Rotterdam

A SPANISH van loaded with gas canisters was stopped by police near a concert venue in Rotterdam after a tip-off by security services, with two people arrested.

Iconic dance venue the Maassilo was evacuated as Californian band the Allah-Las were due to perform in Rotterdam.

The mayor of Rotterdam says police in the port city stopped a van with Spanish license plates containing a number of gas bottles close to the venue of a concert by an American rock band that was cancelled following a threat, CNBC has reported.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Munipality city council on March 15 unanimously terminated its sister city protocol with the Netherland's port city Rotterdam, amid an ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries.

The move comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan said he ordered Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to end the metropolis' sister city pact with Rotterdam.

The chairmen of the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission have defended Holland in a statement related to the attacks of the Turkish government against authorities in the Hague.

Regarding the comparisons to Nazism made by Ankara with respect to the Hague, Antonio Tajani made a statement in the plenary hall in Strasbourg:

Turkish accusations of fascism in the Netherlands are "completely detached from reality," European Council President Donald Tusk wrote via his official Twitter account on March 15.

Turkey's remarks came after the Netherlands cancelled rallies by Turkish politicians in Rotterdam, which had aimed to drum up support for a referendum that would change the constitution.

Family Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya returned to Turkey on March 12 after Dutch police escorted her back to Germany after she had been barred from entering the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam amid an escalating row between the two countries. 

Family Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya said on March 12 that Dutch police is escorting her back to Germany after having been barred from entering the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam amid an escalating row between the two countries. "I am being taken to Germany from the Nijmegen border with democratic and humanitarian values disregarded.

The leading country in marine and port projects in the world, the Netherlands, will be a model for Turkey's ports within an environmentally-friendly Green Port implementation.

“Curbed” – invites architects to reimagine an existing structure in their city. In August, it visited debt-ridden Athens that many would argue is worse for wear as a result of the country’s economic woes and migrant problems that have seen the city inundated by a number of refugees.

Former Netherlands forward Dirk Kuyt is returning to Feyenoord next season, aiming to end his professional playing days at the club that was a launching pad for nine years at Liverpool and Fenerbahçe.