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A Priceless Golden Helmet, Heisted from a Dutch Museum, Is Recovered

A Priceless Golden Helmet, Heisted from a Dutch Museum, Is Recovered

Published by José Betancourt

Romanian culturati and historians, as well as Dutch museum officials, were shocked in January 2025 when thieves blew up a wall at a Netherlands museum to get at one of the great treasures of the National Museum of Romanian History: the golden Cotofenesti helmet, which dates to the 5th–4th centuries BCE. The thieves were seen on surveillance video opening a museum door with a crowbar before an explosion occurred.  But at a press conference in Assen on Thursday, police wearing balaclavas revealed that the helmet was returned, along with two of three golden bracelets dating to the second half of the first century BCE that were also stolen. Related Articles The treasured Cotofenesti helmet dates back about 2,500 years, and originated with the Dacia people. It was on view at the Drents Museum, in the Dutch city of Assen, in the show “Dacia: Kingdom of Gold and Silver.” “We are incredibly pleased,” Corien Fahner of the prosecution service told reporters, according to ABC News. “It has been a roller coaster. Especially for Romania, but also …

Getty Museum Acquires Two Significant Dutch Still Lifes

Getty Museum Acquires Two Significant Dutch Still Lifes

Published by José Betancourt

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired two Dutch still lifes of note—including one that the institution said it “has been seeking over two decades,” according to a press release announcing the news. Jan Davidsz. de Heem’s Glass Vase with Flowers and Fruit (ca. 1673–74) is one of nine similar paintings that demonstrate the artist’s “skill of illusionism and accurate botanical and entomological observations,” per the release, and was unrecorded until it came out of a private collection in Germany in 2022. The arrangement includes flame tulips (“still a highly prized flower in the Netherlands”) as well as plums, berries, roses, morning glory, milk thistle, and honeysuckle. Related Articles Look closely and you will also see insects going about their business at minuscule scale. “Butterflies and caterpillars, associated with metamorphosis, represented the transience of life and the soul freed from greed and desire,” the Getty’s release reads. “And, according to literary tradition, ants were respected as hardworking and symbolized diligence and frugality.” De Heem’s painting is already on view in the Getty Center’s West …

Dutch coach Koeman praises performance but Van Dijk wants more

Dutch coach Koeman praises performance but Van Dijk wants more

Published by Sam Flores

AMSTERDAM, March 28 : Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman praised his team’s performance after their 2-1 win over Norway in a World Cup warm-up on Friday in Amsterdam, but captain Virgil van Dijk felt there was still work to do ahead of the global soccer showpiece. The Dutch next meet Ecuador in Eindhoven on Tuesday and will play Algeria in June as they continue their preparations for the World Cup, which is scheduled from June 11 to July 19 in North America. “This was simply a very good match from us against a very strong country,” Koeman said in a press conference. “It is somewhat typically Dutch to think that when you play Norway, you have to beat them. That is not the case. In the qualifiers, they beat Italy twice. “Norway also had good phases against us, but looking at the entire match, I think we deserved to win.” The Netherlands, who were playing without several regulars, fell behind to an early strike from Andreas Schjelderup but fought back through goals from Van Dijk and …

Dutch court bans xAI’s Grok from generating nonconsensual nude images | Technology News

Dutch court bans xAI’s Grok from generating nonconsensual nude images | Technology News

Published by Sam Flores

Court dismissed xAI claim that measures were taken after plaintiff produced video of nude person shortly before hearing. Published On 26 Mar 202626 Mar 2026 A Dutch court has ordered Elon Musk’s xAI to stop generating and distributing nude images of people without their consent in the Netherlands, warning it would impose fines of 100,000 euros ($115,350) per day for noncompliance. The Amsterdam District Court ruled Thursday that xAI’s Grok artificial intelligence tool and the X platform that hosts it were barred from “generating and/or distributing sexual imagery” featuring people “partially or wholly stripped naked without having given their explicit permission”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The decision in a civil suit was one of the first times a judge has weighed in on xAI’s responsibility for creating tools that can be used to create sexualised images, amid a flood of complaints and investigations over Grok in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. Grok was launched by Musk in 2023 and distributed through his social media platform X, which is now part …

Skeleton of D’Artagnan, the Fourth Musketeer, Found in Dutch Church

Skeleton of D’Artagnan, the Fourth Musketeer, Found in Dutch Church

Published by Jenni Sidey

The skeletal remains of the 17th-century French folk hero D’Artangnan—born: Charles de Batz de Castelmore—have perhaps been recovered after being buried under a church in the Netherlands for centuries. The floor of the church, St. Peter and Paul in Maastricht, suffered damage last month, and subsequent repair work revealed the remains. D’Artagnan, a French soldier who served under Louis XIV, rose through the ranks to eventually became a captain of the Musketeers of the Guard, an elite branch of the French military. Fans of French literature, know D’Artagnan from Alexandre Dumas’s beloved 1844 adventure novel Les Trois Mousquetaires. (If you were a child in the ‘90s, the live action Disney movie The Three Musketeers, starring Chris O’Donnell as D’Artagnan, is likely the more immediate reference point.) In both instances—and many other creative retellings of the story over the years—a character named D’Artagnan leaves home and is befriended by Musketeers named Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, who take D’Artagnan under their wing. Related Articles According to the Dutch news site L1, several objects uncovered along with the …

Danish election signals shift toward Dutch and Belgian-style of coalition building

Danish election signals shift toward Dutch and Belgian-style of coalition building

Published by Sam Flores

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Ulrik Pram Gad, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. He observes a political landscape marked less by decisive outcomes and more by fragmentation and negotiation. Electoral erosion among traditional parties continues, yet not uniformly, leaving space for incumbency without dominance. Strategic timing, shaped by temporary surges in approval, has not reversed longer-term structural trends. External crises have influenced perception but have not singularly determined voter behaviour.  Keywords for this article Source link

Here’s how Dutch art detective Arthur Brand tracks down stolen masterpieces : NPR

Here’s how Dutch art detective Arthur Brand tracks down stolen masterpieces : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. Rebecca Rosman for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Rosman for NPR AMSTERDAM – In his modest IKEA-furnished apartment, Arthur Brand paces to distract himself. “I’m nervous,” he says, with the honesty of a man who has learned that bravado is useless in his line of work. He lights a cigarette, leans out the window, and scans the street below. “The waiting is the hardest part.” Brand, 56, has made a career out of waiting: for a phone call, a knock at the door, and, every once in a blue moon, a Picasso or a Van Gogh left discreetly on his doorstep. “Those are the moments you realize it’s worth it,” he says. Until, of course, everything resets, and the waiting game begins again. In another life, Brand says, he’ll take his mother’s advice and “find a normal job.” But in this one, he’s helped recover stolen art for …

Tesla expects Dutch decision on self-driving technology by April 10

Tesla expects Dutch decision on self-driving technology by April 10

Published by Sam Flores

AMSTERDAM, March 20 : Tesla Europe expects a decision by April 10 from the Dutch vehicle authority RDW on whether to approve Full Self-Driving technology in the Netherlands, it said on Friday. RDW said in a reaction it is close to a decision, but it would not confirm the April 10 date.  “Tesla and the RDW are now going through the last steps in the evaluation process,” RDW said in a statement.  “During this final phase our inspectors are studying all the data and test results and after that has been finished, a decision will be made about the admissibility of the driver assistance system (known as) FSD Supervised.” The agency said in November it would approve the technology only once its safety had been convincingly demonstrated. “We are anticipating a possible EU-wide approval during the summer,” Tesla Europe said in a statement posted on social media platform X. Source link

Dutch prime minister says strikes on Iran not in line with international law – POLITICO

Dutch prime minister says strikes on Iran not in line with international law – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Jetten added that the Dutch government has an “understanding” for the initial strikes against Iran, given Tehran’s long-standing threat to its own population and to regional stability. But he stressed that the international community must continue to defend international law and pursue diplomatic solutions “however difficult that may be.” The Dutch leader also questioned what the ultimate objective of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign is. “The main question remains: when will the attacks be considered successful?” Jetten said, adding that, before being able to pass judgment on whether or not his government is supportive of the methods chosen by the U.S. and Israel in Iran, they will need to “understand what the intentions and goals are with these attacks.” After days of mixed signals from the White House on the justifications and aims of the war on Iran, Trump on Friday said his administration’s ultimate goal is “unconditional surrender” by the Islamic Republic’s leaders. Jetten, who earlier this week called the attacks on Iran “somewhat at odds” with international law, also said that France has asked …

Dutch gambling regulator warns athletes betting on own competitions raise integrity risks

Dutch gambling regulator warns athletes betting on own competitions raise integrity risks

Published by skeptic

Dutch gambling regulators say they are seeing a new type of integrity concern in sports betting, where athletes are placing wagers on competitions in which they are directly involved. The warning appears in the Netherlands’ latest match-fixing monitoring report, where officials say several alerts during 2025 involved players betting within their own leagues or events. Regulators consider the practice a serious conflict of interest and a potential gateway to manipulation. The findings come from the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the country’s national gambling regulator, which released its Trendanalyse Matchfixing 2025 examining suspicious betting activity reported by licensed operators. Dutch gambling market expansion in 2024–2025, with more license holders and live gambling sites recorded by December each year. Credit: KSA The number of alerts itself barely changed compared with the previous year. Operators submitted 12 reports in 2025, down only slightly from 13 in 2024. But regulators say the nature of those reports is changing, revealing warning signs that had not surfaced before. Dutch regulator reports a new pattern in suspicious betting reports involving athletes Within the twelve …