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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

Jos Bieleveldt, 91, receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Jos Bieleveldt had a spring in his 91-year-old step when he became one of the first Dutch recipients in his age group to get the coronavirus vaccine. One thing though, it really took too long a time coming. The 27-nation EU is coming under criticism for the slow rollout of its vaccination campaign. The bloc, a collection of many of the richest countries in the world, is not faring well in comparison to countries like Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Not in short supply: Blame for EU’s rusty COVID-19 vaccine rollout

By Raf Casert and Mike Corder - Associated Press

In this image made from video, a COVID-19 testing center is seen after being set on fire in Urk, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Amsterdam, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Dutch police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the country’s lockdown in the capital, Amsterdam and the southern city of Eindhoven. The unrest comes a day after rioting youths protesting on the first night of the country’s curfew torched a coronavirus testing facility in Dutch fishing village Urk. (Pro News via AP)

Dutch police use tear gas, water cannon amid rioting

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 file photo, staff members wait for in line at a COVID-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands. The Dutch government came under heavy criticism from lawmakers Tuesday Jan. 5, 2021, for its COVID-19 vaccination plan that only starts to administer its first shots on Wednesday, making it the last European Union nation to begin vaccinations. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch begin COVID-19 vaccinations; last EU nation to do so

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Josepha Delmotte, 102 years old, center, at La Bonne Maison de Bouzanton care home in Mons, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. The vaccine, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, was transported from a hospital in Leuven to the residential care home on Monday, as Belgium begins its vaccination program starting with the most vulnerable. Also being vaccinated, nurse Marie-Catherine Van Broeck, second right, and Toni Agostinelli, left, who both work at the home. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Dutch government under fire for late start with vaccinations

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

People line up for a free dinner at a soup kitchen in Mexico City, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This soup kitchen is operated by neighbors who are in charge of preparing food and serving it to the public for free. The Secretariat of Inclusion and Social Welfare of Mexico City started its soup kitchen program in 2009. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

The Latest: Tenn. governor enacts new virus restrictions

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In this Dec. 16, 2020, photo, A hosts directs visitors of a COVID-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands. The Netherlands is banning flights from the United Kingdom for the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the COVID-19 virus in Britain does not reach its shores. The ban came into effect Sunday morning Dec. 20, 2020, and the government said it was reacting to tougher measures imposed in and around London on Saturday. The Netherlands said it will assess &quot;with other EU nations the possibilities to contain the import of the virus from the United Kingdom.&quot; (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant

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The National Monument Slavery Past by Erwin de Vries is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. To tell the troubling story of the Netherlands' deep historical links to the slave trade, the country's national museum is making it personal. The Rijksmuseum will open a major exhibition on the subject in February 2021, bringing slavery to life by pulling into sharp focus the lives of 10 people, from a man enslaved in Ghana and transported to work on sugar plantations in Brazil, to a wealthy Amsterdam socialite whose portrait was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch national museum to stage 2021 exhibition on slavery

By MIKE CORDER and PETER DEJONG - Associated Press