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Concerns over international trade among manufacturing exporters
Statistics Netherlands
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July 10, 2025
International trade has seen growing uncertainty in recent months due to new tariffs imposed by the United States and the potential for countermeasures by the EU and China. Nearly 80 percent of manufacturing companies in the Netherlands are...
Dutch dental innovator Novenda Technologies secures €5.2 million to further dental products with 3D printing
EU Startups
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July 9, 2025
Today, Geleen-based Novenda Technologies announces €5.2 million in Series A funding to innovate dental product manufacturing with its multi-material 3D printing technology and expand its platform to other dental applications. The round was led by...
Dutch art sleuth recovers stolen Unesco-listed documents
Bangkok Post
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July 9, 2025
THE HAGUE - A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several Unesco-listed archives from the world’s first multinational corporation. Arthur Brand, nicknamed the “Indiana...
Buy-to-let sales lead to a drop in house prices in Amsterdam
DutchNews
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July 10, 2025
For first-time buyers and older people looking to downsize in the Dutch capital there is good news, according to estate agent association NVM: house prices have fallen year-on-year in Amsterdam. Sales by NVM agents in the second quarter of 2025 –...
Order Up! Le Creuset’s Viral Dutch Oven Is 30% off on Amazon Prime Day
E! News - California
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July 10, 2025
Everything You Need to Know About Amazon Prime Day 2025 Your favorite summer sale is back! It's time for Amazon Prime Day 2025. When Is Prime Day 2025 Amazon Prime Day 2025 is officially set for July 8 to 11, and yep—this year’s mega sale is...
The Netherlands has allocated €300 million for the reconstruction of Ukraine
Babel
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The Netherlands has allocated €300 million to support Ukraineʼs recovery in 2025 and 2026. This was reported on October 10 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Caspar Veldkamp. Babel employs over 20 people. It’s not a very large...
Viewpoint: Innovation is key to sustainable agriculture, says MEP
Science|Business
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July 10, 2025
An MEP from the pan-European Volt Europa party is urging the EU to launch a €50 billion moonshot fund to drive breakthrough innovations in food and agriculture. “We see innovation as one of the crucial elements to move to more sustainable...
HGK Shipping, Covestro to install wind propulsion tech on Amadeus Titanium
Offshore Energy
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July 10, 2025
German shipping company HGK Shipping and compatriot chemicals company Covestro have decided to retrofit a liquid coaster vessel with wind-assisted propulsion technology. Courtesy of De Bock Maritiem Pressing ahead to provide sustainable shipping...
Dutch art sleuth recovers stolen trove of UNESCO-listed documents
The Press - California
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A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from the world's first multinational corporation. Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the...
Textiles: local fabric production on a razor’s edge
African Manager
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July 10, 2025
Exports from Tunisia’s textile and clothing sector rose by 2.61% year-on-year by the end of May 2025, reaching 3,942 million dinars, according to Sabeur Ben Kilani, Director General of Textiles and Clothing at the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and...
Court sentences Russian man to 3 years in prison for passing Dutch tech files to Russia
NL Times
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July 10, 2025
The Rotterdam court sentenced 43-year-old Russian German A. to three years in prison on Thursday for sharing sensitive business information from ASML and NXP with Russia over a period of one and a half years. He did this by copying information...
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox: Romania’s industrial rents still among lowest in EMEA despite upward trend
Romania Insider
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July 10, 2025
Industrial rents in Romania remain among the lowest in the EMEA region, despite a 15% increase since 2019, according to the latest Waypoint Global Industrial Dynamics Report released by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. The...
Hong Kong customs seizes HK$36 million of ketamine shipped from the Netherlands
South China Morning Post
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July 10, 2025
Hong Kong customs has seized 80kg (176lbs) of ketamine worth an estimated HK$36 million (US$4.6 million) concealed inside a truck engine shipped from the Netherlands. The Customs and Excise Department said on Thursday that officers flagged a sea...
Korean researchers develop energy-efficient NPU technology that cuts AI cloud power consumption by 44%
Cloud Computing News
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July 10, 2025
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed energy-efficient NPU technology that demonstrates substantial performance improvements in laboratory testing. Their specialised AI chip ran AI models 60%...
What can Canada learn from digital agriculture policy in other countries?
SaskToday.ca
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International lessons could give Canada a foot up when promoting digital agriculture. MANITOBA CO-OPERATOR — The architects of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership framework dropped the ball by not making digital agriculture a...
OPINION: Paris the 'new Amsterdam' for cyclists? As a Dutchman, I can tell you it isn't
The Local - France
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July 10, 2025
The French capital is currently undergoing something of a cycling revolution that has led to it being compared to famously bike-friendly Copenhagen and Amsterdam - so we asked Paris-based Dutch journalist Kamiel Vermeulen for his perspective. As a...
The Netherlands is allocating €300 million for the recovery and economic strengthening of Ukraine
The Odessa Journal
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The Netherlands has pledged to allocate €300 million for Ukraine's recovery and strengthening in 2025 and 2026. This was announced by Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp on social media platform X. "Russia isn't just trying to bring Ukraine to...
Indian IT Doesn’t Care About 40-Year-Old Software Engineers
Analytics India Magazine
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July 10, 2025
With AI in the picture, developers are already struggling for jobs. Graduates fresh out of college are finding it harder to land a tech job and are actively upskilling themselves for the right roles. But this is just one side of the coin. In...
BP Sells Dutch Retail, EV Charging Assets to Catom
Rigzone
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July 10, 2025
BP PLC said Wednesday it had signed a deal to divest its convenience, mobility and BP Pulse businesses in the Netherlands to local fuels distributor Catom BV. “The transaction includes around 300 bp-owned or branded retail sites - some with...
Amsterdam Dance Event announces 250+ artists for 2025 edition
DJ Mag
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July 8, 2025
Amsterdam Dance Event has revealed more than 250 acts set to play the 2025 edition later this year. The annual industry festival, taking place across the city from 22nd October through the 26th, leads its first line-up announcement with Black...