Tag: amsterdam

• Van Gogh from Lagos: John Madu

  March 18, 2026

  Nigerian artist John Madu drew on his home country’s experience to revisit the paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Madu’s work is now on show at the Van Gogh Museum in… more ›

• Van Gogh from Lagos: John Madu

  July 27, 2025

  Nigerian artist John Madu drew on his home country’s experience to revisit the paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Madu’s work is now on show at the Van Gogh Museum in… more ›

• Netherlands: The children of a country held hostage by drug trafficking

  July 28, 2024

  On the edges of society, adolescents navigate the mafias that recruit them and the efforts of police officers, social workers and the few politicians who try to keep them on… more ›

• Amsterdam plans out-of-town ‘erotic centre’ as part of cleanup bid

  May 6, 2021

  Amsterdam is preparing to build an out-of-town five-storey “erotic centre” with two bars, 100 small rooms and an “erotic entertainment” venue such as a strip club as it downsizes its… more ›

• Netherlands becoming a narco-state, warn Dutch police

  September 19, 2019

  The Netherlands is starting to resemble a narco-state with the police unable to combat the emergence of a parallel criminal economy, a report from the Dutch police association has warned.… more ›