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Friday 26 December 2014

VVD ministers say not enough time for new public sector salary ceiling

Cambodian man jailed for killing Dutch aid worker and daughter

Two VVD ministers – housing minister Stef Blok and health minister Edith Schippers – have said they do not have enough time to enact new ceilings on public sector pay from January 1. The senate voted at a special... More >

Dutch families have old-fashioned parents

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Dutch families have old-fashioned parental roles, says first fatherhood professor

Dutch families have a old fashioned division of roles between parents, says the first Dutch professor of fatherhood in Wednesday’s Trouw. ‘Here... More >

Man jailed for 20 years in Morocco for double Amsterdam murder

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A 27-year-old man has been jailed for 20 years in Morocco for his role in a double murder in Amsterdam two years ago. Hamza B had faced the death... More >

Inspectors close home nursing firm

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Home nursing firm closed down for putting patients at risk

A home nursing organisation in Almere has been ordered to close down for seven days after health ministry inspectors were tipped off... More >

Man jailed for killing Dutch aid worker

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A homeless Cambodian man who killed Dutch aid worker Daphna Beerdsen and her 19-month-old daughter Dana with a screwdriver has been jailed for 13 years by a court in Phnom Penh. Chea Phin confessed to killing Beerdsen in April, saying he attacked her when she tried to stop him stealing a bike, broadcaster Nos reports. ‘If she had not screamed the way she did, nothing would have happened,’ he told the... More >