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House Pospones ‘Controversial’ Decisions for a Week
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - The Lower House will not discuss which topics should be declared controversial due to the caretaker status of the ...politics
Nearly 1.5 Billion Euros in Subsidies Untraceable
AMSTERDAM, 17/05/12 - Lower government authorities may have unlawfully spent nearly 1.5 billion euros in subsidies for specific projects...Internal Chaos at GroenLinks over Dibi
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - Leftwing Green (GroenLinks) MP Tofik Dibi is receiving no support whatever from other GroenLinks MPs in his battle...Sap, Dibi to Cross Swords
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - The leftwing Greens (GroenLinks) are organising three debates next week between Jolande Sap and Tofik Dibi. The me...'Budget Accord Mainly Hits Middle Incomes’
AMSTERDAM, 17/05/12 - Those working will be “hit hard in their wallet” by the measures to bring the budget deficit down to 3 percent of ...general
Smoking Still Allowed in Small Pubs
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - Smoking will continue to be permitted in small pubs. Anti-smoking organisation Clean Air Nederland lost a case aga...Fewer Asylum-Seekers Deported
AMSTERDAM, 17/05/12 - The number of rejected asylum-seekers that have been shown to return to their home country declined to 10,290 last...international
Netherlands: China Should Continue "Constructive Role on World Stage"
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - Foreign minister Uri Rosenthal has called on China’s vice foreign minister, Zhang Zhijun, "to continue China’s con...economy
Healthcare Spending up to Nearly 15 Percent of GDP
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - Spending on healthcare in the Netherlands amounted to 90.0 billion euros last year. This was 3.2 percent more than...Nearly 400,000 Fewer Dutch on Holiday
LEIDSCHENDAM, 17/05/12 - In the coming summer, some 400,000 fewer Dutch people are going on holiday than a year earlier, says the Nether...ASMI Split-up Gets Nearer
THE HAGUE, 17/05/12 - Large shareholder Arthur del Prado is dropping his opposition to the split-up of chips machine maker ASM Internati...in the spotlight
Man Found Dead in Sm BrothelAMSTERDAM, 28/01/12 - The home in The Hague where a dead man was found this week has turned out to be a SM brothel. A transsex...
Dutch Tech Sector Threatened by Rising Staff Shortages
THE HAGUE, 28/01/12 - The shortage of technical personnel in the Netherlands will rise to 155,000 by 2016 despite all the gove...
Poll: Socialist Party Level with VVD
THE HAGUE, 24/01/12 - The Socialist Party (SP) would become the biggest party in the Lower House, along with the conservatives...
Non-Members Can Vote for PvdA Leader
DEN BOSCH –- Labour (PvdA) wants non-members to be able to vote as well when the front-runner for the next parliamentary elec...
Lukewarm Reactions to SP Plan to Cut Politicians' Pay
THE HAGUE, 23/01/12 - A proposal by the Socialist Party (SP) to cut the salaries of politicians has elicited cautious reaction...
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