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DutchNews.nl launches updated website, stronger focus on news and features

Tech & Media

DutchNews.nl this weekend launches a revised and updated website, with a greater focus on news and features and crisper navigation. It is the first time since DutchNews.nl was founded in September 2006 that the... More >

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Dutch to stagger Brussels €642m surcharge

Business

Brussels has given the Netherlands the green light to repay a €642m surcharge in its EU contributions in stages, Dutch finance minister Jeroen... More >

Ziggo to be Ajax' new main sponsor

Sport

Cable company Ziggo is to be the new main sponsor of Amsterdam football club Ajax from next January. The company has agreed to pay at... More >

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Man dies of Legionnaires after sauna visit

Health

An elderly man has died of Legionnaires' disease which he picked up at a sauna in the village of Avenhorn in Noord-Holland province, news agency... More >

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Rapper who threatened Wilders found guilty

Society

A Dutch rapper has been given 80 hours community service and a two-month suspended jail sentence for threatening anti-Islam politician Geert... More >

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politics

• Amsterdam city council calls for licenced marijuana production
• Row over care for minister’s mother with dementia intensifies
• Many provinces, cities use too many external staff

society

• Community service for rapper who threatened Wilders in a video
• Prisoners to pay €16 a day for their time in jail plus court costs
• Carbon monoxide a serious issue with central heating systems

business

• Brussels allows the Dutch to stagger €642m surcharge payments
• NAM offers earthquake households compensation for house price drop
• Dutch tax climate is attractive to foreign firms, says audit office

sport

• Feyenoord, PSV move closer to Europa League knock out stage
• Ziggo to be Ajax’ new main sponsor
• Ajax out of Champions League after losing to Barcelona

education

• Universities and Reed Elsevier in dispute over academic publications
• School fruit programme in trouble, suppliers in dispute over subsidies
• Banks will ‘worry less’ about student debts in mortgage requests

health

• Dutchman dies of Legionnaires’ disease after sauna visit
• High levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Asian farmed fish
• Health authority forces down the cost of visiting the dentist

Tech & Media

• DutchNews.nl launches updated website, stronger focus on news and features
• Dutch short animation film on Oscar short list
• The Netherlands deports Russian hacker to the US

housing

• Tenants run real risk of eviction if they rent out their homes to tourist
• Coalition parties devise plan to turn offices into affordable homes and luxury studios
• Slight rise in non-rent-controlled property prices, Amsterdam leads the way

jobs

• Defence ministry to privatise catering, despite cabinet pledge on jobs
• Most working Dutch don’t know when they will be able to claim a state pension
• Single people, the over 55s and low-skilled most likely to claim welfare

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