Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Finance is Friday in Paris to smooth the folds with the French government after the Dutch purchase of shares Air France-KLM. France is surprised and...
The security at Zaventem airport is as leaky as a basket. A 'mystery passenger' recently succeeded in passing all safety checks with a bomb belt.
KLM canceled two flights because of the closure of the airspace over Pakistan. According to the airline, this number can rise as the closing of the airspace above the...
A 72-year-old Dutchman was arrested after a trip through Nepal, because he possibly abused children in that country. This is what the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reports on Tuesday.
The smartphone has become our most personal device in recent years. Market leader Samsung, that tomorrow in San Fransico during Galaxy Unpacked presents the new S10,...
The almost three hundred Dutch people who have not been able to leave Curaçao for a few days arrive at Schiphol on Friday evening just before 23:00. That has a spokeswoman for travel agency TUI...
The Russian dissident Nikolaj Gloesjkov, who was found dead in his home in London in March, may have survived a previous attack on his life. In November 2013, two Russians, whom he had previously met at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, would have bought a bottle of champagne for him. Gloesjkov drank it and woke up the next morning with cardiac arrhythmias. He then said that the two had stopped something in his drink.
The Dutch holidaymakers Romy Limmen and Casper Offenberg would start their trip through Greece in Rafina. The devastating wildfires in that region have thwarted those plans. 'We have already experienced enough natural violence.'
The Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries have called on Russia to provide clarification on the crash of the MH17 passenger plane. The Boeing was brought down from Schiphol to Malaysia in July 2014 by an anti-aircraft missile in eastern Ukraine. All 298 occupants died. Among them were 196 Dutch.
The leaders of the EU and the President of Ukraine call on Russia to 'accept its responsibility' for the downing of the MH17. President Petro Poroshenko, EU President Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker ask Moscow to 'fully cooperate in all efforts to establish liability'.
Again, travelers will suffer from strikes in regional transport. Bus drivers across the country have already finished the work in recent times. On Thursday they will do that in a large part of North Holland.
KLM's top man Pieter Elbers sees a solution for the Brexit in reactivating the aviation treaty from 1984 with Great Britain.
Computer problems at Eurocontrol, European air traffic control in Brussels, impose restrictions on air traffic in Europe. Emergency procedures have been put in place, reducing capacity by 10 percent, the organization reports. It is unclear whether flights have to be canceled due to the failure of the flight management system.
Against the 24-year-old Martijn N., who tried to travel to Syria twice, a three-year prison sentence was demanded on appeal. The Hague man intended to join a jihadist group as a fighter.
Travelers waiting at Schiphol for a flight can now also deliver meals such as pizza and sushi.
Residents of a number of states in the north of the United States are preparing for a possible disruptive winter storm that is expected in the next 24 hours.
A power outage has caused major problems at the busiest airport in the world on Sunday. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport had to scrap more than a thousand flights and a large number of flights were diverted.
Schiphol has scrapped hundreds of flights due to the snowfall. In the course of the afternoon the last runway that was still open was also closed. The Dutch who would fly back home today are therefore stuck abroad.
A video of a passenger of the British budget flyer Easyjet has caused great consternation in Great Britain. The images, which were made on Tuesday evening at Schiphol, show that an employee of the airline company seems to fix the engine with tape.
KLM cancels its flights to and from Bali on Sunday and Monday due to the eruption of the volcano Agung on the Indonesian island. The planes do fly to and from Singapore.
The tropical storm Ophelia extends over Britain. After Ireland, Ophelia has reached Scotland, where the tropical storm again causes a lot of nuisance.
Ireland gets rid of the hurricane Ophelia, possibly the heaviest storm since more than fifty years that hit the country. In many parts of the country, schools remain closed on Monday, reports the Irish Times. The highlight of the storm is expected between Monday 9:00 AM (10:00 AM Dutch time) and Tuesday 3:00 AM.
Belgium addresses the problem of celebrating asylum seekers in their own country. Last year and a half, 44 of them have been caught.
The A4 motorway to The Hague has been closed between Burgerween and Leiden junction over the next three weekends. The A4 gets quieter asphalt. The bottleneck at Zoeterwoude, where the road goes from three to two lanes, is shifted 300 meters. As a result, the road user gets more time to insert.
TUI travel organization is working closely with price fighter easyJet. The number of holiday destinations in Europe will be expanded in the coming winter. 'A summer test with five city trips has been completed,' said TUI.
The latest Hurricane Maria, now Category 5, is heading straight to the popular Dominican resort of Punta Cana. Thursday this busy tourist spot with dozens of luxury hotels is expected to be severely affected.
The Dutch household book is in order. Unemployment is falling and purchasing power is rising. With this positive message, the Cabinet Rutte II is closing today's final budget.
Many passengers on Schiphol last Tuesday suffered long delays due to a strike by French air traffic controllers.
Florida has called for 5.6 million people to leave the state in anticipation of the Irma monster crash. That dizzying figure is more than a quarter of the total population.
Two Rotterdam boys from thirteen and fifteen years have been arrested for an armed robbery at the end of June. The eldest threatened a caissier of a textile store at the Vuurplaat with a firearm and demanded money. Then he went there with his mate, who was still twelve. How much was taken out, the police did not announce.
