Femke Halsema (59) is one of the most discussed public officials in the country. In Femke Halsema, Mayor of Amsterdam, the ...

The Mayor of Amsterdam has suggested a number of changes for King's Day in Amsterdam in order to curb the chaos caused by the ...

Amsterdam will continue to allow King’s Day festivities in the city center, but tighter control is needed. Mayor Femke ...

After years of mounting crowds and overstretched emergency services, Mayor Femke Halsema wants to fundamentally change King’s ...

Femke Halsema wants to fundamentally change how King’s Day is celebrated in the Dutch capital, after years of growing crowds ...

The Mayor of Amsterdam wants to legalize and regulate the sale, possession and use of cocaine. In an interview with Dutch newspaper Financieele Dagblad, Mayor Femke Halsema very strongly voiced her ...

June 28 (UPI) --Amsterdam's city council chose former political leader Femke Halsema to be mayor, making her the first woman to hold the position in the Dutch city's history. More than 100 people ...

AMSTERDAM — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during World War II, saying the government at the time “let its ...

AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam’s first female mayor launched plans on Wednesday to overhaul the city’s red-light district and its window displays, in a bid to protect sex workers from gawking tourists. In what ...

It’s a Saturday night in January and De Wallen, better known as Amsterdam’s red light district, is bustling. Groups of people stroll past souvenir shops, cafés, red-lit windows and sex shops. There’s ...