Amsterdam’s iconic Van Gogh Museum at risk of closure? No funds for repairs; ‘major maintenance’ required at 50-year old building | World News

Amsterdam’s iconic Van Gogh Museum (Pic credit: AP) The Van Gogh Museum, home to one of the world’s most valuable collections of paintings by the legendary Dutch artist, may be forced to shut down if the government does not step in to finance urgent repairs, its director has warned. Since opening in 1973, the 50-year-old […]

Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

Eighty years since the end of World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader. “Amsterdam’s’ government was, when it mattered, not heroic, not determined and […]

Watch: Car erupts in flames at Amsterdam’s Dam Square, suicide attempt suspected

A man set himself and his car on fire at Amsterdam’s Dam Square on Thursday in what police believe was a potential suicide attempt. Local media footage shows a red car approaching the National Monument near the square’s southeastern section.The incident began with a small explosion, followed by flames emerging from the car. Amsterdam police […]

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