Search results for ‘netherlands’

284 items found

  • 30 Nov 2010

    More leaked cables from Wikileaks appear to confirm, for the first time, where the US has deployed its tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.

  • 30 Nov 2010

    With the third Africa-EU finished, it looks like Africa have the upper hand, writes independent journalist and East Africa expert Jamal Osman for Channel 4 News.

  • 29 Oct 2010

    The Prime Minister has claimed victory in his bid to limit next year’s EU budget rise to 2.9 per cent, despite previously saying he wanted to cut or freeze the budget. Cathy Newman is in Brussels.

  • 29 Oct 2010

    Airline passengers will have to pay up to £170 more to fly from next week as new aviation taxes are introduced, as the head of BA tells Channel 4 News the levy is “naïve”.

  • 17 Oct 2010

    Fifa officials have confirmed they are investigating claims that two of their committee members offered to sell their votes for who will host the next World Cup.

  • 21 Sep 2010

    Politicians in Sweden are negotiating to form a government following a surge in support for the far right in Sunday’s inconclusive elections.

  • 31 Aug 2010

    Dutch prosecutors say two men arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport because of “suspicious items” found in their luggage are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit acts of terror.

  • 30 Aug 2010

    The international body on the threat of climate change needs fundamental reform in the wake of a number of embarrassing mistakes, according to an independent review writes Tom Clarke.

  • 20 Jul 2010

    The Lockerbie bomber released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds had three months to live. Eleven months on, he is still alive – prompting a fierce debate over his early release.

  • 5 May 2010

    Gordon Brown said this morning that Britain leads europe in growth and jobs according to EU figures – but is he right?

  • 8 Apr 2010

    During PMQs the Prime Minister rattles off the UK’s record on Overseas Development Aid – impressive or not?

  • 11 Jan 2010

    Channel 4 News Iraq inquiry blogger writes that as the Iraq inquiry gears up for tomorrow’s appearance by Alastair Campbell, the inquiry’s Dutch equivalent prepares to release its own report on the Netherlands’ involvement in Iraq.

  • 24 Jun 2009

    We can use these cycle hubs to tether flying pigs

    So the government is setting up 10 cycle hubs across Britain – 10 railway stations where there will be state of the art cycle racks and a cycle shop within reach. I’m tempted to say they should have a ground anchorage for flying pigs. But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt.

  • 14 May 2009

    The story of the unwanted visitor to the world’s only Nobel laureate-political prisoner makes truly bizarre reading. It’s so weird, in fact, that it could really only happen in a country whose political manoeuvrings are stage-managed by a military junta. Burma’s “ministry of truth” appears to have fooled only the generals into thinking that everything’s…