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Amsterdam Marks 750th Anniversary With Epic Car-Free Highway Festival
Forbes
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Amsterdam750 on the Ring highway June 21, 2025 Paul Allen/Andfotography2 Amsterdam has been celebrating 750 years of officially being a city since October 2024. In 1275, the city began its transformation from a small fishing village to a major...
Jumbo and Dalpha sign deal for 450-home redevelopment in Amsterdam North’s Buikslotermeerplein
Europe Real Estate
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Transformative urban project set to reshape the Boven ’t Y shopping centre into a mixed-use hub with housing, retail and green public space. The Municipality of Amsterdam has signed an agreement with Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo and developer...
Window brothels slowly disappearing from Dutch streets; One in three closed in 15 years
NL Times
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July 16, 2025
Window brothels are becoming an increasingly rare sight in the Netherlands. In the past 15 years, about a third have disappeared. Forced closures are the main cause of the decline, Trouw reports. In 2010, the Netherlands had about 1,500 red-lit...
Dutch National ‘Wim Akster’ Faces Additional Charges in S3xual Abuse Case
Face of Malawi
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July 15, 2025
The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Blantyre has added six new charges, including buggery and gross indecency, against Wim Akster, a Dutch national accused of sexually abusing beneficiaries of a secondary school bursary scheme run by Timotheos...
HSFO Demand Lifts Rotterdam Q2 Bunker Sales as VLSFO Shrinks
Ship & Bunker
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July 16, 2025
Conventional and biofuel bunker sales at Rotterdam, the world's second-largest bunkering hub, rose marginally in Q2 2025, with gains in HSFO sales offsetting a decline in VLSFO sales. The port saw a total of 2.2 million mt of conventional bunker...
Dutch consumer association criticizes KLM’s new hand luggage trial
Aviation24.be
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July 15, 2025
The Dutch Consumers’ Association (Consumentenbond in Dutch) has raised concerns about KLM’s new trial fare that excludes carry-on luggage. As of July 1, the airline is testing a “basic” ticket on select European routes, allowing only a small...
Rotterdam immensely rewarding
Otago Daily Times
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July 14, 2025
Regardless of whether it is winter or spring, exploration of the Netherlands has consistently proven to be immensely rewarding, Sandip Hor writes. During my maiden visit to the Netherlands, almost two decades ago, like most first-timers I stayed...
Dutch financial routes make NL Israel’s top EU financial partner
DutchNews
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July 15, 2025
The Netherlands was Israel’s largest nominal investor in 2023, and also the main European destination for Israeli capital, largely thanks to financial flows routed through Amsterdam’s Zuidas business district, new research shows. Dutch firms...
Rangers ‘eyeing giant Dutch defender dubbed the next Virgil van Dijk’ two years after he was linked with Celtic
The Scottish Sun
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July 15, 2025
RANGERS are one of a number of clubs tracking Volendam defender Xavier Mbuyamba, it's being claimed. The 6ft 5in defender had a stellar youth career playing for the likes of Barcelona and Chelsea - where he often drew comparisons with Virgil van...
In Colombia, The Hague Group Charges Israel With Genocide
Drop Site
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July 15, 2025
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Aging population: Tax money funded over half of Dutch state pension benefits last year
NL Times
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July 16, 2025
Last year, for the first time, over half of the Dutch state pension benefits (AOW) were funded with tax revenues. Due to the aging population, premiums from workers are covering less and less of this expense, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported...
Hague court upholds Kosovo war crimes conviction for Shala
Deutsche Welle
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July 14, 2025
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Pjeter Shala saw his conviction upheld but the sentence reduced from 18 to 13 years, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal in The Hague said on Monday. The tribunal, staffed by international judges and...
Dutch Bros Teams Up with FUNBOY to Create New Drink Holder Floatie
QSR Magazine - North Carolina
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July 14, 2025
Dutch Bros, the popular drive-thru coffee chain known for its vibrant culture and fully customizable drinks, is teaming up with FUNBOY, the innovative floatie brand reimagining poolside accessories. The collaboration brings the ultimate experience...
Hague Court Cuts Jail Time for Kosovo’s ‘Commander Wolf’
Balkan Insight
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July 14, 2025
Pjeter Shala during the announcement of the appeals verdict, July 14, 2025. Photo: Kosovo Specialist Chambers/Livestream. The Appeals Panel at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Monday reduced the 2024 sentence handed to former Kosovo...
Listen to Dutch Interior's Performance at the Paste Party at SXSW 2025
Paste
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Introducing Endless Mode: A New Games & Anime Site from Paste Dutch Interior played our SXSW party—the Ilegal Mezcal Presents the Paste Paste Party at SXSW 2025—just weeks after being named the Best of What’s Next at PasteMagazine.com. As Paste’s...
Amsterdam’s New Culinary Era: The 15 Best Places to Eat and Drink
The New York Observer
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July 14, 2025
Amsterdam is often associated with rowdy visitors, crowded tourist attractions and billowing pot smoke. But the Dutch city, with its rich history, culture and culinary scene, is far more nuanced than that dated perception. Impressive museums,...
Oracle to invest US$3 billion in AI, cloud expansion in Germany, Netherlands
BNN Bloomberg
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July 15, 2025
Oracle will invest US$3 billion in Germany and the Netherlands over the next five years to bolster its infrastructure powering artificial intelligence and cloud offerings in the European market, the company said on Tuesday. The Austin, Texas-based...
Netherlands Euthanizes 517 People Without Consent in Just One Year
LifeNews
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July 15, 2025
The Netherlands has had a problem with euthanasia without request (LAWER) and the under-reporting of euthanasia since the inception of its euthanasia law. Every five years the Netherlands government has commissioned a study to determine the number...
Dutch aviation company issues new statement after four killed in Southend plane crash
Essex Live
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July 15, 2025
A Dutch aviation company has said the deaths of four people on a flight leaving London Southend Airport has sparked "deep sadness". The four people, who are all foreign nationals, died when a light aircraft crashed on Sunday afternoon (July 13)....
Dutch businessman forfeits R13.4m in Cape guest house loan scam
BusinessLIVE
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“The 59-year-old was also sentenced to 36 months of correctional supervision, which includes house arrest for 24 hours a day,” said Ntabazalila. “He will be allowed to leave home between 7am and 7pm on weekdays for work. The court sentenced him to...