http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/ en Copyright 2012 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:56:47 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Six professional clubs remain on the Dutch football association’s watch list because of their problematic finances, the KNVB said on Wednesday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/football_club_finances_improve.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/football_club_finances_improve.php Wed, 16 May 2012 14:56:47 +0000 Just 8,236 houses changed ownership in April, a drop of 18% on a year ago, the land registry office Kadaster said on Wednesday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/house_sales_down_almost_20_in.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/house_sales_down_almost_20_in.php Wed, 16 May 2012 14:36:47 +0000 Spending on healthcare rose 3.2% last year, compared with 2010, the national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday. In total, €90bn was spent on healthcare and welfare services, the CBS said. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/healthcare_spending_rose_32_la.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/healthcare_spending_rose_32_la.php Wed, 16 May 2012 14:19:56 +0000 A compromise plan to flood part of a polder in Zeeland to compensate for lost nature has failed to win majority support in parliament, news agency ANP said on Wednesday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/little_support_for_hedwige_pol.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/little_support_for_hedwige_pol.php Wed, 16 May 2012 14:12:44 +0000 special booklet drawn up by the Dutch football association and foreign ministry with dos and don'ts for June's European football championships in Poland and Ukraine.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/football_fans_warned_to_behave.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/football_fans_warned_to_behave.php newsletter Wed, 16 May 2012 13:57:36 +0000 Social affairs minister Henk Kamp and his deputy Paul de Krom, justice minister Ivo Opstelten, foreign minister Uri Rosenthal and transport minister Melanie Schultz are not standing for parliament in the September 2012 general election. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/minister_yes_but_mp_no.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/minister_yes_but_mp_no.php Wed, 16 May 2012 13:51:20 +0000 Efforts by anti-smoking campaigners to reinstate a smoking ban in small cafes and bars failed on Wednesday when judges in The Hague ruled the law does allow exceptions. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/customers_can_continue_to_smok.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/customers_can_continue_to_smok.php newsletter topstory2 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:45:02 +0000 A Dutch concert by popular Turkish singer Arif Sag was cancelled this weekend after he gave up and returned home after lengthy questioning by officials at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/turkish_singer_goes_back_home.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/turkish_singer_goes_back_home.php Wed, 16 May 2012 09:23:30 +0000 Four boys, two aged 13, have been arrested in Tilburg in connection with an internet film which appears to show a 14-year-old girl being sexually assaulted. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/four_teenagers_held_over_video.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/four_teenagers_held_over_video.php Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:51 +0000 Jewish organisations are considering refusing to sign the covenant on ritual slaughter currently being worked out by religious groups and government officials, Trouw reports on Wednesday. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/jewish_groups_may_refuse_to_si.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/jewish_groups_may_refuse_to_si.php Wed, 16 May 2012 09:03:28 +0000 Some 10.8 million of the Dutch 17 million population will head off on holiday this year, down 400,000 on a year ago, according to new research by the tourism board. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/fewer_people_set_to_go_on_holi.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/fewer_people_set_to_go_on_holi.php newsletter topstory2 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:56:37 +0000 ABN Amro booked underlying net profit of €486m in the first quarter of this year, down 17% on the first three months of last year. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/bad_debts_in_the_netherlands_p.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/bad_debts_in_the_netherlands_p.php newsletter Wed, 16 May 2012 08:24:43 +0000 The minority coalition and three other parties have finalised their plans to cut the Dutch budget deficit to below 3%. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/its_a_deal_five_party_coalitio.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/its_a_deal_five_party_coalitio.php newsletter topstory1 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:08:27 +0000 The longest ice rink in the Netherlands was declared bankrupt by a court in Zwolle on Tuesday, despite having earlier been given a postponement on paying its debts. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/longest_ice_rink_goes_bankrupt.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/longest_ice_rink_goes_bankrupt.php Tue, 15 May 2012 15:14:28 +0000 The police are to stop their industrial action and restart talks with caretaker justice minister Ivo Opstelten, police unions and the minister said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/minister_police_unions_return.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/minister_police_unions_return.php Tue, 15 May 2012 15:01:11 +0000 Flemish media concern De Persgroep is buying VNU Media, owners of job vacancies sites Nationale Vacturebank and Intermediair and technology site Tweakers. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/persgroep_buys_vnu_media.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/persgroep_buys_vnu_media.php newsletter Tue, 15 May 2012 14:29:14 +0000 Volkskrant reports on Tuesday.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/unique_marilyn_munro_memorabil.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/unique_marilyn_munro_memorabil.php newsletter Tue, 15 May 2012 14:19:46 +0000 The European Commission is considering taking further action against telecom watchdog Opta for its pricing policy on calls made between different networks. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/opta_again_in_trouble_with_the.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/opta_again_in_trouble_with_the.php Tue, 15 May 2012 14:03:54 +0000 mierenneuker - literally ant-fucker - a term used in popular speech to describe people who stick obsessively to the rules.]]> http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/is_it_okay_to_call_a_policeman.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/is_it_okay_to_call_a_policeman.php newsletter Tue, 15 May 2012 13:36:29 +0000 Experts from Arnhem zoo will on Tuesday try to catch a kangaroo which has been spotted in woods close to the city for the past few days. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/kangaroo_on_the_loose_near_arn.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/05/kangaroo_on_the_loose_near_arn.php Tue, 15 May 2012 09:38:19 +0000