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31 August 2013
More pensioners carry on working
More pensioners carry on working 
Number of people over 65 still working doubled over past 10 years

EU figures: economic confidence rises most in the Netherlands pijltje

Cabinet poised to drop formal rights for nursing home residents pijltje

Town of Boxtel asks minister to cancel shale gas extraction licence pijltje

Engineers raise more fears about sea defence erosion pijltje

Ministers, pension funds, insurers agree on mortgage institute pijltje

Energy firms, employers, ministers seal 'new energy agreement' pijltje

KLM pilot in court over toxic cockpit fumes pijltje

Employment agency pledges to find 10,000 jobs for youngsters pijltje

Dutch coalition approves austerity despite recession pijltje

Health insurer invests in luxury homes for alzheimer's patients pijltje

Europe’s largest collaborative 3D printing platform launches pijltje

Couples queue up to manage 14th century castle pijltje

The Netherlands is Europe's biggest importer of rubbish pijltje

How stolen Dutch art fooled even Sotheby's expert eyes pijltje

 

 

26 August 2013
Dutch PM: 'state will make a loss on ABN Amro sale'
Dutch PM: 'state will make a loss on ABN Amro sale' 
Bank has year to get ready for listing on stock exchange

Dutch government to reprivatize ABN Amro via listing pijltje

US spy chief to speak about internet security at Dutch conference pijltje

Extracting shale gas is safe, says government report pijltje

Utrecht is again Europe's most competitive region pijltje

Dutch wifi network is over-taxed and jamming up pijltje

100 year old Peace Palace in The Hague to host TEDx event pijltje

Steve Jobs schools may be freed from teaching hours rules pijltje

Illegal downloading grows in Holland despite Pirate Bay ban pijltje

Trying to rid the world of chemical weapons, convention facts pijltje

Tesla Motors Opens Assembly Plant in Tilburg, Netherlands pijltje

Holes found in foundations of Oosterschelde sea defence dam pijltje

Netherlands wants an ‘orange alert’ for Bulgarians pijltje

First Steve Jobs primary school opens, it's iPads for all pijltje

Court asked to detain would-be jihadist in psychiatric hospital pijltje

 

 

21 August 2013
Budget cremations increase in popularity
Budget cremations increase in popularity 
'There is nothing wrong with a cheap coffin. They just go up in smoke.'

Local protestors go to Brussels over Twente airport plans pijltje

New report on child sex trade: 'withdraw paedophiles' passports' pijltje

Local councils force foreign workers to register as official residents pijltje

Fitch affirms the Netherlands at 'AAA'; outlook negative pijltje

Can Rotterdam become the world's most sustainable port city? pijltje

Netherlands hosts major exhibition devoted to Mecca pilgrimage pijltje

Coalition picks up austerity package talks, no deals with opposition pijltje

Families 'morally required' to help care for nursing home residents pijltje

Dutch minister warns about free movement of people within EU pijltje

Shifting factories abroad leads to productivity drop pijltje

The Dutch, Europe's apostles of austerity, feel the economic pain pijltje

Dutch call for EU migration reform reflects eurosceptic mood pijltje

Van Gogh biographers vs. Van Gogh Museum pijltje

Utrecht prostitutes set up cooperative to run floating brothels pijltje

 

 

15 August 2013
Netherlands real estate bubble bursts during downturn
Netherlands real estate bubble bursts during downturn 
On a scale only seen in the United States and Spain

Dutch finance minister: austerity package will not top €6bn pijltje

Falling Netherlands house prices leave owners stuck pijltje

Belgian mayors to close border after Maastricht coffee shop move pijltje

The Netherlands has been in recession for a full year pijltje

The Netherlands hosts more porn sites than any European country pijltje

Plans to increase tax on freelancers will boost welfare claims pijltje

KPN telecom foundation flags concerns over Carlos Slim bid pijltje

Hague war crimes ruling threatens to undermine future pijltje

Business, political & legal issues attract multinationals to Holland pijltje

100,000 sign up for one-way ticket to Mars pijltje

Single mothers pressured to name fathers for child support claims pijltje

America Movil reveals take over Dutch KPN, entering EU market pijltje

Dutch shipbuilder wins €1bn in orders for Brazilian oil industry pijltje

Ministries to investigate deportation of six-year-old with leukemia pijltje

 

 

8 August 2013
Dutch inflation rate climbed to the highest level since 2008
Dutch inflation rate climbed to the highest level since 2008 
Eurozone inflation rate remained stable at 1.6%

Indonesian widows get Dutch compensation over 1946-47 killings pijltje

'Bookkeeping Dutch government is a mess' pijltje

Care villas for elderly grow in popularity pijltje

Government plans to stop tax advantages freelancers pijltje

Shell gets Arctic drilling go-ahead from US court pijltje

More Dutch patients go to Belgium for treatment pijltje

After five years the crisis is beginning to bite in the Netherlands pijltje

Dutch scientists present lab-grown hamburger pijltje

Amsterdam floods pink for Gay Pride festival pijltje

Asylum seekers are complaining less about detention centres pijltje

No Borders activists against migrants control arrive in Rotterdam pijltje

Some hidden cameras are justified, says privacy watchdog pijltje

Hunger-striking refugees returned to Guinea pijltje

Why aren't there more people riding bikes? pijltje

 

 

2 August 2013
Shell to pull out of Niger Delta
Shell to pull out of Niger Delta 
Focus now on gas drilling elsewhere in Nigeria and on oil drilling in deep sea off its coast

Holland held Czech gold for the nazis pijltje

Marijuana in Uruguay, the world's most libertarian countries pijltje

Amsterdam can continue reducing number of brothels pijltje

Dutch ombudsman front-runner for European post pijltje

Prostitutes' prices hit by crisis, the Geisha project helps pijltje

World's largest ad agency to open headquarters in the Netherlands pijltje

Suriname wants Dutch compensation for slave trade pijltje

Wall Street Journal: Dutch economy springs leak pijltje

Saab makes its fighter jet more attractive than JSF pijltje

Development aid group turns its attention to poverty in Netherlands pijltje

Court forbids terror suspect deportation to US on torture doubts pijltje

Netherlands is a tax haven for firms which infringe human rights pijltje

Youth unemployment in Europe is out of control pijltje

Child marriage: legalised rape? pijltje