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Wednesday 31 May 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Amsterdam

This year
2023
# Cannabis
Cannabis to be banned on streets of Amsterdam's red light district
If the latest restrictions fail to have the desired effect authorities warn they will extend them to coffee shop terraces.
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Feb 10th 2023, 5:32 PM
# Job Losses
Philips cuts 6,000 more jobs after sleep device recall
The Amsterdam-based firm unveiled net losses of €1.605 billion last year, largely due to massive recall of faulty sleep respirators.
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Jan 30th 2023, 7:24 AM
Last year
2022
# grounded
Covid-19 and industrial action in France blamed for cancelled weekend Aer Lingus flights
The cancellations by the airline include three return flights today and three return flights tomorrow.
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Jul 2nd 2022, 4:18 PM
# Netherlands
Trial of two men accused of killing Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries opens in Amsterdam
De Vries died nine days after he was shot outside an Amsterdam television studio in July 2021.
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Jun 7th 2022, 6:38 PM
# Netherlands
Man who took people hostage in Amsterdam Apple store dies of injuries
The man entered the Apple store armed with two guns, sparking a tense five-hour-long ordeal.
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Feb 24th 2022, 11:18 AM
# Leidseplein
Hostage drama at Amsterdam Apple store ends after gunman hit with car
Dutch police said: “We managed to stop the hostage-taker by hitting him with a car the moment he ran outside”.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 8:27 AM
All time
# Peter R de Vries
Thousands of mourners bid farewell to slain Dutch journalist de Vries
Thousands more are expected throughout the day in an “unprecedented” outpouring of grief.
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Jul 21st 2021, 2:57 PM
# dutch underworld
Who is Peter R de Vries? 'Fearless' crime journalist shot in Amsterdam
The shooting is understood to be linked to de Vries’ work on exposing mobsters and drug lords.
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Jul 7th 2021, 12:23 PM
# Peter R de Vries
Dutch journalist shooting an 'attack on our values' – EU chief
Eyewitnesses told local media that the 64-year-old journalist and TV presenter was shot up to five times.
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Jul 7th 2021, 9:39 AM
# Holland
Dutch crime reporter badly wounded after shooting in Amsterdam street
Peter R de Vries is a well known figure in Dutch journalism having won awards for his work.
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Jul 6th 2021, 10:03 PM
# Boost
Ireland earn vital win to close in on World Cup qualification
Naomi Carroll’s 46th-minute goal set up a big victory against Scotland.
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Jun 7th 2021, 3:04 PM
# Amsterdam
No terrorism link identified in Amsterdam stabbings
One person has died and four were injured in an attack last night.
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May 22nd 2021, 7:45 PM
# Equality
Amsterdam celebrates 20th anniversary of legalising same-sex marriages
The Netherlands was home to the world’s first legal same-sex marriages two decades ago.
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Apr 1st 2021, 1:51 PM
# The Netherlands
Irishman arrested after cocaine worth €1.12 million seized in Amsterdam
Searches were carried out in Amsterdam, Meath and Dublin today during a Dutch-Irish police operation.
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Jun 19th 2020, 10:38 PM
# Get Well Soon
Holland boss Ronald Koeman in hospital after heart procedure
The former Barcelona player is expected to return home on Monday.
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May 3rd 2020, 8:26 PM
# New Rules
Amsterdam has banned tour groups from sex workers’ windows in red light district
The move is an attempt to address over-tourism and protect workers.
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Feb 13th 2020, 10:16 PM
# Amsterdam
The Netherlands' most notorious gangster has been jailed for life for five murders
Willem Holleeder’s “life was determined by greed, lust for power and violence”, judges said.
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Jul 4th 2019, 3:20 PM
# Disrespectful
Amsterdam to ban guided tours through Red Light District from next year
Local authorities said that guided tours in the area are often “not respectful towards sex workers”.
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Mar 21st 2019, 7:48 AM
# Connor Murphy
Dutch police search for missing 39 year-old Irish man last seen over two weeks ago
Connor Murphy, who has been living in the Netherlands for a number of years, was last seen on 13 January.
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Jan 29th 2019, 9:31 PM
# Money Diary
City Break Money Diary: Here's how much I spent across three days in Amsterdam
‘I put it on my credit card because then it didn’t happen.’
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Sep 30th 2018, 11:00 AM
# late flight
Man arrested at Dublin Airport for chasing plane onto tarmac after missing his flight
It is reported that the man was seen banging on the window of Terminal One as his flight departed
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Sep 27th 2018, 8:44 AM
# The Netherlands
Two people seriously injured in Amsterdam train station stabbing are US citizens, ambassador says
The assailant was identified as a 19-year-old Afghan man with a German residency permit.
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Sep 1st 2018, 12:45 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news you need to know this morning.
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Sep 1st 2018, 8:56 AM
# The Netherlands
Amsterdam police shoot suspect following stabbing in city's central station
At least two people were injured.
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Aug 31st 2018, 12:08 PM
# HIV
Fears of 'dangerous complacency': Thousands gather in Amsterdam for world Aids meeting
Experts have warned that there may be a resurgence of the epidemic that has already killed 35 million people.
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Jul 20th 2018, 7:39 AM
# below the surface
Coins, ID cards, and false teeth... what they found when they dredged canals in Amsterdam
All of the items are on display on a fascinating website.
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Jul 8th 2018, 1:00 PM
# a fine place
'Party city' Amsterdam warns rowdy tourists they may face fines
City chiefs warned that there was a “high price for bad behaviour”.
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May 31st 2018, 10:15 PM
# World War II
Researchers uncover 'dirty jokes' in Anne Frank's diary
Brown paper had been used to cover pages in her first diary.
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May 15th 2018, 10:54 PM
# Public Order
Almost 100 England fans arrested after trouble in streets of Amsterdam
The men were mainly accused of disrupting public order.
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Mar 24th 2018, 9:51 AM
# kinahan
Kinahan cartel suffers another blow after international police arrest fourth Irishman in three months
Gardai have been working with Dutch police, Interpol, Europol and US agencies in relation to the movements of the Dublin-based cartel.
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Mar 3rd 2018, 9:00 PM
# Schiphol
Police shoot knife-wielding man at Amsterdam Airport
Police say the situation is now secure.
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Dec 15th 2017, 4:34 PM
# cryptocurrency
European police target Kinahan's hidden Bitcoin cash in Belgium and the Czech Republic
A Bitcoin ‘mine’ was discovered in a raid on the cartel last month.
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Dec 3rd 2017, 10:00 PM
# flight diversion
Cork bound Aer Lingus flight forced into diversion after 'full emergency' declared
It was feared the aircraft had a defect that could cause a crash.
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Oct 13th 2017, 4:13 PM
# Netherlands
Manchester City confirm Sergio Aguero "sustained injuries" in Amsterdam car crash
Aguero was injured last night in the Dutch city when a taxi in which he was a passenger hit a lamp-post.
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Sep 29th 2017, 11:03 AM
# amsterdamage
Eight Dublin flights among 81 cancelled by Ryanair for today
The budget carrier is set to cut between 40 and 50 flights each day between now and the end of October.
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Sep 17th 2017, 8:50 AM
# grave matters
Vegetable garden graves, build-your-own caskets, and coffins to play games on - inside Amsterdam's death expo
The death expo recently held at Amsterdam’s historic Westerkerk church attracted 3,500 visitors in just one day.
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May 28th 2017, 5:00 PM
# bad tourism
European tourism chief says Ryanair and Airbnb travellers are 'destroying' cities
Amsterdam Marketing CEO Frans van der Avert has suggested that a glut of visitors is making historic European cities less ‘livable’.
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May 5th 2017, 10:54 PM
# to be blunt
These three Irish mams trying weed for the first time in Amsterdam is a joyous thing
“There’s a funny taste off it… you know the sage stuff you put in chicken”
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Apr 21st 2017, 8:42 AM
# interrailing
14 things Irish people who've been interrailing will know too well
How many have you done?
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Apr 17th 2017, 1:00 PM
# Schiphol
Passenger plane skids along Amsterdam runway during heavy winds
No passengers were injured.
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Feb 23rd 2017, 9:04 PM
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