- Aug 23
Rotterdam dismisses two officials in widening probe over municipal construction and museum fraud
The municipality acted after prosecutors revealed that municipal staff accepted gifts and aided companies in submitting fictitious invoices for projects including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
- Aug 22
Sparta Rotterdam secures 3-3 draw against FC Utrecht at Het Kasteel
Marvin Young, Milan Zonneveld, and Nick Verschuren scored for Sparta Rotterdam in a 3-3 home draw against FC Utrecht on Saturday evening.
- Aug 22
South Korean container ship departs Busan for Europe via Arctic Northern Sea Route
The PanStar Acro has departed Busan carrying chemicals and vehicles for Felixstowe, Rotterdam, and Gdansk, initiating a 45-day commercial trial along the Northeast Passage.
- Aug 15
Elena Colas, 16, wins European beam gold in Zagreb, two days after all-around bronze
French gymnast Elena Colas, 16, won beam gold at the European Championships in Zagreb on 15 August 2026, adding to the all-around bronze she claimed two days earlier.
- Aug 13
Explosion at Gunvor facility in Rotterdam port kills one, injures six
An explosion at a Gunvor Energy storage tank in Rotterdam's Europoort killed one person and injured six on Thursday morning, during maintenance work by a subcontractor crew. Police have cordoned off the area as a crime scene while the Dutch Labour Inspectorate and Safety Investigation Board investigate.
- Aug 11
Chinese shipping firm Sea Legend launches first regular Arctic container route, halving Ningbo-Felixstowe transit to 20 days
Chinese shipping company Sea Legend begins the first regular weekly container service through the Arctic on August 12, cutting the Ningbo-to-Felixstowe journey from 40 days to roughly 20 while bypassing conflict zones around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb.
- Aug 9
Rhine water levels hit record lows at Kaub, splitting Europe's key waterway and disrupting industry
The gauge at Kaub fell to 6 centimetres on Friday, the lowest since records began, forcing cargo ships to cut loads to a fifth of normal capacity and effectively dividing the river into two non-connecting sections.
- Aug 8
Catania airport reopens after Etna ash forces week-long shutdown in peak tourist season
Flights resumed at Catania airport on Saturday, August 15, after authorities downgraded Etna's aviation alert from red to orange, ending about a week of cancellations that affected more than 100,000 travelers during Italy's peak Ferragosto holiday weekend.
- Aug 1
Rhine at record low chokes German freight as Bilger lifts Sunday truck ban
The Rhine gauge at Kaub fell to 17 centimetres on Wednesday, the lowest since measurements began in 1880, crippling cargo traffic on Germany's most important waterway. Transport Minister Steffen Bilger announced emergency measures including suspending Sunday truck driving bans after a crisis summit with industry in Bonn on Thursday.
- Jul 31
Niewiadoma-Phinney conquers Mont Ventoux to seize Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey
Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney attacked 9 km from the summit of Mont Ventoux on stage seven of the Tour de France Femmes, winning by 1 minute 16 seconds and moving into the overall lead by 15 seconds over Demi Vollering.
- Jul 29
Danube drought forces nuclear plant shutdowns in Hungary and Romania
Record-low Danube levels from prolonged heatwaves have pushed Hungary's Paks plant toward its first full shutdown in its 44 years of service and threaten Romania's Cernavoda reactor, as both countries scramble to conserve electricity.
- Jul 28
Rhine water levels hit July record low, threatening water supply and German GDP growth
Persistently low water on Europe's busiest inland waterway forces cargo ships to run at a fraction of capacity, driving up freight costs, and could erase Germany's already weak summer growth, economists warn.
- Jul 28
Unilever posts best volume growth in 16 years, upgrades full-year outlook
The Dove and Domestos maker reported 5.5% volume growth in Q2, its strongest since 2010, driven by Latin America and India, and now expects full-year sales growth within its 4-6% range.
- Jul 21
FC Porto signs South Korean midfielder Hwang Inbeom from Feyenoord for €4.5 million until 2029
The 29-year-old international arrives from Feyenoord for a fixed fee of €4.5 million, with a further €500,000 in potential bonuses, and takes the number 16 shirt.
- Jul 16
TSMC profit jumps 77% to record $22bn, pledges $100bn more for Arizona plants
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a 77% jump in second-quarter net profit to a record $22 billion and announced an additional $100 billion investment in US chipmaking in Arizona, raising its total US commitment to $265 billion.
- Jul 14
Trump slams New York’s first-in-nation data center moratorium as Hochul vows to protect ratepayers
President Donald Trump attacked New York’s one-year halt on large data center permits, warning it would cost jobs and cede AI ground to China, while Governor Kathy Hochul defended the pause as necessary to shield consumers from rising bills and resource strain.
- Jul 11
Moldova's Sandu picks financier Vasile Tofan as prime minister after political crisis
President Maia Sandu named 44-year-old private equity partner Vasile Tofan on Saturday, tasking him with steering Moldova's economy and EU accession after the previous premier resigned this month.
- Jul 10
France beats Morocco 2-0, police in Brussels and Dutch cities brace for unrest after quarterfinal
France advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-0 win over Morocco, but the quarterfinal triggered a heavy police response in Brussels and scattered clashes in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.
- Jul 8
Netherlands to shift €66m in MBO funding from Randstad to shrinking regions to keep vocational schools open
Education minister Rianne Letschert has unveiled a plan to overhaul how vocational colleges are financed, moving money from urban centres to areas where student numbers are falling fast.
- Jul 4
Morocco fans celebrate World Cup quarterfinal berth; police use water cannon in The Hague
Morocco's 3-0 victory over Canada in the World Cup round of 16 sent supporters into the streets across the Netherlands and Brussels, with festivities turning unruly in several cities and riot police deploying water cannon and making arrests.
