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Champions League - European Cup final results since 1956
Date Venue Winners Runners-up 1956 Paris Real Madrid 4 Stade Reims 3 1957 Madrid Real Madrid 2 Fiorentina 0 1958 Brussels Real Madrid 3 AC Milan 2 (after extra time) 1959 Stuttgart Real Madrid 2 Stade Reims 0 1960 Glasgow Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 1961 Berne Benfica 3 Barcelona 2 1962 Amsterdam Benfica 5 Real Madrid 3 1963 London AC Milan 2 Benfica 1 1964 Vienna Inter Milan 3 ...
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Dutch trader arrested over horsemeat
A Dutch meat wholesaler, Willy Selten, has been arrested for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat as beef, officials say. Mr Selten, who owns meat wholesaler Willy Selten BV, was arrested with the company's interim director. The public prosecutor said they were suspected of false accounting and fraud. In April, it was reported that 50,000 tonnes of meat sold as beef by Mr Selten may ...
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Dutch signal willingness to sell Urenco stake
The Dutch government announced Thursday it would explore the sale of the one-third stake it owns in British-based uranium enrichment specialist Urenco.The government said in a statement that the council of ministers had approved exploring the sale of part or the entire stake, and was in discussion with the other shareholders in the company which supplies nuclear fuel to power plants in Europe ...
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UPDATE 1-Dutch aluminum products maker Constellium shares fall in debut
Thu May 23, 2013 3:07pm EDT * Shares open at $13.50, 10 pct below IPO price * At IPO price, company was valued at $1.51 bln By Aman Shah May 23 (Reuters) - Constellium NV, a Dutch aluminum products maker part-owned by miner Rio Tinto , fell as much as 12 percent below its initial public offer price in a market debut that failed to capture investor appetite. The stock regained some losses and was ...
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Dutch Mill works with govt to upgrade dairy standards
Dutch Mill Group and the Agriculture Ministry are collaborating to develop milk production from upstream to downstream and upgrade the quality of local milk to international standards in preparation for stiffer competition coming under the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. "The key role of Dutch Mill Group is to ensure cooperatives that milk-collection centres will have at least four ...
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Human remains found in suitcase in Netherlands
Human remains were discovered in a suitcase floating in the water near the village of Weteringbrug, Netherlands, police said. The suitcase was discovered Thursday by fisherman in the village in North Holland province in east central Netherland, the news website DutchNews.nl reported Friday. Forensic experts are attempting to identify the remains and determine how long they had been in the ...
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Rotterdam Hits Out at EU Port Package
The Port of Rotterdam said the European Union's proposal to appoint a supervisor for ports in every member state will increase bureaucracy on the waterfront.Europe's largest port said the proposal, which is part ...
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Netherlands reaffirms deficit target of 3.0 for 2014
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday that his government is sticking to its target of bringing its deficit back within EU limits by next year and will not ask the EU for a delay. "We are endeavouring to bring the budget deficit down to 3.0 percent (of output) in 2014. We're not going to ask for extra time," Rutte told a news conference following a meeting here with his ...
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Netherlands Confirms Plan to Sell Urenco Stake
The Netherlands Thursday confirmed it plans to divest its 33% stake in Urenco Ltd., clearing the way for the sale of the world's second-largest nuclear fuel maker.Urenco supplies nuclear fuel to power plants in Europe and the U.S.The U.K. government also owns a third of the company, while Germany's top two utilities--E.ON SE (EOAN.XE) and RWE AG (RWE.XE)--hold equal shares of the ...
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UPDATE 1-Dutch want governments to keep control of Urenco
Thu May 23, 2013 1:13pm EDT * Dutch discuss future ownership structure with Germany, UK * Dutch expect to make progress in talks by this summer * Three parties looking into private sale and IPO (Adds comment by Dutch government, finance minister's letter) By Ivana Sekularac and Geert De Clercq AMSTERDAM, May 23 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is willing to sell its 33 percent stake in nuclear ...
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Amsterdam and the Clash of Civilisations: is this city on the frontline?
There is a polarising pattern of insult and violence going round and round in Europe, and Amsterdam seems to be one of the cities leading the continent down the spiral toward a culture of intolerance toward everyone who isn't European.
The Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks is frequently in the media for his decisively controversial cartoons that seem to unremittingly try and provoke the Islamic communities across Europe. Just this week alone he was the target of two separate assassination plots that were to be carried out, interestingly, by two women who had converted to the religion he vilifies. Read more
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