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People must do more to help themselves in the coming four years, is the policy of local councils questioned by NRC.
The rules on how much and what sort of voluntary work people on
unemployment benefit can do were clarified on Thursday, according to Nos
television.
'A lack of guts did for the Dutch eleven,' headlines the Volkskrant. 'At
one point this display of monumental dullness had to yield a winner,'
the paper writes. 'What could have been an ode to Alfredi di Stefano,
the pioneer of attacking football, became a game of technical tricks
thought up by the trainers.'
Fugro issues profit warning, share value falls 19%Geotechnical survey group Fugro on Thursday issued a profit warning and saw its shares fall by 19% on the Amsterdam AEX. Vion announces major cost-cutting exercise Meat processing company Vion on Thursday announced cost-cutting measures aimed at saving €100m over the next two years. Home owners to get insulation against noisy wind turbines Home owners whose houses are located close to older wind turbines are to be offered money to insulate their homes, Nos television reports. Clothing and holidays bring slight inflation rise The Dutch annual rate of inflation rose to 0.9% in June compared with 0.8% in May, the central statistics office CBS said on Thursday. Cocaine seizures rise at Dutch ports Customs officers confiscated 12,000 kilos of cocaine at Dutch ports in 2013, according to figures from the finance ministry quoted by website nu.nl. Service sector heads export earnings: central bank The Netherlands earns more in exports from its service sector than it does from its industrial industry, according to a report by the Dutch central bank. It's all over for Oranje: Argentina beat the Netherlands on penalties The Netherlands lost to Argentina 4-2 on penalties in Wednesday evening’s football World Cup semi-final. Train travellers cross about 'basic fee' on smart cards There have been 225 complaints about the public transport smart card since paper tickets vanished on Wednesday morning, the Dutch consumers' association Consumentenbond says. Courier companies book rising turnover Courier companies booked a 9% rise in turnover in the first quarter compared with the same period a year ago, the central statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. The Dutch to take fewer holidays this year The Dutch will take fewer holidays this year with the number of bookings down 1%, according to the ING Economic Bureau. Oranje faces player dilemma ahead of semi-final Dutch national football team coach Louis van Gaal faces hard choices ahead of the semi-final match on Wednesday evening against Argentina. Seven Jihadists from The Hague die in Syria Seven people from The Hague have been killed in the fighting in Syria, mayor Jozias van Aartsen said on Wednesday. Code yellow weather warning in eastern areas The KNMI weather bureau on Wednesday issued a code yellow warning for the whole of the eastern part of the Netherlands, ahead of severe downpours, thunder and possibly hail. Estro bankruptcy was carefully planned: FD The bankruptcy of Dutch child care group Estro under a 'silent' administrator seems to have been a carefully planned operation, according to the Financieele Dagblad. Coalition parties' administrators at odds over failed asylum seekers policy Local branches of the coalition parties are totally at odds on the question of whether they should house asylum seekers awaiting deportation, according to a survey conducted by Government in the Netherlands for nu.nl. Paper train tickets vanish Paper train tickets are no longer available from Wednesday morning and travellers must use a public transport smart card to check in and out. Senate votes for long-term care system changes The senate voted through the government's plans for the long-term care system on Tuesday evening by 37 to 36 votes, news agency Novum reports. Amsterdam is the most active city in the world Amsterdammers are the most active city dwellers in the world, according to the movement tracking app Human. Air France-KLM adjusts profit warning downwards Shares in airline Air France-KLM fell 4.5% on Tuesday following a profit warning. Talk to families about Jihadists and do not talk tough: ICCT chief The Dutch security service AIVD should provide more information about Jihadists to local authorities and families and should realise that tough language can make radicalisation worse. Privacy concerns about Dutch broadcaster's websites Dutch public broadcaster NPO is violating the privacy rights of visitors to its websites by registering and keeping surf and click behaviour without permission. Fewer bankruptcies in first half The number of companies going bankrupt in the first six months of this year is down almost 25% on the same period a year ago, according to website Faillissementsdossier.nl. . NS to drop plans for more expensive rush-hour tickets Plans by Dutch railway company NS to make rush-hour tickets more expensive will not go ahead, the AD reports on Tuesday. |
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