The Netherlands said Thursday it will hand back hundreds of colonial-era artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, including a ... for the return of some art pieces and natural history collections ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said Monday that his country welcomes the Netherlands’ plan to return hundreds of colonial-era artifacts ... museum of art and history ...

The Netherlands returned formal ownership to Sri Lanka of six colonial-era treasures on Monday ... The commission was set up after a request by Indonesia for the return of some art pieces and natural ...

"The objects were wrongfully brought to the Netherlands during the colonial period, acquired under duress or by looting," it added. Sri Lanka is grateful to the government and the people of the ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Two Dutch museums are handing hundreds of cultural artifacts back to Indonesia and Sri Lanka — from ... in the colonial era. The government announced the planned ...

he Netherlands said on Thursday it would hand back hundreds of colonial-era artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, including a ... to return some art pieces and natural history collections.