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PvdA Leader Bos Resigns, Succeeded by Cohen
THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - Labour (PvdA) leader Wouter Bos has unexpectedly resigned. Job Cohen will succeed him. Bos announced his resignation ...

Multiculturalist to Lead PvdA

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - Labour (PvdA) will have a different type of leader in Job Cohen. With Wouter Bos, it is losing a good-humoured ...

politics

CDA's Crown Prince Refuses the Crown

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - Hours after it became known that the Christian democrats (CDA) saw him as their future leader, Camiel Eurlings has ...

Political Power Centre Suddenly in Leadership Vacuum

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - Completely unexpectedly, Labour (PvdA) and the Christian democrats (CDA) have within 24 hours lost their leader and ...

Poll: CDA, PvdA, Wilders Closer Together

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - In the weekly political barometer of research bureau Synovate and TV programme NOVA, the CDA has dropped by two ...

PvdA Still Biggest Party in Rotterdam after Recount

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - Labour (PvdA) has again emerged as the biggest party in Rotterdam following a recount of the votes in the local ...

House Defines Controversial Topics

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - The Lower House has agreed the definitive list of controversial topics. These cannot be discussed any more with the ...

general

'Mister D66' Hans Van Mierlo Dies

AMSTERDAM, 13/03/10 - Centre-left D66 founder Hans van Mierlo has died. He was one of the seven Ministers of State. Van Mierlo died at the ...

international

House against European Monetary Fund

THE HAGUE, 13/03/10 - A large majority in the Lower House is against the setting up of an European Monetary Fund, intended to be able to ...

economy

Ballast Nedam Forecasts Lower 2010 Results

AMSTERDAM, 13/03/10 - Ballast Nedam expects to report a lower operational result in 2010 than in 2009. Sales that will also decline, the ...

Vopak Net up 17 Percent on Growing Demand for Storage

AMSTERDAM, 13/03/10 - Vopak saw its 2009 net profit climb by 17 percent thanks to growing demand for tank storage capacity, the ...

TMG Still Gloomy on Advertisement Market

AMSTERDAM, 13/03/10 - Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG) slightly exceeded its earlier forecast for 2009, but said the first two months of 2010 ...

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Economists Complain about CBS Reliability
THE HAGUE, 11/07/08 - The Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) fails to produce a rapid and correct picture of the development of ...

More and more Local Governments Emerge as Icesave Victims
THE HAGUE, 15/10/08 - More and more Dutch local governments are emerging as having public money in the collapsed savings bank ...

Healthcare Premiums Edge Higher, Supplementary Premiums Soar
THE HAGUE, 06/11/08 - The basic premium of health insurers in the Netherlands will go up next year by 0.8 percent on average. The ...

Netherlands Wants EU to Abolish Duties on Chinese Footwear
THE HAGUE, 06/10/09 - The Netherlands wants the EU to get rid of the duties on cheap shoes from countries like China and ...

Islam Criticism Unacceptable for Local VVD, D66
APELDOORN, 12/11/09 - The leader of the smallest Christian party SGP in the province of Gelderland, E. Klein, has taken back ...

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