His address: the mayor’s office. Ahmed Aboutaleb is the first Muslim immigrant to lead a major Dutch city. The son of an imam, he was appointed mayor of Rotterdam late last year and in January ...

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said that no decision had been made about whether to take apart a portion of the century-and-a-half old Koningshaven Bridge, which spans over a Rhine River ...

“It is incomprehensible that you can turn against freedom,” Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told Dutch news program “Newshour.” “But if you don’t like freedom, for heaven’s sake pack your bags ...

Born in Morocco and still a devout Muslim, Ahmed Aboutaleb is – it would seem – precisely the type of person that far-right leader Geert Wilders wants to kick out. Aboutaleb, the mayor of ...

Ahmed Aboutaleb is stepping down as mayor of Rotterdam this autumn after 15 years on the job. Aboutaleb, who is 62, was appointed mayor of the port city in 2009, after previously serving as junior ...

Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has been awarded the 2021 World Mayor Award by the London-based thinktank City Mayors Foundation for ‘his commitment to treat all citizens as ‘Rotterdammers’, ...

"There might be a place where you belong, and be honest with yourself about that, don’t kill innocent journalists," Mr Aboutaleb continued. "This is so backwards, so incomprehensible, go away if ...

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the world’s longest Green and Digital Corridor ...

This employee allegedly approved a €9,500 loan to one of the suspects. Former Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb, who served ...

Shots were fired in two different places in the city. Many people witnessed it," Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said. "Emotions in the city are very high. My condolences go out to the victims." ...

The suspect was cooperating with police, Westerbeke said. “It was a black day,” said Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb. Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima expressed their sympathy on ...