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Dutch economy grew 0.5% in 2014 final quarter

Business9 Comments
Forget Valentine’s Day: older Dutch women ‘want to be alone’
The Dutch economy grew 0.5% in the final quarter of 2014, compared with the previous quarter, the national statistics office CBS said in preliminary figures published on Friday. Year on year, economic growth was 1%, the... More >

Amsterdam housing too expensive

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Forget Valentine’s Day: older Dutch women ‘want to be alone’There is such a shortage of affordable flats to rent in Amsterdam that families with just below average earnings are finding it impossible to live... More >

Dutch jobs growth reaches 3.5 year high

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More work as Dutch jobs growth reaches 3.5 year highThe number of jobs in the Netherlands grew by 42,000 in the fourth quarter of last year, the biggest growth in 3.5 years, the national statistics... More >



Older Dutch women 'want to be alone'

Society5 Comments
Forget Valentine’s Day: older Dutch women ‘want to be alone’The older a single person is, the less likely they are to be interested in finding a new partner, according to new research by the national... More >

19,000 speeding fines on one bridge

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Bridge renovations pull in 19,000 speeding fines this yearOver 19,000 speeding tickets have been handed out so far this year to motorists using a bridge over the Waal river, broadcaster Nos says on... More >


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  • Forget Valentine's Day: older Dutch women 'want to be alone'
  • No one shot dead by Dutch police last year
  • Bridge renovations pull in 19,000 speeding fines this year
  • Will parliament shut down for five years for renovations?
  • 'Amsterdam housing unaffordable for people on lower incomes'
  • Amsterdam attracts more foreign firms but they bring fewer jobs
  • Carnaval councils to make spot checks for teen drinkers
  • More railway chaos for Dutch commuters, Schiphol users
  • Ukraine amnesty will not cover MH17 perpetrators: Dutch PM
  • More work as Dutch jobs growth reaches 3.5 year high
  • 300 detectives refuse to donate DNA to forensic institute
  • Dutch economy grew 0.5% in 2014 final quarter
  • Groningen hospital uses new method to keep organs for transplant
  • Dutch MPs want answers on Ukraine agreement amnesty
  • NS fined €2.75m for unsatisfactory service, again

Politics

  • Will parliament shut down for five years for renovations?
  • Greece will not cost the Netherlands any more money: prime minister
  • Phase out 'animal cops' to focus on public safety, says VVD

Society

  • Forget Valentine's Day: older Dutch women 'want to be alone'
  • No one shot dead by Dutch police last year
  • Bridge renovations pull in 19,000 speeding fines this year

Business

  • Dutch economy grew 0.5% in 2014 final quarter
  • NS fined €2.75m for unsatisfactory service, again
  • PostNL to scrap a further 700 jobs

Sport

  • Weekend football round-up: Memphis Depay unstoppable, AZ fight back
  • Dutch keen to start video referee trials in football
  • Eredivisie round up: Memphis Depay from zero to hero as Ajax fall further behind

Education

  • Competition for masters' students heats up at Dutch universities
  • Schools can't cope with rise in refugee pupils
  • Fewer students started degree courses last year

Health

  • Groningen hospital uses new method to keep organs for transplant
  • Care home residents to be given 'care plan': health minister
  • Parliament sceptical about health ministers revised plans

Tech & Media

  • Photo of Russian gays wins World Press Photo
  • Classic Dutch novel De Avonden is finally translated into English
  • More Dutch newspapers end up in Belgian hands

Housing

  • 'Amsterdam housing unaffordable for people on lower incomes'
  • Private sector rents soar in Amsterdam
  • Airbnb starts collecting Dutch tourist tax, but no one knows how much

Jobs

  • Amsterdam attracts more foreign firms but they bring fewer jobs
  • More work as Dutch jobs growth reaches 3.5 year high
  • One in 12 Dutch people have more than one job

Features

  • 10 Dutch ideas we wish we had thought of first
  • Hidden taxation threatens freelancers’ viability
  • Eat up: ugly fruit & veg taste just as good
  • What does the infrastructure minister actually do?
  • Let’s make things beta at TEDxDelft

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