The dance of the Dutch oil skimmers coming to America has been a sight to behold. Slow, cheerless, and saddled with incompetent decisions, their trajectory has slogged through the second US summer holiday with no guarantee of an end in sight. More >

As he roars around the streets of Srebrenica in his three-tonne, self-built, bright red Hummer, Rob Zomer does not exactly blend in. But then catch wind of his story and it is clear this Dutchman is not one to follow convention. More >

It’s been 15 years since the massacre of Srebrenica left thousands of Bosnian Muslims dead. The people on both sides of that conflict are slowly finding common ground now, but the tragedy is never far from their minds. More >

For some South Africans, there is still a “home” team to cheer for in the World Cup final. When the Netherlands faces Spain on Sunday at Soccer City, a sizable portion of the Afrikaner population will be watching closely, and mostly because of their Dutch roots. More >

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has taken inspiration from the ‘Total Football’ legends of the past but insists his side cannot be compared with the former Dutch greats. More >

Two years ago Holland wowed the world as they began Euro 2008 with stunning victories over France and Italy. But they watched the final on television after being knocked out by Russia. This time their players insisted, after becoming the first team to secure a place in the second round of the World Cup, it will be different. More >

Most Afrikaners here are Dutch by ancestry, but not by sporting priorities. The whites in South Africa are still rugby fans first and foremost, committed loyalists to their Springboks of “Invictus” fame. More >

The mystery of a lost camera’s 1,000-mile aquatic journey has been solved with the help of a sea turtle with a predilection for home videos. More >

The right-wing populist party of anti-Islam agitator Geert Wilders scored big in the Dutch election. Now the question is whether he will be invited to help form a government. If he is, say German commentators, Dutch voters will finally see how little substance the man actually has. More >

With such a slim majority for the Liberal Party in the Dutch elections, the horse-trading to find potential coalition partners begins. The BBC’s Geraldine Coughlan in The Hague assesses the options. More >

In the first election in a euro-zone country since the European economic crisis, Dutch voters punished the incumbent party in parliamentary elections on Wednesday while seeming to split between opposite poles of the political spectrum, writes the New York Times. More >

After the Dutch parliamentary election of June 9, the real struggle for power will commence as the political parties seek to form a new governing coalition. The outcome of this painstaking process has become less predictable over the decades. More >

What makes a liberal? The definition differs widely on the two opposite sides of the Atlantic, but even within the tiny Netherlands, political parties bicker over who is really entitled to use the term. More >

Political light-years ago, let’s say back in March, the name of the next Dutch prime minister was going to be Job Cohen, former mayor of Amsterdam and a Man of the Left depicted as having particular skills in smoothing out tensions between the Dutch and the Muslim immigrants who increasingly populate their large cities. More >

As the Dutch election campaign centres on the economy, the populist Islam-basher Geert Wilders has lost momentum. More >

There is a lot of political debate in the Netherlands about immigration, but European agreements leave little room for manoeuvre. Stricter policy would mean retreating from Europe. More >

At every World Cup the Netherlands are undone by infighting but the coach has so far kept the peace. Can it last? More >

WE’RE driving on top of a dike in the northern province of Friesland in the Netherlands, with a sliver of pink-hued sunrise slicing through an otherwise gray sky. We zoom past verdant pastures full of cows and sheep, past centuries-old churches, and past windmills, both old and modern. More >

A girl made famous by her story of how she was forced into prostitution at age 12, may have made most of it up, a new book reveals. More >

The Dutch government aircraft, KBX, has been completely overhauled. The job cost nearly three years and 4.3 million euros to complete. More >