The latest news from the Netherlands
PVV anti-Pole website is an 'open call to intolerance': Brussels
10-02-2012 - A website set up by the anti-immigration PVV to report problems with central and eastern Europeans in the Netherlands is an ‘open call to intolerance’, Europe’s justice commissioner Viviane Reding said on Friday evening....more
Reduced rail services to continue until weather stabilises
10-02-2012 - Dutch Rail will continue to operate reduced services for the foreseeable future in an effort to avoid any more weather-created problems, passenger service company NS and rail operator ProRail said on Friday....more
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GroenLinks to block expanding Afghan police training mission
10-02-2012 - Left-wing green party GroenLinks will not support the government in expanding the current police training mission in northern Afghanistan to cover border police, the Volkskrant reports on Friday....more
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The Netherlands takes to its skates
10-02-2012 - The Dutch will take to their skates en masse this weekend as the big freeze enters its last days. Dozens of official routes have been opened up across the country's lakes and waterways....more
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CDA wants reforms as well as cuts
10-02-2012 - The Christian Democrats will not agree to more cuts in government spending without reforms to healthcare, the housing market and employment legislation, deputy prime minister Maxime Verhagen says in an interview with the Telegraaf, due to be published on Saturday. ...more
World Press Photo winner 'represents the Arab Spring'
10-02-2012 - Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won this year's main World Press Photo award for his picture of a woman swathed in black, holding a member of her family who had been injured during protests in Yemen. ...more
- VVD stalwart Ed Nijpels says his party is moving too close to the PVV - 10-02-2012
- Trouble with Limburgers or Belgians? Complaint websites spring up - 10-02-2012
- Strike at Nedcar over Mitsubishi pull-out - 10-02-2012
- Competition authority criticises insurance comparison site - 10-02-2012
- Railways should change timetables before snow starts: minister - 10-02-2012
- Prime minister refuses to comment on PVV's anti-Pole website - 10-02-2012
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Sunday: Above zero in most places with light snow or sleet. Light frost at night. Similar on Monday |
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