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News from Monday 15 March 2010 Dutch Farc girl is alive and well: fatherThe 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: reviewerThe 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 newsShares 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 JanuaryDutch industrial exports rose 11% in January 2010, compared with a year ago, the national statistics office CBS said on Monday....more Lottery told to stop health insurance promotionThe postcode lottery organisation has been told to stop offering participants reductions on their health insurance by health minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Nos tv reports on Monday....more Cohen gone, who will be Amsterdam mayor?The names of home affairs minister Guusje ter Horst and integration minister Eberhard van der Laan are among the most often mentioned as possible candidates to succeed Job Cohen as Amsterdam mayor.
...more Rabobank stops Bizner internet bankRabobank is to stop its Bizner internet banking unit, set up in 2007 for small and medium-sized firms. ...more Stop evicting illegal families, Holland toldThe 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 Premiership race heats up as Ajax beats PSVThe race for the Dutch premier league title heated up at the weekend as number three Ajax thrashed number two PSV Eindhoven 4-1. ...more TV show brooch sold for €120,000A gold, glass and enamel brooch by French master René Lalique has become the most expensive item ever to turn up on tv show Tussen Kunst & Kitsch, a Dutch version of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow....more Paedophile party disbandsThe pro-paedophile political party PNVD has disbanded after failing to find enough supporters to enable it to take part in the June general election, news agency Novum reports. ...more Machine lease sector turnover plummetsCompanies which lease essential equipment such as cranes, computers, lorries and industrial machinery have been hard hit by the recession, with the value of new contracts signed down 28% at €4.5bn last year, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Monday. ...more Cohen factor puts Labour in first placeThe Labour party has overtaken the Christian Democrats and Geert Wilders' anti-Islam PVV in the latest Maurice de Hond opinion poll. ...more Male visitor sought in missing girl caseThe disappearance of 12-year-old Mille Boele from Dordrecht is looking increasingly like an abduction, the Telegraaf reports on Monday. ...more News from Saturday 13 March 2010 Wilders is bad for the Netherlands: employersAnti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders is seriously damaging the Netherlands' reputation as a world economy, Bernard Wientjes, head of the country's biggest employers organisation VNO-NCW says in an interview with Saturday's Volkskrant. ...more Cohen tops polls as people's favouriteFormer Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen is by far the people's favourite choice for prime minister, according to two opinion polls carried out shortly after he announced his candidacy for Labour party leader. ...more News from Friday 12 March 2010 Labour remains biggest party in RotterdamThe Labour party is still the biggest party in Rotterdam and the gap between it and local populist party Leefbaar Rotterdam has increased to 754 votes, election officials said on Friday following a vote recount. ...more Dutch skier dies in avalancheA 33-year-old Dutch man caught up an an avalanche in a Austrian ski resort on Thursday has died of his injuries, the Telegraaf reports on Friday....more Girl on video is not missing MilliePolice have issued a nationwide alert for a 12-year-old girl, missing from her home in Dordrecht since early Wednesday evening. ...more Financial crisis costs local councils cashLocal councils had a combined shortfall in their budgets of €1.8bn last year because of the financial crisis, according to research by the local authorities' association VNG. ...more Labour leader Bos quits, Cohen steps upWouter Bos is standing down as leader of the Labour party, leaving Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen as his apparent heir. ...more Thin year for Ballast NedamConstruction company Ballast Nedam booked operating profit of € 17m in 2009, down from €42m the previous year, as the effect of the recession continued to bite. ...more Vopak meets target, boosts capacityTank storage group Vopak reported turnover up 8% in 2009 at just over €1bn as its worldwide capacity grew to over 28 million cubic meters. ...more Minister 'concerned' about cleaners' strikeSocial affairs minister Piet Hein Donner is to ask cleaning sector unions and employers for an update on the long-running pay dispute in the sector and says he is 'concerned' about the vulnerability of contract cleaners, news agency ANP reports. ...more Cartel fines not tax deductible: courtDutch companies which have been fined for anti-competitive practices may not deduct those fines against tax, a special court in Amsterdam which deals with taxation issues ruled on Thursday....more Former Fortis bosses in court in May, JuneFormer Fortis CEO Jean-Paul Votron is set to appear in court in May in connection with a damages claim brought by former Fortis investors, the Volkskrant reports on Friday. ...more Dogs produce 145 million kilos of wasteThe Netherlands' 1.8 million dogs produce an annual mountain of faeces weighing 145 million kgs, according to research by Esccap, a lobby group of European vets specialising in pets. ...more Nationwide alert for missing 12-year-old girlPolice have issued a nationwide alert for a 12-year-old girl, missing from her home in Dordrecht since early Wednesday evening. ...more Spending power reduced less than forecastThe average household's spending power will not go down as much as forecast this year and in 2011, according to confidential new estimates from the government's economic policy analysts, quoted in Friday's Telegraaf....more Rotterdam local election votes recountedCity council officials have finished recounting the 220,000 plus votes cast in last week's local election in an effort to end rumours of miscounting and irregularities. ...more Hockey team fails to make World Cup finalThe Dutch men's hockey team failed to make the final of the World Cup in New Delhi on Thursday, losing 2-1 to Australia in the semis....more News from Thursday 11 March 2010 D66 founder Hans van Mierlo diesHans van Mierlo, the man seen as the founding father of the Liberal democratic party D66, has died at the age of 78. ...more Eurlings to leave politics to 'have a family'Transport minister Camiel Eurlings is to leave politics after the next general election in order to focus on his family....more |
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