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The Kennemer Gasthuis hospital in Haarlem paid almost €400,000 to an
interim manager last year but got round the rules on public sector pay
by calling him an advisor, RTL news reported on Wednesday.
Junior justice minister Fred Teeven is to appeal against a court
decision which said qualification requirements for the child refugee
amnesty are being applied too strictly.
Legislation to ban smoking in all cafes and bars was narrowly passed in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday evening.
Madurodam gets minature 3D printed royal familyThe miniature world theme park Madurodam has a new exhibit on show from today – miniature models of the royal family printed in 3D. Tour de France: 17 Dutch cyclists are taking part The Tour de France cycle race starts off in the English city of Leeds on Saturday, with 17 Dutch riders in the group. Man found dead at home after three months A 79-year-old man who was found dead at his home in Heelvoetsluis had probably been dead for three months, news agency ANP says on Wednesday. Promising start for insurer Nationale Nederlanden at Amsterdam IPO Nationale Nederlanden (NN Group), the insurance arm of financial services group ING, was launched on the Amsterdam stock exchange on Wednesday priced at €20 a share. New Year riots in Veen: of 100 arrested, 87 won't face charges At least 87 of the people arrested during the New Year celebrations in the Brabant village of Veen will not face criminal charges, the public prosecution department has announced. Energy group Eneco to sell public bonds to finance new wind farm Local council-owned energy group Eneco hopes to raise €10m from private investors by selling bonds in a new wind farm in Brabant. Injured midfielder Nigel de Jong out of rest of World Cup Midfielder Nigel de Jong is to miss the rest of the Netherlands' World Cup campaign due to a groin injury picked up in Oranje's crucial game against Mexico. Patients avoid hospitals because of high costs, own risk payments Patients are increasingly likely to ignore doctors' advice to see hospital specialists or have x-rays because of the cost, according to a survey of 1,000 family doctors. Court rules against minister's strict view of child refugee amnesty A family from Kazakhstan have won the right to stay in the Netherlands under the amnesty for child refugees, even though they do not meet the strict criteria applied by junior justice minister Fred Teeven. Apple bans Dutch educational game about slavery from Appstore A game developed to teach Dutch children about slavery has been refused by Apple because of its ‘insulting content’ and removed from the internet after generating a storm of protest, Dutch media says on Tuesday. Groningen action group 'incensed' at inclusion in terrorist threat report An action group fighting natural gas extraction in Groningen is 'incensed' to find itself mentioned in a new report on the terrorist threat in the Netherlands. UN advisor embroiled in Zwarte Piet row in Amsterdam for research The UN advisor who came under attack last year for criticising the Dutch Zwarte Piet tradition was in Amsterdam on Tuesday for a fact-finding mission. Convicted paedophile leaves home Convicted paedophile Sytze van der V, who was living above a daycare centre in Amersfoort, has left his home, according to the Telegraaf. Fines for companies not employing enough handicapped workers Companies that do not employ enough handicapped people will be liable to a fine from 2017, junior social affairs minister Jetta Klijnsma told parliament on Tuesday. Senior defence ministry officials moved over ICT failures Four senior officials at the defence ministry are being replaced because of continued ICT failures and internal disputes, defence minister Jeanine Hennis said on Tuesday. 'Film' bench disappears from Amsterdam canal pavement The disappearance of a bench along one of the central canals in Amsterdam is world news, US news agency AP reports on Tuesday. The Netherlands' oldest man turns 108 The Netherlands' oldest man, Serop Mirzoyan, celebrates his 108th birthday on Tuesday at the home in Amersfoort he shares with his daughter. Dutch Catholic church has paid almost €14m to sexual abuse victims In total, 1,585 people registered complaints about sexual abuse by Catholic church officials by the deadline of June 30, the organisation collecting complaints said on Tuesday. Government does u-turn on security service spending cuts The government has done a partial u-turn on its plans to slash spending on the security services by €34m a year in the wake of rising fears about the terrorist threat facing the Netherlands. Prison system to lose a further 700 jobs A further 700 jobs will be scrapped in the prison system, according to an internal briefing by junior justice minister Fred Teeven acquired by the Telegraaf. July 1 changes: new rules for transgender passports, rents go up A number of new laws and benefit changes come into effect on July 1. Here is a round-up of the main changes. Deutsche Bank to scrap 600 jobs in the Netherlands Deutsche Bank is to scrap a further 600 jobs at its Dutch offices, according to banking unions on Tuesday. Former MPs, ministers claim €14m in jobless benefits over three years Former members of parliament claimed a total of €12m in unemployment benefits in 2011, 2012 and 2013, home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk has said in answer to MPs’ questions. |
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