http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/ en Copyright 2010 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:02:08 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A group of older Dutch academics and politicians have launched a petition in support of assisted suicide for the over-70s. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/tired_of_life_group_calls_for.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/tired_of_life_group_calls_for.php topstory2 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:02:08 +0000 The cabinet has admitted MPs could have been better informed about security service 'doubts and conjectures' about Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 invasion. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/cabinet_admits_iraq_war_mistak.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/cabinet_admits_iraq_war_mistak.php topstory1 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:35 +0000 The cabinet is considering continuing Dutch involvement in Afghanistan past the August 2010 pull-out date following Nato's formal request for a delay, defence minister Eimert van Middelkoop told reporters on Tuesday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/cabinet_considers_nato_afghani.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/cabinet_considers_nato_afghani.php topstory2 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:49:37 +0000 The government is within its rights to limit the national breast cancer screening programme to women below the age of 75, the Hague district court ruled on Tuesday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/breast_cancer_check_age_limit.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/breast_cancer_check_age_limit.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:46 +0000 Some 62,000 old cars have so far been taken off the roads in return for payments under the government's scrappage scheme. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/62000_old_cars_scrapped_for_mo.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/62000_old_cars_scrapped_for_mo.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:23:01 +0000 Police have arrested a man who claimed to have placed a bomb on a train at Den Bosch station on Tuesday morning, causing major disruption to train users for much of the day. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/den_bosch_bomber_is_a_disturbe.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/den_bosch_bomber_is_a_disturbe.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:11:18 +0000 Dutch car lease firm LeasePlan, which is owned by Volkswagen and two Middle East state funds, has launched its own internet savings bank. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/car_lease_group_launches_onlin.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/car_lease_group_launches_onlin.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:21:32 +0000 Financieele Dagblad. ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/abn_amro_to_target_corporate_a.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/abn_amro_to_target_corporate_a.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:12:34 +0000 Victor Muller, the head of luxury car maker Spyker which is taking over Sweden's Saab, has agreed a $25m convertible loan for the company with his former employer, offshore company Heerema. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/spyker_gets_loan_from_former_e.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/spyker_gets_loan_from_former_e.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:59:04 +0000 Financieele Dagblad reports on Tuesday. ]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/councils_keep_out_tnt_competit.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/councils_keep_out_tnt_competit.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:41:16 +0000 Education should not face spending cuts as part of efforts to get government spending back under control, Mariëtte Hamer, leader of the parliamentary Labour party, told an election meeting in Groningen on Monday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/no_education_cuts_says_labour.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/no_education_cuts_says_labour.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:32:51 +0000 Rotterdam's police chief Aad Meijboom will step down as soon as a successor is found, the Telegraaf reported on Monday evening. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/rotterdam_police_chief_quits.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/rotterdam_police_chief_quits.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:19:36 +0000 Nato has made an official request to the Netherlands to stay in Afghanistan past the August 2010 pull-out date, news agency ANP reports, quoting sources in the Hague. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/stay_in_afghanistan_nato_asks.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/stay_in_afghanistan_nato_asks.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:12:12 +0000 Ministers are meeting early this morning to put the final touches to their official reply to January's highly critical report on the Netherlands' involvement in the invasion of Iraq, reports news agency ANP. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/ministers_put_final_touches_to.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/ministers_put_final_touches_to.php Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:52:12 +0000 Many of the Netherlands 153 golf clubs are experiencing financial difficulties because of the economic downturn, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Monday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/many_golf_clubs_hit_by_financi.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/02/many_golf_clubs_hit_by_financi.php Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:53:31 +0000