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Shell tests contract labourers for drugs, sends home 69

Society

Oil giant Shell has sent home 69 people working at its Moerdijk chemical plant after they failed drugs tests, Dutch media reports on Friday.According to the Financieele Dagblad, 31 workers tested positive after being identified... More >

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Police release video of Amsterdam shooting

Society

Police on Friday released surveillance camera footage of the fatal shooting outside a water pipe cafe in Amsterdam earlier this week.In the black... More >

Dutch councils have 42,000 'works of art'

Life & Culture

Almost 30 years after the end of a scheme allowing local councils to give artists social security benefits in return for art, some 42,000 items are... More >

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FNV wants action on building workers

Jobs

The FNV trade union federation has urged the transport ministry to stop using contractors and employment agencies which are exploiting their workers and breaking labour laws.The call follows claims made in television show Zembla that an Irish company, which was slammed for ripping off workers building the A2 tunnel in Maastricht, is still working on Dutch infrastructure projects.Zembla... More >

Food fads leave the Dutch cold

Health

The Dutch are not impressed by food fads and strange diets, according to a report by market research group Gfk for the Dutch food experts... More >

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Latest News

• Police release video of Amsterdam shooting 
• Food fads and weird diets leave most Dutch cold 
• Dutch councils have 42,000 'works of art' in stock 
• Shell tests contract labourers for drugs, sends home 69 
• Irish employment agency again accused of exploiting workers 
• Dutch in talks on extending Iraq mission: Volkskrant 
• The Netherlands slides four places on WEF's Human Capital Index 
• Rotterdam station gates a success; 1,000 people fined 
• Holiday group TUI scraps two Dutch brands: Arke and Holland International 
• 60,000 chickens die in factory farm fire 
• New auction record set for work by Mondriaan: $50.56m 
• Rotterdam remembers the bombardment of May 14, 1940 
• Almost 600 Dutch teenagers have been fined for drinking alcohol 
• The Netherlands to take 4% of refugees under Brussels plans 
• Man will not be jailed for helping his 99-year-old mother to die 

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Politics

• All change at GroenLinks as leader steps down 
• Dutch armed forces need a much bigger budget: report 
• Dutch foreign minister in US for talks on nuclear weapons, Ukraine 

Society

• Police release video of Amsterdam shooting 
• Dutch councils have 42,000 'works of art' in stock 
• Shell tests contract labourers for drugs, sends home 69 

Business

• Rotterdam station gates a success; 1,000 people fined 
• Holiday group TUI scraps two Dutch brands: Arke and Holland International 
• 60,000 chickens die in factory farm fire 

Sport

• Battle for Eredivisie third place is a three-way fight 
• Eredivisie weekend round up: NAC and Go Ahead consigned to play-offs 
• Video: Ajax players celebrate Mother's Day by taking their mums to the match 

Education

• The Netherlands slides four places on WEF's Human Capital Index 
• For sale: solar powered car (red) with 4,000 kilometres on the clock 
• School final exams kick off on Monday 

Health

• Food fads and weird diets leave most Dutch cold 
• Vaccinating boys against the HPV virus protects men against cancer 
• Majority support for government interference in health issues 

Tech & Media

• 15,000 Dutch people want to be forgotten by Google 
• WhatsApp dominates Dutch smartphones, 5% of teens are online addicts 
• Biggest Dutch current affairs magazine Elsevier up for sale 

Housing

• Social housing tenant loses home over Airbnb rental 
• Average free sector Amsterdam housing rents outstrip €2,000 a month 
• Hans Alders to oversee Groningen earthquake repairs 

Jobs

• Irish employment agency again accused of exploiting workers 
• Tax changes will hit holiday pay for average earners this year 
• Just 10,000 people went on strike in the Netherlands last year 

Features

• Sixty years of the Dutch at Eurovision: all you need to know
• ‘Ban arrests of peaceful demonstrators’
• Cycling round Brabant in the footsteps of Van Gogh
• 10 things you should know about Dutch windmills
• ‘A second opinion court to replace court verdict appeals’

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