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Triple Pundit: Nike Partners Dutch Company to Foray Into Waterless Dyeing - 10-02-2012

I wrote about the innovative, waterless dyeing technique pioneered by a Dutch company, DyeCoo in August last year. It appears that Nike liked the look of this technology and will now be working with the company to reduce water use.

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National sweater day: Knit your own DIY Kyoto kit - 10-02-2012

Thanks to The Killing many people will be suitably attired for National sweater day. And they will be saving energy and money, writes the Volkskrant.

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The Economist: Dirty dykes - 09-02-2012

On a cold morning, when the mist rises over the canals that criss-cross the countryside, spreading over the woods and flatlands, the Netherlands does not feel like a sink-hole of pollution. But the ice-encrusted water is brimming with nitrates and phosphates, and the air is clogged with particulate matter.

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The Global Mail: Room for Everyone at The Hague - 08-02-2012

At the International Criminal Court, cases begin dramatically. But 14 years and billions of dollars on, not a single case has concluded. Indeed there have been more judges than criminals indicted.

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NYT: Invading the privacy of a Nazi war criminal - 08-02-2012

Jelle Visser and his EenVandaag colleague Jan Ponsen are on trial for invasion of privacy. They secretly filmed convicted Nazi Heinrich Boere (90) in a nursing home in 2007. The New York times interviewed him.

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Help the ice! - 06-02-2012

VPRO journalist and skating historian Marnix Koolhaas thinks we need to help the ice to grow or we may never see another Elfsteden race, the Volkskrant writes.

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Daily Mail: Grandmother reveals past as Dutch resistance fighter - 04-02-2012

For seven decades she kept her story to herself. Then, on her 90th birthday, Grietje Scott decided to reveal all.

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Sponsored feature: Now could be the perfect time to buy a new home - 03-02-2012

Buying a house can be a complex process, especially if you’re doing it for the first time and in a foreign country.

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Piet Mondriaan: Cherished posessions shed light on very private man - 03-02-2012

Much of the documentation on Dutch artist Piet Mondriaan (1872-1944) has already found its way to the RKD art historical archives in The Hague. Recently a unique collection of Mondriaan letters , photographs and artefacts was purchased in the United States which further completes the picture of a very private man, writes Nrc.

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Sponsored feature: British nationals need to take care of their pensions - 02-02-2012

British nationals who have built up pensions back home and now live in the Netherlands need to be aware of changes in the UK law.

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Quiet - Sleep research in progress - 02-02-2012

Why do we sleep? The short answer is: because we can’t stay awake. But there is still much left to find out about the phenomenon of sleep. This week the Nationale Slaaponderzoek is quietly collecting data about sluggards, short sleepers and insomniacs, writes the Nrc.

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PRI: Dutch company turns cremation remains into global charity - 01-02-2012

When a body is cremated, if it has any metal parts, like a titanium hip, those metal parts are left behind. For years it was either buried in graves or sent to the dump. But a Dutch company, OrthoMetals, has a business that gathers those materials and processes them for industrial reuse, sending the proceeds to charity.

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Irish Times: Beatrix now oldest ruling Dutch monarch - 01-02-2012

QUEEN BEATRIX of the Netherlands turned 74 yesterday, becoming the oldest reigning monarch in Dutch history – and failing to staunch speculation that if she follows in the footsteps of her mother, the late queen Juliana, she could step down as soon as the end of April.

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BBC: Dutch unease over cigarette lobbying - 01-02-2012

How close is too close when it comes to conversations between governments and the tobacco industry?

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Daily Mail: The very low countries - 31-01-2012

Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured a spectacular view of Europe - seen through the robotic arms and solar panels of the orbiting space station itself.

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Minority languages in the Netherlands: Do you speak Lower Saxon? - 30-01-2012

In the Netherlands language is not a bone of contention as in many other countries. But what languages are spoken are worth protecting. The Volkskrant interviewed former VVD politician Marieke Sanders-ten Holte, member of the Advice committee on European regional languages.


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Rotterdam film festival has a focus on China - 24-01-2012

The 41st edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) kicks off in the port city on Wednesday, with a special focus on China including works by controversial artist Ai Weiwei.

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Daily Mail: Neanderthals were 'using paint thousands of years earlier than previously thought' - 24-01-2012

Neanderthals were using red paint up to 250,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought.
Traces of the paint, made from ochre, were dug up in the Netherlands and dated to a quarter of a million years ago.

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Holland Bureau: Trouble in Zoetermeer? - 24-01-2012

Tough week for the AIVD. Every service has to endure the fact that while its successes are hardly ever disclosed to protect the sources, its failures often reach the outside world quite easily. So it was this time. After several reports in the press concerning blunders and questionable work practices at the service, Andre Elissen and Marcial Hernandez of the PVV tabled seven questions to Rutte and Minister of the Interior Ivo Opstelten yesterday, writes Giles Scot-Smith of the Holland Bureau.

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New York Times: Eating Out in Amsterdam: Way Beyond He - 23-01-2012

Nearly 10 years ago I went to Amsterdam in search of Dutch food; for the most part what I found was Mediterranean. This past fall I tried again. To put it nicely, I failed less miserably.

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Laura Dekker: stubborn, self absorbed and a devil of a sailor - 21-01-2012

On Saturday Laura Dekker arrives in St Maarten. At 16 years and 123 days old, Dekker is the youngest person to sail around the world singlehandedly. The Volkskrant asks: who is Laura Dekker?

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Washington Post: German prosecutor launches bid to jail man convicted in Netherlands of Nazi war crimes - 20-01-2012

A Bavarian prosecutor has filed a motion to have a Dutch native who fled to Germany after being convicted in the Netherlands of Nazi war crimes serve his sentence in a German prison — likely the final chapter in decades of efforts to see the 89-year-old jailed.

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The Chronicle: China No Match for Dutch Plants as Philips Shavers Come Home - 20-01-2012

Royal Philips Electronics workers in the Dutch town of Drachten who expected to be fired were astonished when the site manager said the company was bringing production of its top-priced electric shavers home from China.


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Obituary: Rudi van Dantzig, Choreographer - 19-01-2012

Choreographer and dancer Rudi van Dantzig died at his home in Amsterdam on Thursday at the age of 78. He had been suffering from cancer for some time.

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Daily Mail: How being around a woman - or even mentioning her name - can make a man more stupid - 19-01-2012

It has often been said that a man can become a bumbling mess in front of a beautiful woman. Now it seems there is actually some scientific basis to the idea.

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Laura Dekker: 'I only wanted to go sailing!' - 19-01-2012

'Sailing girl' Laura Dekker is about to complete her voyage around the world but she won't be calling in at a Dutch port. She may not even come back to the Netherlands at all. She explains why in her blog.

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Is the church a charity? - 18-01-2012

Donations to charity are tax deductable. The so-called anbi status, given to institutions promoting public welfare subject to certain conditions, also applies to churches and mosques.

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Dakar: Why Brabanders can't get enough of it - 17-01-2012

What is it with Brabanders and racing around in a desert? Nrc has the story of how the Dutch have taken over the Dakar rally. ‘Playing billiards is cheaper but Dakar is more fun’.

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Newsweek: Wilders says there's no such thing as moderate Islam - 16-01-2012

Can't Someone Tell Geert Wilders to Stop His Anti-Muslim Diatribes Before Somebody Gets Hurt?, asks Newsweek.

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Week of truth for CDA - 16-01-2012

Down to 13 seats in the latest poll, leaderless and rudderless, the Christian Democrats are making a last ditch attempt at regrouping. Whither the CDA?

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Dutch photographer wounded in Syrian attack points finger at regime - 14-01-2012

Dutch photographer Steven Wassenaar believes the Syrian government was behind the attack which killed French journalist Gilles Jacquier. He says so in an interview with Nrc on Saturday.

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Guardian: Natalee Holloway declared dead by judge six years after disappearance - 14-01-2012

An Alabama judge signed an order Thursday declaring Natalee Holloway dead, more than six years after the American teenager vanished on the Caribbean island of Aruba during a high school graduation trip.

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Huff Post: Laura Dekker Sailing Trip Around The World Nears Completion - 11-01-2012

Teenage Dutch sailor Laura Dekker is nearing the finish of her solo sailing trip around the world almost the same way she began it – in good spirits, despite endless debate about the terms under which she is allowed to be at sea.

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BBC: The Netherlands to ban drug khat used by Somalis - 11-01-2012

The Dutch government has announced that it will ban the use of the mild narcotic khat.

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Dutch state: Sorry, we're not apologising - 11-01-2012

Is it about time the Netherlands apologised for past wrongs? The question comes around every few years. The Volkskrant concludes that the Netherlands has a lot to be sorry about but does not do much apologising.

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Observer: Vermeer's silent women draw record attendance - 09-01-2012

Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence, on view at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, has broken records for an exhibition staged outside London.

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Time: Joran van der Sloot's Slow Road to Justice - 09-01-2012

Sporting a severe crew cut, Joran van der Sloot, 24 years old and more than six feet tall, sauntered into a special courtroom in Peru's largest prison, Lurigancho, east of the capital, Lima.

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CDA: explorer wanted - 07-01-2012

On Wednesday Maxime Verhagen said he didn’t want to lead the Christian Democrats, on Thursday it turned out that he did but that his candidacy was blocked by party chair Ruth Peetoom. Meanwhile Mark Rutte’s coalition partner, leaderless and rudderless, is doing abominably in the polls. How did it happen and what can be done to save it? NRC interviewed the party’s spin doctor PG Kroeger.

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BBC: Academic performance at school linked to exercise - 03-01-2012

How well children perform in the classroom could be linked to how physically active they are, suggests a Dutch review of previous studies.

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CBS: On a typical day in the Netherlands - 03-01-2012

The Netherlands by numbers on a normal day: How many babies are born, how many people die, how many people get married or divorced, and how many move house?

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BBC: Dutch side Venlo reveal strategic African plan - 02-01-2012

VVV Venlo say their signing of Africans is part of a strategic plan to compete with the top sides in the Dutch league. Venlo chairman Hai Berden started this plan nearly two years ago when he signed four Nigerian younsgters.

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AFP: Dutch ice hotel offers cool overnight experience - 28-12-2011

In the quaint northeastern Dutch city of Zwolle, it could be any standard hotel room, with a bed, a minibar, bathrobes and two pairs of slippers. Except for the room temperature, which hovers just above freezing.

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Washington Post: Johannes Heesters, singer-actor who performed in Nazi Germany, dies at 108 - 26-12-2011

Johannes Heesters, a Dutch-born singer and actor who made his name performing in Adolf Hitler’s Germany and was dogged in his long career by controversy over his Nazi-era past, died Dec. 24 at a hospital in Starnberg, Germany. He was 108.

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BBC: Far right scents opportunity in euro crisis - 15-12-2011

Across Europe far-right political parties are capitalising on the eurozone crisis and the netherlands is a case in point, writes the BBC.

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Report child sex abuse in the Catholic church: a final reckoning? - 15-12-2011

On Friday the Deetman Committee will present its final report on the abuse of children in the Catholic church. Will the true extent of the abuse finally be known or will the fact that the church itself ordered the investigation cast doubt on the outcome?

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Daily Mail: KLM promotes mile-high matchmaking scheme - 14-12-2011

It may sound like a recipe for disaster, or at least an open invitation for passengers to join the mile-high club.

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Daily Mail: A MAN modelling women's lingerie? - 14-12-2011

Most lingerie firms might choose a Victoria's Secret-esque bombshell to model its latest push-up bra.
But though Dutch department store Hema has certainly cast a beauty in its new lingerie campaign, the fact that star model Andrej Pejic is actually a man makes him an unlikely choice.


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Dutch architects design 'exploding 9/11 towers' in Seoul - 12-12-2011

When you hear "9/11," you don't necessarily think, "luxury residence." But at least one design firm begs to differ, writes Emily Lodish.

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De Pers: Police should talk less and act more - 12-12-2011

The Dutch police are good at keeping the peace. Too good perhaps. It’s time they got a little tougher, writes De Pers, and police authorities agree.

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Ajax: Was we robbed? - 09-12-2011

How could Zagreb lose 7 to 1? Why did Zagreb defender Vida wink at Lyon striker Gomis? A day after Ajax was eliminated from the Champions League conspiracy theories abound. Was it foul play? European football body Uefa says no, for now, writes the Volkskrant.

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