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Date Added: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:51:07 GMT
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Douglas won't play for Holland at Euro 2012Radio NetherlandsFC Twente defender Douglas Franco Teixeira has abandoned efforts to obtain special dispensation to represent the Netherlands at Euro 2012. The Brazilian-born centre-back received his Dutch passport in November and has now concluded that he won't be ...and more » |
Date Added: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:07:15 GMT
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OTC Holland and Van Rijn Group together at Fruit LogisticaFreshPlazaOTC-Holland, organic fresh produce specialist, will be present at the upcoming Fruit Logistica in Berlin from 8 ? 10 February. OTC-Holland is looking forward to meeting its existing relations and welcoming new contacts at their booth B-06 in hall 3.2. |
Date Added: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:07:00 GMT
Date Added: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:51:32 GMT
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Tourist total hits record 13 millionDutchNews.nlA record 13 million foreign tourists visited the Netherlands last year, an increase of 3% on 2010 and a new record, the tourist board NBTC said on Thursday. This year the organisation expects a further increase. 'The Netherlands benefits from the ...and more » |
Date Added: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:37:08 GMT
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Ice fever heats up in HollandDutchNews.nlAs soon as the temperature drops below freezing, ice fever hits the Netherlands. Skates are sharpened and enthusiasts monitor the weather forecast closely in the hope that it will be cold enough to skate outside. The big question on everyone's lips is ... |
Date Added: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:15:05 GMT
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Wilders angry at German 'right-wing populist' labelDutchNews.nlWilders used the microblogging service Twitter to urge the Dutch government to distance itself from this 'scandalous' statement and said questions will be asked in parliament. Some 10% of Germans are said to support populist right-wing groupings.and more » |
Date Added: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:12:17 GMT
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Dutch salad sprout growers claim produce is safeFreshPlazaAfter the outbreak of EHEC the sales in Holland dropped, but they mainly dropped in the important export markets of Germany, Scandinavia and France. Yet the sprout growers refuse to give up. "There's no safer product than a Dutch sprout, ... |
Date Added: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:08:16 GMT
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LBP Rotterdam at Fruit LogisticaFreshPlazaLBP Rotterdam logistics provider specialized in the handling of fresh fruit and vegetables from all origins in the world, based in Maasdijk the Netherlands, will be present again at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin. At their usual spot in Hall 3.2 ? stand ...and more » |
Date Added: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:02 GMT
Date Added: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:07:18 GMT
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Dutch shamed on unregulated shipbreakingRecycling InternationalHolland: The Netherlands is among the top five EU countries when it comes to the unregulated dumping of old ships to be scrapped on beaches in South East Asia, say campaigners. Twelve old ships whose last owners were Dutch companies ended up in India ... |
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Date Added: Friday, August 9th, 2002
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The party founded by the murdered Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was facing its second leadership crisis in three months last night after its new leader announced his resignation. Mat Herben, elected leader in May after Mr Fortuyn was shot dead by an animal rights activist, steered the maverick party into Holland’s new Right-wing coalition government after it took second place in the May general election.
Mr Herben, 49, said: "The party knows I don’t want to remain as leader. I took the job as a debt of honour to Pim Fortuyn and under great pressure."
The Pim Fortuyn List lost its first government minister, Philomena Biljhoult, within hours of her appointment after it emerged that she had served in a bloodthirsty militia in the former Dutch colony of Suriname in the 1980s. The party’s unravelling has not come as a total shock as it is represented by MPs picked by Mr Fortuyn, a flamboyant homosexual, more for their eccentricities than for their political experience. Mr Herben’s possible successors include a former fashion model and an economist of Cape Verdean origin, who caused a stir when he joined the party, which opposes immigration.
The self-effacing Mr Herben, a former press officer for a masonic lodge and family man whose favourite hobby is reported to be plane spotting, lacked the flamboyancy of the high-camp, shaven-headed Mr Fortuyn. He recently came under pressure from grassroots supporters, who accused him of diluting the party’s policies on crime and immigration to clinch a coalition place. His resignation heightened concerns that the List’s instability could damage the coalition government led by Jan-Peter Balkenende, the Christian Democrat prime minister, and the liberal VVD. Joost Eerdmans, a party MP, said yesterday that tensions over Mr Herben’s leadership emerged within days of the party being invited to join the government. "He said it is better to be an adviser, as he was under Pim Fortuyn, than to be in the spotlight," he said.
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