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26 June 2013
Maastricht coffee shops guilty of selling drugs to tourists
Maastricht coffee shops guilty of selling drugs to tourists 
Most Dutch cities do not apply new legislation banning nonresidents

'Minor tobacco spies' will enforce new law on smoking age pijltje

Parking space app will make life easier pijltje

Dutch government wants less Europe pijltje

MPs want clarification on Dutch budget cuts pijltje

Ombudsman: poor children should get vouchers for clothes pijltje

Bono's anti-poverty group One criticises Dutch African aid cuts pijltje

IBM announces program to transform Dutch flood control pijltje

Just one in three voters hopes the cabinet lasts the full four years pijltje

Civil service urine used to make the grass grow greener pijltje

Young Dutch fighters in Syria - heroes or potential terrorists? pijltje

Cuts begin to bite, first special education schools set to close pijltje

Dutch government review criticises EU powers pijltje

Brussels takes Holland to court over foreign student travel cards pijltje

Dutch unemployment rises further pijltje

 

 

21 June 2013
House prices continue to fall
House prices continue to fall 
Prices have gone down 20.5% compared with August 2008

Dutch inmates to get computers in their cells pijltje

Illegal immigrant faces deportation, while her children have permits pijltje

Dutch press on with wind program despite warning overcapacity pijltje

ICC postpones Kenya president's trial until November pijltje

ING sees signs of more confidence in the housing market pijltje

Is early retirement back? Help to create jobs for youngsters pijltje

Critic: aid groups are too focused on their own interests pijltje

The Netherlands will veto EU sanctions over Israeli settlements pijltje

Dutch plan six bn euros in austerity cuts in 2014 pijltje

'Only criminal and aggressive asylum seekers to be locked up' pijltje

Dutch are becoming less materialistic but more self-centred pijltje

Agency: Dutch environment policy is outdated and short-term pijltje

Migration within EU rises again pijltje

Tough sentences: seven jailed for linesman death pijltje

 

 

17 June 2013
Dutch jihadists in Syria miss mothers' cooking most of all
Dutch jihadists in Syria miss mothers' cooking most of all 
Dutch fight with 'brothers from Belgium, Germany, Canada and Russia'

Dutch pay thousands of euros to "identify" failed asylum seekers pijltje

Key government forecaster puts deficit at 3.7%, cuts inevitable pijltje

Soldiers to practise conversation skills in multicultural Amsterdam pijltje

Trade surplus declines by €400m in April as exports fall 2.7% pijltje

ICC suspends order for Libya handover of Kadhafi spy chief pijltje

Dutch scientists develop light, portable artificial kidney pijltje

Senate leader quits over Wilders' role at new king's investiture pijltje

Cabinet will have to find savings of €6bn next year pijltje

Food industry pledges to clean up its act after horse meat scandal pijltje

Doctors draw up rules to ease death of dying babies pijltje

US television group Fox to move into the Netherlands pijltje

Cannabis cafe owners face €5,000 fines and community service pijltje

Head of Fyra train maker to address Dutch MPs pijltje

Dutch food safety body rarely briefed on fraud with food labels pijltje

 

 

14 June 2013
Amsterdam ranked 13th in competitiveness report
Amsterdam ranked 13th in competitiveness report 
Competitiveness reflected in ability to attract new foreign businesses

Dutch cannabis cafes in dock for selling drugs to tourists pijltje

MPs vote to end gay marriage loophole for religious civil servants pijltje

Yugoslav and Rwanda courts won't meet UN deadline pijltje

Dutch duo change old abandoned bikes into fashion and furniture pijltje

British policy makers want to learn from Dutch cycling experts pijltje

Minister won't comment on secret service digital spying claims pijltje

Dutch tax treaties cost developing countries €700m; profit is €3bn pijltje

EU commissioner offers breathing space on 3% norm pijltje

Dutch to introduce tough legislation on forced marriage pijltje

The Netherlands is not a tax haven, says minister pijltje

Central bank says spending cuts need to be up to €8bn next year pijltje

Dutch security service has received information via PRISM pijltje

Organic and sustainable foods increase in popularity pijltje

Exclusive Interview Armin van Buuren: World's most renowned DJ pijltje

 

 

10 June 2013
Ex-prime minister:'Dutch still store US nukes'
Ex-prime minister:'Dutch still store US nukes' 
'I would never have thought those silly things would still be there'

Dutch firms fined €30m for employing illegal staff pijltje

iPad-based schools can count on parliamentary support pijltje

Dutch high-speed train dream runs off the rails pijltje

Privacy watchdog wants answers on US data mining pijltje

Dutch pull the plug in Italian high-speed train pijltje

Minister to end grants for farmers to 'improve nature' pijltje

Dutch inflation more than double EU average pijltje

MPs want answers on highly critical migrant family reunion report pijltje

Dutch coffee shop owners on trial for selling to foreigners pijltje

Children's ombudsman: 83% of family reunion requests rejected pijltje

Italian high-speed train company blames Belgian and Dutch pijltje

Ecstasy pills are getting stronger, drug experts are worried pijltje

Focus cuts on care and benefits, says VVD parliamentary chief pijltje

Anti-EU sentiment grows: 39% of Dutch back exit, 39% want to stay pijltje

 

 

5 June 2013
State ordered to compensate cannabis cafe owners for lost income
State ordered to compensate cannabis cafe owners for lost income 
Local cannabis users unwilling to register

Coffee shop chaos as Dutch city flouts drug tourist ban pijltje

Sustainable smartphone raises startup capital by crowdfunding pijltje

Dutch football association to trial goal line camera technology pijltje

Defending Gbagbo: insufficient evidence pijltje

Civil servants slam prison reform plans pijltje

Labour MPs urge minister to look into work for benefits schemes pijltje

Van Gogh at work draws around 155,000 visitors in first month pijltje

MPs agree to inquiry into Fyra high speed train debacle pijltje

Benefit centre expects job seeker numbers to rise by 170,000 pijltje

Number of Dutch unlit motorways is due to increase pijltje

Dutch railways wants to dump Italian high-speed train pijltje

Housing group lets homeless refugees stay in empty office building pijltje

Fury and confusion as Belgium pulls out of high speed Fyra trains pijltje

'Dutch' investments account for 20% of money put into Africa pijltje

 

 

3 June 2013
The Netherlands will set aside Brussels' 2.8% budget deficit call
The Netherlands will set aside Brussels' 2.8% budget deficit call 
Rutte:'The effort to meet 3% will be hard enough'

Dijsselbloem rejects call for permanent Eurogroup head pijltje

Fury and confusion as Belgium pulls out of high speed Fyra trains pijltje

Dutch social workers ripping families apart for no good reason pijltje

Smoking ban inspectors facing aggression pijltje

Dutch office vacancy rate is nearly double as high pijltje

Defendants in linesman death trial face youth custody sentences

German banks start cheap mortgage war in the Netherlands pijltje

UN court acquits Milosevic's ex-intelligence chief pijltje

Netherlands slipping back in IMD world competitiveness rankings pijltje

Germany's President Gauck visits international courts in the Hague pijltje

Netherlands to share water expertise with Burma pijltje

Justice ministry to introduce sentencing app pijltje

Brussels tells the Netherlands further spending cuts are needed pijltje

Senate delays vote on controversial sex worker bill pijltje