Amsterdam articles
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Armenian Genocide commemorated in Amsterdam
On 21 April, a commemoration ceremony was held in Amsterdam, near the memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Ambassador of Armenia to the Netherlands H.E. Mr. Viktor Biyagov, Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema, members of the Dutch Parliament Don Ceder, Caroline van der Plas and representatives of the Armenian community of Amsterdam …
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Amsterdam's cycle storage is too full of abandoned bikes
The bike storage park in Amsterdam’s harbour area, where abandoned and wrongly-parked bikes await collection, is so full that the city is being forced to take new measures, the Parool reported on Thursday. The fietsdepot has space for 75,000 bikes a year, but city officials say the total number of bikes taken to the storage is heading for 100,000. In 2023, some 48,000 bikes were not picked up within the allotted six weeks, of which 75% were in a bad
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Police end demonstration on Amsterdam ring road
The police have ended a demonstration by climate protestors on the A10 Amsterdam ring road after a group of around 90 climbed on to the highway to stop traffic. Campaign group Extinction Rebellion had called for the demonstration at midday on Saturday, saying they would act unless king Willem-Alexander spoke out against the use of fossil fuels. The demonstration had been banned by Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema but went ahead anyway. Police removed the last of the demonstrators around 2pm.