By 2050, the world is likely to have changed drastically from what we know now, and the planet's economic and financial landscape will be no exception.A report from professional services giant PwC looks at which economies around the world will be the biggest and most powerful in 33 years time.

BBC - Voters in the Netherlands have rejected in a referendum an EU partnership deal to remove trade barriers with Ukraine.

BBC - Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj has been found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Balkan wars in the 1990s.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands said on Thursday it would create a 300-strong rapid response security team that could be deployed for border control anywhere, but primarily within the European Union.

Euronews - Dutch police are training eagles to remove drones they say pose a threat to public safety.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Netherlands called on Monday for greater sharing of intelligence data, including lists of suspected foreign fighters and their banking details, at a gathering of global counter-terrorism officials.

A golden statue of a sitting Buddha, smuggled from a temple in China to a market in the Netherlands, revealed an extraordinary secret -- a 1,000-year-old mummified monk.Researchers discovered the mummy, encased ina cavity in the statue when a private buyer brought it to the Drents Museum in the Netherlands for restoration.

Her father has been blamed by many for the death of 193 Dutch citizens.So for Maria Putin, who lives in a smart suburb of The Hague, relations with her neighbours must be more than a little strained right now.The 28-year-old is reported to have resided in the Netherlands for several years with Dutch partner Jorrit Faassen, 34, an executive for a Russian consultancy firm.