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The Netherlands fifth best Western European country to invest in
The Netherlands has been ranked as the fifth best Western European country to invest in, according to the "Global Best to Invest ...
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Dutch bid for GB sailors
Bryony Shaw picked up silver in the RS:X windsurfing event. Both sailors have opted to skip this leg of the series, but the British team will be fielding a host of World Cup series medallists among its 48-sailor entry at the Ijsselmeer ...
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SNS Cyprus prompt surge in Rabobank certificate trading
Rabobank members have been selling far more membership certificates than normal, possibly prompted by Cyprus and the nationalisation of SNS, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Tuesday. ‘The gloomy sentiment surrounding banks over the past two months has been supply driven,’ a spokesman told the paper. In May, 10.4 million certificates were traded, in April 9.4 million and in March ...
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Azerbaijani chess player beats Dutch rival in international tournament
Azerbaijani chess player Ulvi Sadikhov has defeated Dutch Stefan Hans in the third round of the IBC Limburg Open 2013 international tournament in the Netherlands. The Swiss system tournament consists of seven ...
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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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