The latest news from the Netherlands

Kroes tipped for Brussels telecom portfolio

25-11-2009 - Current EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes will get the telecommunications and IT portfolio in the new commission line-up which is currently being finalised, Dutch newspapers report on Wednesday....more

Gerrit Zalm in firing line over DSB

25-11-2009 - Former finance minister Gerrit Zalm may lose his job as CEO at ABN Amro if reports about mistakes made when he was chief financial officer at bankrupt bank DSB are true, finance minister Wouter Bos told tv programme RTLZ on Tuesday evening....more

Czech Muslims want to talk with Wilders

25-11-2009 - Czech Muslim organisation Libertas Independent Agency is planning to invite MP Geert Wilders to show his short anti-Islam film Fitna and discuss its message with members, news agency ANP reports on Wednesday....more
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Roman graves uncovered in IJsselstein
25-11-2009 - Archaeologists have uncovered four untouched Roman graves on land earmarked for redevelopment near IJsselstein, south of Utrecht....more

Half of first borns have unmarried parents
25-11-2009 - Some 50% of first-born babies in the Netherlands do not have married parents, according to new figures on marriage from the national statistics office CBS. ...more

Nijmegen city council board collapses
25-11-2009 - The left of centre executive board at Nijmegen city council has collapsed following a dispute over a planned increase in property taxes (OZB)....more

• Kluun novel sells one million copies - 25-11-2009
• Royal couple buy land in Argentina - 25-11-2009
• Take-home pay to go down slightly next year - 25-11-2009
• Tax and talent determine HQ location - 25-11-2009
• Labour MPs complain about transport card - 25-11-2009
• ABN Amro Nederland posts slight loss - 25-11-2009