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Michele Carloni visits the open ateliers in the Jordaan and talks to established Russian artist Olga Okuneva about living and working in the Netherlands.
Includes Hugh Masekela, Kinky Friedman, Bharati, Witnessed From Within, Short story and improvisation workshops.
Photos of work at alternative art fair Kunstvlaai (until 18 May) in Amsterdam.
Original comic book artwork, from the boy adventurer Tintin to the cowboy Lucky Luke, is breaking into the European fine art market.
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Alina Kasyanova since: 10-02-2008 I'm a Russian student and live in the Netherlands for the second year.
When Latvian student Gunta Badovska fell in love with a Dutchman and moved to Amstelveen from Riga, she found some of the differences in culture and style between her homeland and Holland frankly peculiar.
Being an international in a foreign country can be difficult at the best of times. Add language, culture and childcare into the mix and you may feel overwhelmed.
To guarantee continued economic growth and pensions for the next generation, the Dutch need to encourage their women to work, and help them to stay there, reveals new research.
Economic growth may be slowing down elsewhere in Europe, but consumers and producers in the Netherlands are still going strong. By Johan Huizinga.
Our criminal law expert advises a reader on how to deal with a neighbour who refuses to follow the 'house rules', and gives some general guidelines as to what steps you can take in Holland to restore the peace in similar sticky situations.
The Dutch immigration service (IND) is gradually taking over the intake of the new residence permit applications. Immigration expert Patrick Rovers explains the new procedures and the IND's involvement.
