A small European nation transformed into a global trading empire, reshaping history through the Dutch East India Company, or VOC. This video dives into how the Netherlands rose from a struggling ...

The Netherlands sent 25.6 percent of its exports to its eastern neighbour last year, a decline of 2.3 percentage points since 1990, according to the Dutch government.

Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," said the latest discovery was among his most significant.

yet this find is one of the highlights of my career," Brand told AFP. Many of the documents recount the early days of the ...

Often referred to by the acronym VOC, short for its Dutch name Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, the company was formed in 1602 by the States General of the United Netherlands, granting a 20 ...

In many places the VOC's presence is seen increasingly to be a significant aspect of that country's history. The VOC is gradually losing its image as an organisation of pre-colonial domination. The ...

A Dutch ship laden with chests of silver which sunk off the coast of England in 1740 is to be partly excavated and its cargo recovered, the education ministry said on Tuesday. The Rooswijk was a VOC ...

In October, the West Austral­ian and Dutch governments will mark the 400th anniversary of VOC captain Dirk Hartog landing at Shark Bay in 1616, the first European to set foot on the western ...