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Basic healthcare insurance premiums are likely to rise by around €9.50 a
month next year and the own risk element will also go up, the AD
reports on Wednesday.
Junior justice minister Fred Teeven is facing questions in parliament
after the death of a failed Somali asylum seeker in Amsterdam and
serious injuries to a second man after a fall.
The Netherlands has appointed several women to ambassadorial positions
in the Middle East and North Africa as part of efforts to increase the
number of women in senior diplomatic roles, the Volkskrant said on
Wednesday.
Free water a condition for festival licences: AmsterdamAmsterdam city council will only grant licences to festival organisers if they guarantee festival goers will have unlimited access to free tap water to fill up their water bottles, the Parool reports on Wednesday. First 'boycott tomatoes' arrive at Dutch food banks A consignment of 4,000 kilos of tomatoes have been delivered to Arnhem’s food banks under new rules to stop food waste because of the Russian boycott of Dutch produce. Finance ministry sells Landsbanki debt to clear Icesave loan The Dutch state says it has got back the ‘full amount’ of money made available to the Icelandic authorities in 2008 to compensate savers who lost their cash when internet bank Icesave collapsed. Arnhem man gets community service for discriminatory job rejection A 29-year-old man from Arnhem has been given 40 hours community service for writing in an email about a job applicant that he was ‘firstly a dark colour (negro)’. Euthanasia clinic reprimanded for death of stroke victim A special clinic set up to help people whose doctors do not support euthanasia has been reprimanded for failings when it helped an elderly woman who did not want to live in a nursing home to die. Dutch allocate €6.5m to northern Iraq relief effort The Netherlands has allocated a further €6.5m in emergency aid to Iraq, aid minister Lilianne Ploumen has announced. Dutch officials worried about Belgian nuclear power station safety Politicians in the southern Dutch provinces of Zeeland and Brabant are extremely concerned about conditions in the Belgian nuclear power station in Doel, the Volkskrant said on Wednesday. Legal advisor quits Zwarte Piet campaign after death threats One of the legal team helping campaigners opposed to current manifestation of Zwarte Piet has pulled out of the trial process after receiving threats. Airline Transavia to take on Ryanair and Easyjet Dutch charter airline Transavia is being transformed into a low cost airline, requiring a 15% cut in costs, chief executive Matthijs ten Brink has told staff in an email. Belgian Syria returnee claims Dutchman leads IS prison A Belgian teenager who spent months in Syria is claiming the prison where US journalist James Foley was kept before he was beheaded by the Islamic State militia has a Dutch national in a leadership role. MH17 crash: DNA found from 283 people, 173 victims identified Scientists have so far identified 283 different DNA profiles among the victims of Malaysian Airways flight MH17 which was apparently brought down by a rocket in eastern Ukraine on July 17. Cable companies UPC and Ziggo cleared to merge, says Bloomberg Liberty Global will be given permission to take over its Dutch competitor Ziggo by the European Commission, financial news agency Bloomberg said on Tuesday. Ice Bucket challenge raises €500,000 so far in the Netherlands The Ice Bucket Challenge hype has raised some €500,000 for the Dutch ALS charity so far, the NRC said on Tuesday afternoon. The Netherlands to withdraw Patriot systems from Turkey in January The Netherlands will end its contribution to Nato's Patriot anti-ballistic missile defence system in Turkey at the end of January next year, the government has confirmed. Amsterdam waterboard closes down two 'Airbnbs for boats' Amsterdam waterboard Waternet is trying to close down two websites which allowed boat owners to rent their boats to others on an informal basis. King should talk more about importance of God: Dutch churches Dutch Protestant church officials suggest king Willem-Alexander should make more public statements about his religious beliefs, the NRC reports on Tuesday. Hema reportedly 'phasing out' Zwarte Piet, critics call for boycott Dutch high street retail group Hema is phasing out Sinterklaas’s controversial helper Zwarte Piet from gift packaging and displays, the Parool reports on Tuesday. 18,500 marijuana plants found growing in Limburg woods Limburg police have discovered an estimated 18,500 marijuana plants hidden in woods close to the border with Germany following a tip-off. Is the Netherlands ready for the doggy bag? Environmental group Natuur & Milieu is attempting to introduce the doggy bag to the Netherlands and from Tuesday will distribute 50,000 to restaurants all over the country. Norwegian man arrested in Rotterdam for stepdad's murder A 23-year-old Norwegian national wanted in connection with the gruesome murder of his stepfather last week, has been arrested in Rotterdam. Joran van der Sloot on hunger strike after Peruvian prison move Joran van der Sloot, currently serving a 28-year sentence for murder of Peruvian woman Stephany Flores and still suspected of the murder of American student Natalee Holloway, is on hunger strike, broadcaster Nos said on Tuesday. LPG and diesel sales continue to fall: motoring organisations The volume of diesel bought in the Netherlands fell by 200 million litres in the first six months of this year, according to new figures out on Tuesday. Imtech issues new shares, sells IT unit to reduce its debts Technical services company Imtech has sold its information technology arm to French firm Vinci for €225m in an effort to reduce its mounting debt of over €1bn. |
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