France's tax authority has been hacked, with the data of nearly 700,000 taxpayers stolen. The attack took place at the end of June but was only discovered this week, after the hacker group came forward with a claim.
The Ministry of Finance said Wednesday that it received a claim from a "malicious p...
The strike against Tesla's Swedish branch, which began in October 2023, has ended - after CEO Elon Musk bought out the strikers. The Swedish metalworkers' union IF Metall confirmed the news.
Auto mechanics had fought for years for a collective bargaining agreement. Tesla refused to accept the union...
A fugitive Dutch drug dealer who was a key figure in an amphetamine smuggling operation has been arrested in Turkey - wearing shorts and red slippers.
Gerrit van R. (36), from Eindhoven, was taken into custody in Antalya on the Turkish Riviera. Intelligence services tracked his movements after esta...
The water level of the Rhine has dropped so low that skipper Peter van der Veen (35) decided to do something few have done before: lower a ladder from his ship, step into the flowing river and stand on the riverbed.
Van der Veen commands the Sakura, a 73-meter inland vessel with a draft of 2.60 met...
One of the biggest health trends of the moment is consuming as much protein as possible - protein powders, shakes and muesli bars are everywhere. But a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which analyzed three hundred studies, suggests that eating less protein may actually be the key to...
A wallaby that escaped from a zoo in Brabant six months ago is still on the loose - and it keeps evading capture. Around twenty attempts have been made so far. "The kangaroo is fast and keeps outsmarting us," a Zoo Veldhoven employee told local broadcaster Omroep Brabant.
Wallabies are quick, shy a...
An illegal mortuary has been discovered inside an apartment complex in Zaventem, Belgium. One of the residents saw someone carrying bodies across the terrace and alerted a local councillor. The mortuary has since been closed down and the bodies removed.
"Apparently you could hear the fridges runnin...
A new power cable between Ireland's County Wexford and Freshwater West beach in Wales threatened to run straight through the memorial site of Harry Potter's beloved house-elf Dobby. Fans flooded the electricity company with calls to stop the plans - and it worked. The developer has now adjusted the ...
Police in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, have admitted to serious failures after refusing to help a minor who reported being assaulted.
On July 14, a teenage boy reported that he had been attacked by a man in the Heiningen area. Due to a shortage of available units, officers did not respond to the sc...
Firefighters in Kampen, Netherlands, were called to a dramatic rescue Monday morning after a cat named Oscar got stuck high on the facade of a building.
When crews arrived with a ladder truck to save him, Oscar had other plans. Just as the firefighter's basket reached him, he decided against climbi...