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Dutch Property Funds Targets of Foreign Investors
THE HAGUE, Thursday - Dutch property funds will become targets for foreign investors this year. This is because a number of fiscal obstacles are to ...
politics
'Tackling of Multicultural Youth Problems a Failure'
THE HAGUE, Thursday - The Netherlands has not succeeded in adequately combating the problems its multicultural society causes among youngsters, ...
Cabinet Formation Talks in Catshuis
THE HAGUE, Thursday - The Christian democrats (CDA), Labour (PvdA) and small Christian party ChristenUnie resumed their cabinet formation talks ...
Wilders Not Participating in Senate Elections
THE HAGUE, Thursday - The Party for Freedom (PVV) will have no representatives in the Upper House. Party leader Geert Wilders announced yesterday ...
Rules Tightened up as 18 Teachers Unmasked as Paedophiles
THE HAGUE, Thursday - Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin has tightened up the regulations for awarding a Declaration of Good Conduct (VOG) with ...
general
Council of State Bars Two Separate Islamic Broadcasters
THE HAGUE, Thursday - The Commissariat for the Media wrongly allocated broadcasting time on public TV and radio to two different Islamic ...
Eight Years Jail for Gruesome 'Pressure Cooker Murder'
HAARLEM, Thursday - A 27 year old woman was sentenced yesterday to eight years in jail for the gruesome 'pressure cooker murder.' The district court ...
The Hague Considering 'Environmental Zone'
THE HAGUE, Thursday - The Hague is thinking of introducing an environmental zone in the city centre. No polluting lorries would be allowed in this ...
Trade Union Organises Dutch Language Lessons
AMSTERDAM, Thursday - Trade union federation FNV is organising Dutch language lessons at work for ethnic minorities. It has received 300,000 euros in ...
international
University to Research Radical Islam in Netherlands
NIJMEGEN, Thursday - Radboud University in Nijmegen has received half a million euros for research into Salafism. The subsidy comes from the ...
Prison Sentence Demanded for Illegal Exports to Iraq
ARNHEM, Thursday - At the appeal court in Arnhem, the Public Prosecutors' Office (OM) has demanded a four-month prison sentence for a former exporter ...
economy
TNT in Another Emerging Markets Acquisition in Brazil
AMSTERDAM, Thursday - TNT has again made an important acquisition in a rapidly emerging economy. The company has bought Expresso Mercurio, the ...
ABN Amro Acquires Italian Gas Network Manager Sgi
AMSTERDAM, Thursday - ABN Amro Bank is acquiring Italian gas network Societa Gasdotti Italia (SGI) for 300 million euros. The transaction will likely ...
Dutch Companies Optimistic on 2007
ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Thursday - For the third successive year, Dutch companies have become more optimistic on the outlook for the Dutch economy than ...
Organon Working with Amc on Rheumatism Treatment
OSS, Thursday - Pharmaceuticals manufacturer Organon, subsidiary of Akzo Nobel, is to develop a new therapy for rheumatism in partnership with the ...
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