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Competition Authority Suspects Cartel Fraud in Home Care
THE HAGUE, Friday - The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) suspects cartel fraud in home care. "We have indications of market-sharing, meaning ...
politics
New Political Assistant for Premier Balkenende
THE HAGUE, Friday - Jeroen de Graaf is to be Premier Jan Peter Balkenende's new political assistant. He succeeds Marjolein Voslamber. Voslamber, 37, ...
ChristenUnie Prize for Party for Animals
THE HAGUE, Friday - The youth branch of small Christian party ChristenUnie has selected Party for Animals (PvdD) leader Marianne Thieme as Angel of ...
Coalition: Withdraw Driving Licences from Repeat Drug Offenders
THE HAGUE, Friday - The coalition parties want driving licences declared invalid for drivers who test positive for narcotics twice, De Telegraaf ...
Laurien Koster to Chair Equal Treatment Commission
THE HAGUE, Friday - Laurien Koster has been appointed chairwoman of the Equal Treatment Commission (CGB) by Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin. She ...
Om: Punish Young Criminals more Intelligently, Not more Severely
AMSTERDAM, Friday - The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) in Amsterdam is against more severe sentences for underage criminals. The OM however believes ...
general
Nvm: Dutch Housing Market Stagnates in Fourth Quarter
AMSTERDAM, Friday - The Dutch housing market stagnated in the fourth quarter last year for the first time in a long period, an analysis by the ...
Belgium Home to 111,000 Dutch People
THE HAGUE, Friday - More than 111,000 Dutch people lived in Belgium in 2006. Conversely, only 36,000 Belgians had their home in the Netherlands, ...
Education Council Wants Premium to Reduce University Dropouts
THE HAGUE, Friday - Over a quarter of students starting a course at a college (HBO) or university have already stopped after a year, according to the ...
international
Lower House Prefers a Democrat in the White House
THE HAGUE, Friday - The Christian democrats (CDA) and Labour (PvdA) hope that a Democrat will be the next president of the US. Conservative (VVD) ...
economy
Tax Pressure Irritates Business People
AMSTERDAM, Friday - Business people have seen more deterioration than improvements in the situation in the Netherlands in 2007. Their biggest ...
S&N Rejects Sweetened Offer by Heineken and Carlsberg
THE HAGUE, Friday - Heineken and Carlsberg yesterday raised their bid for Scottish & Newcastle. But the Scottish brewer immediately rejected this ...
Inflation Unchanged in December
THE HAGUE, Friday - Dutch inflation was 1.9 percent in December, the same as in November. For the whole of 2007, inflation in the Netherlands was 1.6 ...
State Secretary Wins Prize for Cutting Corporate Tax
THE HAGUE, Friday - The reduction in corporate tax is seen by tax consultants as the best fiscal measure in 2007. Finance State Secretary Jan Kees de ...
Number of Bourse-Listed Companies in Netherlands Falling Rapidly
THE HAGUE, Friday - The number of companies listed on the Dutch stock exchange is falling rapidly. In December 2007, there were 127, down from 170 at ...
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