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Total care bill reached over €5,600 per person in 2015

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PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes, cutting total by over 50%
Healthcare costs in the Netherlands reached a dazzling €5,628 per person last year, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS.The total healthcare bill reached €95bn in 2015, a rise of 0.8% on 2014... More >

Delivery vans break pollution rules: media 

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PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes, cutting total by over 50%Delivery vans common on the Dutch roads emit an average of six times the permitted amount of nitrogen dioxide while making their rounds... More >

PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes 

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PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes, cutting total by over 50%Dutch postal delivery group PostNL is to remove 10,000 of the country's 19,000 post boxes over the next few years, the company has... More >


Dutch FA demote FC Twente over finances 

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PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes, cutting total by over 50%The Dutch football association has demoted FC Twente to the Jupiler league next season for failing to get its finances in order and meet a... More >

Prison partially evacuated after fire 

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Prison partially evacuated after fire in first floor cellDozens of prisoners were evacuated from a prison in Noord-Holland for a time on Wednesday night after fire broke out in a first floor cell.The cell's... More >


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  • PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes, cutting total by over 50% 
  • Prison partially evacuated after fire in first floor cell 
  • 'Delivery vans break pollution rules, emissions up to eight times higher' 
  • Total care bill reached over €5,600 per person in 2015 
  • Dutch FA demote FC Twente for financial failings 
  • Utrecht students say 'dare to be grey' to combat extremism 
  • Blokker Holding posts a loss for second year in a row 
  • Dutch FA chairman a candidate for Uefa top job 
  • Audit office criticises tax office, armed forces and justice ministry 
  • Court tells councils to provide domestic help, as 'participation' plan flops 
  • More cars set on fire, Vlaardingen introduces emergency powers 
  • Minister tells industry, office owners must do more to cut energy use 
  • Facebook revenge porn IP address traced to school group 
  • Government hits target on women in top jobs 
  • Toddler in hospital after eating ecstasy found in playground 

Politics

  • Audit office criticises tax office, armed forces and justice ministry 
  • Dutch planes in seven missions over Iraq: defence minister 
  • Shell and Exxon secured 'secret deal' on Groningen gas production 

Society

  • Prison partially evacuated after fire in first floor cell 
  • Court tells councils to provide domestic help, as 'participation' plan flops 
  • More cars set on fire, Vlaardingen introduces emergency powers 

Business

  • PostNL to remove 10,000 post boxes, cutting total by over 50% 
  • 'Delivery vans break pollution rules, emissions up to eight times higher' 
  • Total care bill reached over €5,600 per person in 2015 

Sport

  • Dutch FA demote FC Twente for financial failings 
  • Dutch FA chairman a candidate for Uefa top job 
  • Dutch teenager Max Verstappen wins the Spanish Grand Prix 

Education

  • Utrecht students say 'dare to be grey' to combat extremism 
  • School leaving exams start; 210,000 pupils under pressure 
  • Eleven percent more students apply for Dutch university 

Health

  • Total care bill reached over €5,600 per person in 2015 
  • Toddler in hospital after eating ecstasy found in playground 
  • Council scheme exposed jobless to toxic paint, almost 600 affected: media 

Tech & Media

  • Utrecht students say 'dare to be grey' to combat extremism 
  • Facebook revenge porn IP address traced to school group 
  • Douwe Bob back in the Netherlands after Eurovision disappointment 

Housing

  • Student rooms rise in price, Amsterdam is most expensive 
  • Former Amsterdam prison converted into an asylum seekers centre 
  • One in four home leavers returns to live with mum and dad 

Jobs

  • Government hits target on women in top jobs 
  • Just one in five 'flexiworkers' opts for a flexible contract 
  • As the economy picks up, the long-term jobless total is down by 57,000 

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