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The place name Maastricht is an Old Dutch compound Masa-(> Maas "the Meuse river") + Old Dutch *treiekt, itself borrowed from Gallo-Romance *TRA(I)ECTU cf. its Walloon name li trek, from Classical Latin trajectus ("ford, passage, place to cross a river") with the later addition of Maas "Meuse" to avoid the confusion with the -trecht of Utrecht ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands' right-wing government said on Wednesday it would seek to opt out from the European Union's migration rules if and when the bloc next renegotiates its core ...
BNR Newsradio (Dutch: BNR Nieuwsradio and pronounced like "BNR News-radio") is an all-news radio station in Netherlands. The station provides domestic, regional and international news with live news bulletins every half-hour.
Below is a list of newspapers in the Netherlands. Newspapers in the Netherlands are issued every day, with the exception of Sunday and some general holidays. The total number of printed daily newspapers is 27 in 2019, down from 35 in 2009. [ 1 ]
The Netherlands will no longer permit its citizens to adopt children from foreign countries, a Dutch government minister said on Tuesday. Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind added that ...
Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the ...
Binnenstad (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɪnə(n)ˌstɑt]; Limburgish: Binnestad [ˈbɪnəˌstɑt]; English: Inner city) is a neighbourhood in Maastricht, Netherlands. [1] Until 2007, it was officially named City. As its name suggests, it is the most centrally located area of Maastricht.
Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; [5] Dutch: Universiteit Maastricht [6]) is a public research university in Maastricht, ... It provides news, background ...