacekeepers and slain in the 1995...

It is not often that religion and modernity go hand in hand. Most often they are perceived as conflicting ends with the liberal accusing the church of trying to keep...

Eco Factor: Using greenhouse-gas-emitting bio-waste to produce energy that powers 90,000 homes. The Netherlands is going to produce power from chicken waste and that...