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FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk watches from the stands during the English Premier League soccer match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Saturday May 1, 2021, dampened hopes of Virgil van Dijk playing for the Netherlands at the European Championship, saying it will be “very, very tight” whether the defender can be fit in time because he’s not close to resuming full training. (Clive Brunskill/Pool FILE via AP)

Klopp urges caution on Van Dijk recovery as Euro 2020 looms

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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, April 1, 2021, Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte listens to a debate in parliament in The Hague, Netherlands. Rutte announced a significant easing in his country's months-long coronavirus lockdown Tuesday April 20, 2021, calling it a delicate balancing act as infections remain stubbornly high, and as lockdown fatigue grows.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch coronavirus infections rise ahead of lockdown easing

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Spain dismantles Chinese gang selling cannabis across Europe

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The sun rises between the trees as bluebells, also known as wild Hyacinth, bloom on the forest floor of the Hallerbos in Halle, Belgium, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. There is no stopping flowers when they bloom or blossoms when they burst in nature, but there are efforts by some local authorities to limit the viewing. Due to COVID-19 restrictions visits to the forest to see the flowers has been discouraged for a second year in a row. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pandemic puts tulips, bluebells, cherry blossoms in hiding

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a police officer takes pictures of a burned-out coronavirus testing facility in the fishing village of Urk in the Netherlands after it was set on fire the night before by rioting youths protesting on the first night of a nationwide curfew. Prosecutors in the Netherlands said Thursday April 8, 2021, that police arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of plotting a crime with &quot;terrorist intent&quot; for allegedly plotting to set off what they described as a &quot;firework bomb&quot; at a coronavirus vaccination center in Den Helder, northern Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch police detain man in plot to attack vaccination center

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France's Kylian Mbappe controls the ball during the World Cup 2022 group D qualifying soccer match between France and Ukraine at the Start de de France stadium, in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Stellar games in Germany, France head European title races

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 15, 2019, file photo, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte waves as he waits for European Council President Donald Tusk to arrive for a meeting at Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands. Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was fighting for his political life Thursday in a bitter parliamentary debate about the country's derailed process of forming a new ruling coalition following elections last month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch PM Rutte fights for his political life in tough debate

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks with the media following exit polls in the general election in The Hague, Netherlands, March 17, 2021. Dutch voters pushed Rutte towards a fourth term in office in a general election Wednesday, bolstering his conservative party's position as the biggest in parliament and boosting a key ally into second place, an exit poll suggested. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool via AP)

Dutch coalition talks halted after COVID-19 case, notes slip

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Turkey's Burak Yilmaz celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup 2022 group G qualifying soccer match between Turkey and Netherlands at the Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Murad Sezer/Pool Photo via AP)

Yilmaz nets hat trick as Turkey beat Netherlands 4-2

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A motorized voter casts her ballot at a drive through polling station in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Some polling stations opened across the Netherlands Monday and Tuesday in a general election that has been spread over three days to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Caretaker PM Rutte seen as winning most seats in Dutch vote

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A voter walks towards a volunteer at a polling station wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a yellow heart and the text &quot;keep your distance&quot; while holding an arrow measuring out the 1.5-meter social distance in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 15, 2021. Polling stations opened across the Netherlands early Monday in a general election that has been spread over three days to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch parties make last push for votes in general election

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Firearms taken after break-in at western Michigan gun shop

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FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels. The Netherlands is holding a general election over three days starting March 15 2021 because of fears that busy polling stations could spike infections, which comes after Prime Minister Mark Rutte has spent more than a decade in power. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, FILE)

Dutch prime minister extends his country’s pandemic lockdown

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

White Dutch poet declines to translate Amanda Gorman’s works amid ‘uproar’

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Germany finds huge cocaine shipment; 2nd seized in Belgium

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

People enjoy the sun in Vondelpark after a sudden change in weather brought spring temperatures around 16 degrees Celsius, or 61 Fahrenheit, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Calculated risk: Dutch lockdown eased, but curfew extended

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

A meter teaches her daughter to skate on a rink in Doorn, Netherlands, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. With freezing temperatures forecast for more than a week in the Netherlands, ice fever is sweeping the nation, offering a welcome respite from grim coronavirus news while also creating a challenge for authorities trying to uphold social distancing measures. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Skating-crazy Dutch defy pandemic by taking to outdoor ice

By PETER DEJONG and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Cars and trucks are stuck in a traffic jam in snowfall on the snowy Autobahn 4 near Dresden, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

Snow, ice disrupt transport in central, northern Europe

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Jordan Van Foreest, local hero, stuns with win at elite Tata chess tourney

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A police officers speaks to youths on scooters at a road block during a nation-wide curfew in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The Netherlands entered its toughest phase of anti-coronavirus restrictions to date, imposing a nationwide night-time curfew from 9 p.m. until 4:30 a.m. which started Saturday Jan. 23, 2021, in a bid to control the COVID-19 infection rate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

131 arrested on ‘calmer’ night during Dutch virus curfew

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press