Mark Rutte

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands will go into "lockdown" over the Christmas period to try to stop a surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday. All non-essential shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas,…

BRUSSELS: Europe rushed to ban travel from southern Africa on Friday to slow the spread of a new Covid-19 strain that scientists fear could torpedo efforts to beat the pandemic. Global markets plunged as news sank in that a new variant…

VIENNA: Austria returned to a partial lockdown in the most dramatic Covid-19 restrictions seen in Western Europe for months after a weekend of violence against virus measures rocked several cities on the continent. The Alpine nation is…

THE HAGUE: Fresh rioting broke out late Saturday over the Dutch government's coronavirus measures, with rioters pelting police with stones and fireworks as protests turned violent for a second night in the Netherlands. Officers in riot…

THE HAGUE: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will on Friday announce new Covid-19 restrictions, reportedly including Western Europe's first "partial lockdown" of the winter, as cases hit record levels. Three weeks of measures are planned,…

AMSTERDAM: A group of hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg on Tuesday called for the government to take new measures to stem rising Covid-19 cases, saying they have no space or staff to handle more coronavirus patients.…

AMSTERDAM: In the country that first legalised gay marriage, the Dutch crown princess has the right to marry a person of any gender without giving up her right to the throne, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Crown Princess…

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands and parts of Germany were blanketed on Sunday by a snowstorm that disrupted planes and trains and put some coronavirus testing on hold. Britain was also bracing for heavy snow from what Dutch meteorologists…