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Stop evicting illegal families, Holland told

15-03-2010 - The Netherlands is continuing to break EU conventions by leaving families with children whose requests for asylum have been rejected to fend for themselves on the streets, the Volkskrant reports on Monday. ...more
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Premiership race heats up as Ajax beats PSV

15-03-2010 - The race for the Dutch premier league title heated up at the weekend as number three Ajax thrashed number two PSV Eindhoven 4-1. ...more

Cohen factor puts Labour in first place

15-03-2010 - The Labour party has overtaken the Christian Democrats and Geert Wilders' anti-Islam PVV in the latest Maurice de Hond opinion poll. ...more

Dutch Farc girl is alive and well: father
15-03-2010 - The Dutch student who joined the Colombian guerrilla movement Farc in 2002 is alive and well, her father told De Pers newspaper on Monday. ...more

AFM report on Zalm too limited: reviewer
15-03-2010 - The AFM financial service regulator's report into Gerrit Zalm's role in the downfall of DSB Bank last year did not take his other expertise into account, professor Michiel Scheltema, told MPs on Monday....more

Pharming shares fall on share issue news
15-03-2010 - Shares in biotechnology company Pharming fell as much as 20% in Amsterdam on Monday after the company said it wanted to expand its share capital. ...more

• Exports get off to good start in January - 15-03-2010
• Lottery told to stop health insurance promotion - 15-03-2010
• Cohen gone, who will be Amsterdam mayor? - 15-03-2010
• Rabobank stops Bizner internet bank - 15-03-2010
• TV show brooch sold for €120,000 - 15-03-2010
• Paedophile party disbands - 15-03-2010

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