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EU roaming charges to fall 28/08/2008
Mobile users will find it cheaper to make or receive calls while travelling in the European Union as new regulatory price caps come into effect on Saturday.... read more
Dutch news in brief, Thursday 28 August 2008 28/08/2008
Find out what’s the latest news in the Netherlands in the roundup of today’s press from Radio Netherlands.... read more
Environment minister sets out to clear name 28/08/2008
Dutch Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer has asked a firm of accountants to launch an investigation into her past activities as an environmental activist.... read more
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- Court hears appeal in Holleeder case: A Rotterdam court will hear appeals from both Public Prosecutors’ office and the defence counsel of crime boss Willem Holleeder....
- Blind spot campaign for Dutch cyclists launched: A national campaign Stay Out of the Blind Spot launched Thursday hopes to alert cyclists to the danger of blind spot collisions....
- Increasing number of part-timers in Netherlands: The number of Dutch people working part-time is increasing faster than those holding full time jobs....
- Microsoft unveils Internet Explorer 8 to fight Firefox: Microsoft’s trial version of a new Internet Explorer promising improved privacy features is an attempt to fight the growing challenge from Firefox....
- Just how European are you?: People continue to fight over what the term really defines....
- Plane grounded at Rotterdam following hijack warning: Passengers on board a Transavia plane were grounded for six hours Tuesday due to a telephone threat....
- Dutch news in brief, Wednesday 27 August 2008: Find out what’s the latest news in the Netherlands in the roundup of today’s press from Radio Netherlands....
- Dutch MPs call for salary cap for healthcare directors: The Dutch cabinet does not want senior directors working for healthcare institutions to earn more than a government minister....
- Dutch minister denies backing activist magazine: Environment minister Jacqueline Cramer says she does not recall signing a statement supporting activist magazine Bluf in 1986....
- Dutch tourism down 4 percent: The number of foreign tourists visiting the Netherlands in the first five months of 2008 fell by four percent....
- Dutch police find cannabis plantation: The cannabis plantation consisting of 65,000 plants is found in a greenhouse complex in the village of Made....
- Rijksmuseum to exhibit jewel-encrusted skull: British artist Damien Hirst’s jewelled skull sculpture will be exhibited in the Dutch museum for six weeks starting 1 Nov....
- Deaths will outnumber births in Europe from 2015: The European Union will have to look at migration as its only source of population growth as Europe ages rapidly from 2015....
- Hefty ransoms feeding Somali piracy: Authorities in Somalia have called on shipping companies and governments to refrain from paying ransoms as the amounts have gone up and up....
- Netherlands will not compensate high-risk investors: Finance Minister Wouter Bos says the government should not have to compensate people who took out a share portfolio policy that turned out to be a risky investment....
- Dutch MPs prepare bill to outlaw squatting: Two parties in the Dutch government are preparing a bill that would make squatting illegal....
- Dutch man injured in knife attack dies: A 28-year-old man who was seriously injured in a knife attack earlier this month has died after doctors took him off life support....
- Dutch news in brief, Tuesday 26 August 2008: Find out what’s the latest news in the Netherlands in the roundup of today’s press from Radio Netherlands....
- Drunken captain rams ship into Amsterdam bridge: A captain whose blood alcohol level was 0.19 percent rammed his ship into a bridge connecting Amsterdam with its northern suburbs on Monday....
- Dutch to probe into cameraman’s death in Georgia: The Netherlands is sending a team of specialist to investigate the death of Dutch news cameraman Stan Storimans....
- 25,000 fans welcome Netherlands' Olympic team: Dutch Olympic athletes returning home Monday were cheered by 25,000 fans at the Amsterdam stadium....
- The Democratic Convention: Tickets, luggage, oh, and the carbon credits: At the 2008 Democratic Convention, going ‘Green’ is welcomed and celebrated....
- 15 arrested for drugs at Mystery Land festival: In the latest clampdown on drugs at dance festivals, Dutch police have detained 15 people over the weekend....
- Dutch news in brief, Monday 25 August 2008: Find out what’s the latest news in the Netherlands in the roundup of today’s press from Radio Netherlands....
- Friends of the Earth Netherlands scrutinised: Dutch Environment Minister may scrap government subsidies paid to Friends of the Earth Netherlands following its release of a controversial research study on tainted lumber....
- Allow Dutch citizens to take out flood insurance: Researchers at Free University in Amsterdam say people who have flood insurance policies tend to do more to prevent damages against flooding....
- Dutch unions welcome cancellation of VAT increase: Main trade union federations in the Netherlands say the government’s decision to cancel a planned increase in VAT is logical and sensible....
- Dutch athletes to receive warm welcome home: The Dutch Olympic athletes returning to the Netherlands will be welcomed by sport fans and celebrities at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam on Monday....
- Dutch elderly retain right of resuscitation: Health inspection centre says Dutch elderly homes should not implement a non-resuscitation policy for cardiac-arrest residents....
- Phelps and Bolt stand out on Planet Olympia: At the Beijing games, competition took place in a world of its own, while the Chinese government ruled outside as if Olympic values had never come to town....
- What will China's Olympic legacy be?: Many extoll the Beijing Summer Olympics as a success -- was it?...
- More power for Dutch police on peace mission: The Dutch government wants police posted abroad to be given the power to go on patrols and carry out arrests....
- Expats show more loyalty to homeland athletes: Fifty-six percent of expats say they will support their homeland athletes if athletes of their country of origin compete with athletes of their country of residence....
- Netherlands’ disaster alerts to be sent via sms: Text messages warning the public of disaster situations in the Netherlands will be introduced nationwide in 2009....
- Judge Alphons Orie taken off Karadzic case: The president of The Hague Tribunal says the reassignment of a new judge to Radovan Karadzic’s trial is to better distribute the workload among the judges....
- Dutch news in brief, Friday 22 August 2008: Find out what’s the latest news in the Netherlands in the roundup of today’s press from Radio Netherlands....
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