The Netherlands is a small state on the north coast of mainland Western Europe, bordering Germany to the east and Belgium to the west. After occupation by Nazi Germany in 1940–45 the state abandoned its traditionally neutral political stance in...

Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden CAPITAL: Constitutional capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague ('s Gravenhage; Den Haag) FLAG: The national flag, standardized in 1937, is a tricolor of red, white, and blue...

Netherlands POPULATION 16,259,300 ROMAN CATHOLIC 31 percent PROTESTANT 21 percent MUSLIM 5.3 percent OTHER 2.7 percent NONRELIGIOUS 40 percent Country Overview Introduction The Netherlands, a small and densely populated country in western Europe,...

Netherlands, The The Netherlands is a small country in the middle of Western Europe, bordering Germany, Belgium, and the North Sea. One of its best-known geographic characteristics is that one-third of the flat country lies below sea level. The Dutch...

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland (help·info), IPA: [ˈne:dərlɑnt]) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean. The Netherlands is a...

The Netherlands has agreed to host the tribunal that will prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the United Nations announced Friday.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will send a delegation to the Netherlands in the coming weeks to discuss arrangements, U.N....

The Dutch government will spend $38 million over the next four years to prevent both the growth of Islamic fundamentalism and right-wing nationalism, an official said Monday.The emphasis will be on funding existing programs at the neighborhood and school levels for what the government sees...

SABMiller, the world's third-largest brewer, said Monday will bid $1.2 billion for Grolsch, the Dutch beer with a distinctive swivel cap.Grolsch is the second-largest Dutch brewer after Heineken, with approximately 15 percent market share in the Netherlands.In a joint statement, the companies said Grolsch would...

The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software — freely distributed programs that anyone can modify — the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday.Government organizations will still be able to use proprietary software and...