Rotterdam stories

Aug 13, 2026

Explosion at Rotterdam port petroleum facility kills one, injures six

A blast at a petroleum product storage facility at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands killed one person and injured six others on Thursday. Police are investigating the cause of the explosion, which occurred during maintenance work near a tank farm at the Gunvor Energy refinery.

Aug 13, 20266 sources

Aug 11, 2026

Ukraine repatriates remains of Yevhen Konovalets for reburial with military honors

Ukraine has received the remains of Colonel Yevhen Konovalets, founder of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, who was assassinated by a Soviet agent in 1938. His remains were exhumed from Rotterdam's Crooswijk Cemetery and will undergo scientific examination before reburial at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.

Aug 11, 20264 sources