The latest news from the Netherlands

Ministers put final touches to Iraq reply

09-02-2010 - Ministers are meeting early this morning to put the final touches to their official reply to January's highly critical report on the Netherlands' involvement in the invasion of Iraq, reports news agency ANP....more

Car lease group launches online bank

09-02-2010 - Dutch car lease firm LeasePlan, which is owned by Volkswagen and two Middle East state funds, has launched its own internet savings bank. ...more

Stay in Afghanistan, Nato asks Dutch

09-02-2010 - Nato has made an official request to the Netherlands to stay in Afghanistan past the August 2010 pull-out date, news agency ANP reports, quoting sources in the Hague. ...more

ABN Amro to target corporate accounts
09-02-2010 - Nationalised bank ABN Amro is to target major corporate accounts, at just under the level of multinationals such as Unilever and Shell, Rutger van Nouhuys, head of the bank's large corporate and merchant banking arm, says in Tuesday's Financieele Dagblad. ...more

Spyker gets loan from former employer
09-02-2010 - Victor Muller, the head of luxury car maker Spyker which is taking over Sweden's Saab, has agreed a $25m convertible loan for the company with his former employer, offshore company Heerema. ...more

Councils keep out TNT competitors
09-02-2010 - New postal delivery firms are failing to win local authority contracts because they do not meet council conditions on delivery times and staff employment, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Tuesday. ...more

• No education cuts, says Labour leader - 09-02-2010
• Rotterdam police chief quits - 09-02-2010
• Many golf clubs hit by financial crisis - 08-02-2010
• Albert Heijn market share increases - 08-02-2010
• Welfare claimants must 'reintegrate' - 08-02-2010
• Minister is keeping km tax secrets: VVD - 08-02-2010