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KLM adds Kittilä, Finland, to 2025/2026 winter season
Aviation24.be
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July 17, 2025
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is expanding its winter network with the addition of Kittilä, Finland, as a new destination for the 2025–2026 season. Starting 23 November 2025, the airline will operate a weekly Sunday flight between Amsterdam Schiphol...
Dutch Intelligence Confirms Widespread Russian Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
EUToday
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July 4, 2025
2Dutch and German intelligence services have presented evidence pointing to the widespread and systematic use of banned chemical weapons by Russian forces in Ukraine. According to findings made public on Friday, Russian troops have used choking...
Solutions30 Appoints Arno Janssen as CEO in the Netherlands, Following Recent Leadership Reinforcements Across Europe
Business Upturn
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July 8, 2025
Solutions30, the European leader in multi-technical field services for the telecommunications, energy, and digital sectors, announces the appointment of Arno Janssen as CEO of its operations in the Netherlands. This appointment follows the recent...
Varroc Engineering Faces Arbitration Over Alleged Covenant Breaches; OPmobility Seeks Over $66 Million
Autocar Professional
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July 8, 2025
Varroc Engineering Limited has received a formal intimation from the ICC International Court of Arbitration regarding an arbitration request filed by France-based OPmobility Lighting Holding. The dispute stems from alleged breaches of covenants in...
Dutch homes are unaffordable because that’s what officials want
DutchNews
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July 4, 2025
Did you know you can borrow less for a mortgage this year? Government advisers have quietly reduced the maximum borrowing factor for 2025 and mortgage brokers have noticed. If your salary didn’t rise – as in many freelance or contract jobs – you...
How did Hanover's Dutch Days start? One woman's dedication built a beloved tradition
Hanover Evening Sun - Pennsylvania
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Eloise "Ellie" Naill founded the Hanover street festival, originally called Dutch Days, in 1984. Naill also owned The Rusty Naill, a shop featuring handcrafted items from local vendors. The festival, now called the Snack Town Street Fair,...
Dutch ABN Amro Bank completes acquisition of German Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe for 672 million euros
AK&M
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AK&M 03 July 2025 18:10 Dutch bank ABN Amro Bank NV has completed the acquisition of German Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe AG in order to expand its presence in the German banking sector. This is reported in the press release of ABN Amro Bank. The deal...
More Dutch households using fiber optic for internet than cable for first time
NL Times
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July 8, 2025
The number of Dutch households with a fiber-optic subscription has surpassed the number with fixed internet via cable for the first time, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) stated in their most recent Telecommonitor. In the...
Tata Steel to begin construction work of UK's low-carbon project this month
The Economic Times
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July 8, 2025
Home-grown Tata Steel on Tuesday said the company will begin the construction of its low-carbon EAF-based steel making project in the UK this month with an investment of around 1.5 billion pounds. Of the 1.5 billion pounds, 500 million pound is...
Polish workers at Dutch distribution centres go on strike
DutchNews
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July 8, 2025
For some 10 days now, workers who pick orders in Dutch supermarket distribution centres via staffing agencies have been going on strike in support of better pay and working conditions. Many of them are Polish nationals. “If Poles stopped working...
Copper shortage could hit chip production by 2035, PwC says
Business Day
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Amsterdam — About 32% of global semiconductor production could face climate change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling from current levels, advisory firm PwC said in a report for business leaders on Tuesday. Chile, the world’s...
One woman’s war on war crimes
Oman Observer
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July 18, 2025
In a world where the voice of justice is increasingly drowned out and human rights are trampled on daily — particularly in Palestine and Gaza — a courageous figure has emerged. Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer and academic, has stood firm in...
Czech arms manufacturer Excalibur Army opens representative office in Ukraine
Ukrainska Pravda
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Illustration: Excalibur Army On Tuesday 8 July, Czech arms manufacturer Excalibur Army announced the opening of a representative office in Ukraine, a country to which it has been supplying products since 2022. Source: the company's website, as...
Netherlands police embrace a public health approach to drugs. Will it work in the South?
WBHM 90.3 - Alabama
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July 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series examining the opioid crisis in the United States and the Gulf South, and comparing it to successful drug use harm reduction efforts in the Netherlands. You can read other entries in the series...
The Lodge Dutch Oven That Holds Its Own Against Le Creuset Is Just $80 for Prime Day
AOL
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Credit: Photo: Lucy Schaeffer; Prop Styling; Tom Hoerup Credit: Photo: Lucy Schaeffer; Prop Styling; Tom HoerupThis article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service...
Shell Posts Strong Q2 Earnings Amid Rising Energy Prices and Renewables Investment
Economy Watch
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July 8, 2025
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported strong second-quarter earnings on July 8, boosted by higher global energy prices and...
Industry slams minister’s decision to keep CO2 tax despite vote
DutchNews
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July 3, 2025
Dutch industry has reacted angrily to a decision by climate minister Sophie Hermans to retain a controversial tax on carbon dioxide emissions, even though MPs voted to abolish it. Hermans told parliament this week she plans to keep the tax but...
Brussels raises consumer concerns with plans to ease rules for chemical sector
Euronews
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Published on 08/07/2025 - 17:44 GMT+2•Updated 18:03 The European Commission presented on Tuesday its sixth “omnibus” simplification package since the start of Ursula von der Leyen’s mandate. This time, the target is the EU’s chemical sector, a...
Record number of drug retrievers caught at Antwerp port; half from Netherlands
NL Times
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July 8, 2025
Belgian authorities arrested 166 suspected uithalers, or container drug retrievers, in the port of Antwerp during the first half of this year, marking a record number of detentions linked to maritime cocaine smuggling. Nearly half of those...
Agritechnica 2025 is fully booked
profi
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July 18, 2025
Some 2,700 exhibitors have signed up for this year’s Agritechnica. The fully booked show will fill all 23 halls at the Hanover Fairgrounds. Show organiser DLG (German Agricultural Society) confirms that all leading global farm equipment...