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A young couple from The Hague should be jailed for three years and four
years for their role in supporting Islamic State militants, the public
prosecution department said on Tuesday.
The Quote 500 rich list, published every year by business magazine
Quote, has a new leader – the founder of temporary employment agency
Frits Goldschmeding.
The number of asylum seekers in the Drenthe village of Oranje, which has
just 140 residents, is being frozen at 500, the local council agreed on
Monday night.
21 traffic black spots need making safe for otters, court rulesThe Dutch state has been told by the appeal court in The Hague to tackle 21 traffic blackspots and make them safer for otters, news agency ANP says on Tuesday. The Netherlands deports Russian hacker to the US The Netherlands is to press ahead with deporting a Russian national suspected of hacking to the US, the NRC reports on Tuesday. More incidents involving party drug ecstasy There has been a rise in the number of people reporting to first aid posts after taking the party drug ecstasy in recent years, according to new figures from the Trimbos institute. 10 Amsterdam tourists ill after taking 'cocaine' that was heroin Some 10 tourists have become ill in Amsterdam in the last few weeks after buying what they thought was cocaine from street dealers in the Dutch capital, the Parool reports on Tuesday. Universities and Reed Elsevier in dispute over academic publications The Dutch universities' association VSNU and publishing house Reed Elsevier are embroiled in a dispute about free access to academic articles. DSM net profit falls, maintains current strategy Chemicals group DSM booked a 21% drop in net profit in the third quarter of this year, but sales were up 5% at €2.3bn. Dutch prime minister visits Malaysia, Australia for MH17 talks Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte is flying out to Malaysia on Tuesday to meet his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak to discuss the latest developments surrounding the crash of flight MH17. Health insurance company botches patient satisfaction survey Health insurance company Zilveren Kruis has apologised to policyholders after sending them a survey about their hospital treatment using the details of another patient. Fourth man jailed for two years for €250,000 religious artifact theft A 24-year-old man earlier found not guilty of helping to steal a rare and valuable religious artifact from the Catharijn convent museum in Utrecht has been jailed for two years on appeal. Police officers should always carry their guns, police chief says Dutch police officers who are licenced to carry guns should do so when and where possible, national police chief Gerard Bouman is quoted as saying in Monday’s Parool newspaper. Extra tax bill will hit middle income earners hardest, minister says Junior finance minister Eric Wiebes on Monday published more information about the extra tax which up to six million people will have to pay because of reductions in the tax free allowance for people in work. Village tennis clubs under threat Fewer people are joining tennis clubs, threatening the existence of some village clubs, the Dutch tennis association KNLTB said on Monday. Dutch jihadi suspects appear in court A 23-year-old man accused of trying to travel to Syria with a 16-year-old girl should be given 240 hours community service and a three-month suspended jail sentence, the public prosecutor told a court in The Hague on Monday. Dutch and South Korean speed skating unions to work together The Dutch skating association KNSB is to work together with its South Korean counterpart in an effort to ‘take skating further as a sport’. Dutch organisational advice sector doubles in size The number of organisational advice bureaus in the Netherlands has doubled in the past five years to almost 80,000, according to the sector’s umbrella body ROA. School fruit programme in trouble, suppliers in dispute over subsidies Some 350,000 primary and secondary school pupils will no longer get free fruit from this week because of a dispute between suppliers and the European Commission about the subsidies, the Volkskrant says on Monday. Improved performance at PostNL as e-commerce boosts parcels Postal company PostNL booked a slight increase in sales in the third quarter of this year following an 8% increase in parcel post. Car lobby, green groups come up with alternative company car tax plan An unlikely alliance of environmental groups, business groups and the car lobby have worked out an alternative system for increasing taxes on company cars, Nos television says on Monday. Carbon monoxide a serious issue with central heating systems The Dutch safety research council has launched an investigation into carbon monoxide poisoning due to poorly installed or maintained central heating boilers, following reports that there are far more cases than thought. Zwarte Piet to remain black in most towns and villages: survey Only six out of 211 local councils asked about their Sinterklaas parade plans this year say they plan to make changes to the appearance of Zwarte Piet, Nos television reports on Friday. Ukraine refutes claim Dutch should have talked to rebels over MH17 The Ukrainian embassy in The Hague issued a statement on Friday saying its official policy remains one of calling on its ‘friends and partners’ not to have legal relations and direct politicial negotiations with pro-Russian rebel groups. Dutch nationals try to sign up to fight alongside Kurds in Syria, Iraq Some 20 native Dutch nationals have tried to join groups fighting against militants of the Islamic State over the past few months, the Volkskrant reports on Friday. Amsterdam police arrest gun trader in gangland killing probe A man has been arrested in Amsterdam for trading in illegal guns, said to be connected to a string of gangland killings in the Dutch capital. |
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