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UK Denies Entry to MP Wilders; Dutch Government Protesting
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - The United Kingdom has denied MP Geert Wilders entry to the country. Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen phoned his UK ...
politics
Minister: Gyms Must Allow Women to Work out in Headscarf
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - Sports schools are not allowed to refuse women wearing a headscarf as clients, according to Integration Minister Eberhard van ...
No Abolition of Air Tax
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - The Dutch tax on airline tickets will not be abolished. But the unilateral levy may be "adjusted", said Finance State ...
Advice to Cabinet: Discourage Meat Consumption
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - Eating less meat could be a solution to restoring biodiversity, concludes the Sustainable Netherlands Monitor 2009. The ...
House Blocks Rent Subsidy Simplification
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - A Lower House majority yesterday backed an amendment, as a result of which a simplification of house rent subsidies proposed ...
general
Six Months in Prison for Plane Hijack Hoax
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - A court in Rotterdam yesterday gave a prison sentence of 12 months, half of which suspended, to the 38 year old man who, ...
Residential Taxes Rising 3.3 Percent This Year
GRONINGEN, Wednesday - Residents of large municipalities will pay 3.3 percent more on municipal residential taxes this year. This emerges from a ...
Community Service for Tombstone Thief
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - A 50 year old man who could not stomach the fact that his son was left in the lurch by his partner has been sentenced to 180 ...
international
EU Approves Opening-up of Dutch Cable Market
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - European Commissioner Viviane Reding (Information Technology) has given Dutch telecom watchdog Opta permission to open up the ...
Dutch Pupils Vote Obama News Person 2008
AMSTERDAM, Wednesday - Dutch schoolchildren have voted US President Barack Obama the most important person in the news in 2008. This is the first ...
economy
Environmentalists Drop Opposition to Rotterdam Port Expansion
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - Environmental group Milieudefensie has accepted the expansion of the Port of Rotterdam, the so-called Second Maasvlakte. By ...
'Bankruptcy Threatens Fortis if Shareholders Reject Split-up'
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - Fortis Holding threatens to go bankrupt if the shareholders vote against the split-up of the banking and insurance group, CEO ...
'Aegon Selling Taiwanese Life Operations'
THE HAGUE, Wednesday - Dutch insurer Aegon has decided to sell its life insurance operations in Taiwan, Taiwanese newspaper The Economic Daily News ...
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