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New Issue- Elsevier Finance prices 275 mln sfr 2018 bond
May 22(Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond priced on Wednesday. Borrower Elsevier Finance SA Guarantor Reed Elsevier Plc & Reed Elsevier NV Issue Amount 275 million Swiss francs ...
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Rotterdam Opens First Phase of Giant Maasvlakte 2 Container Hub
officially opened the first phase of Maasvlakte 2 , Europe's largest container terminal hub, which is expected to unleash a fierce battle for cargo across the Le Havre-Hamburg port range at a time of sluggish traffic growth."With Maasvlakte 2, the Netherlands is throwing the door wide open to the new generation of container ships. And we offer space for the latest terminals," said ...
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Dutch face highest bills in Europe for mobile internet
The Netherlands is the most expensive market in the EU for mobile broadband internet services, according to new Finnish research. For example, the report, by consultancy ...
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Dutch firm exported chemicals to Syria with weapons potential
Dutch companies have for years been selling chemicals to Syria which can be used to make chemical weapons, according to research by the NRC and RTL news. In 2003, for example, one Dordrecht-based company exported 160,000 litres of methyl ehtyleen glycol to part of the Syrian defence ministry, RTL and ...
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Dutch internet gambling market to be liberalised in 2015
The Netherlands is to open up the online gambling market to competition in 2015, ending the state's monopoly, according to draft legislation published on Wednesday. Currently, foreign firms are not supposed to target gamblers in the Netherlands, although the ban is widely ignored. The flouting of the ban has also had an impact on Holland Casino, the state-run gambling company which is ...
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Soccer-Van Gaal adds four new names to Dutch squad for friendlies
ROTTERDAM, May 22 (Reuters) - Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal included four newcomers and recalled Everton defender John Heitinga when he named his 21-man squad on Wednesday for friendly international matches against Indonesia and China. Van Gaal is without 12 regulars who have been called up to the Dutch under-21 squad to play in the Euro finals in June in Israel. He called ...
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The Netherlands APM Terminals Posts Q1 2013 Report
HIGHLIGHTS o Profit of USD 166m (USD 226m). Gains of USD 73m after tax were included in 2012; o RQIC was 12.0% (20.1%); o Cash flow from operating activities was USD 242m (USD 185m); o Number of containers handled was 8.6m TEU (8.6m TEU); o A strategic partnership agreement was signed with Turkey-based Petkim to create and operate the new Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT) near Izmir, Turkey; o ...
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Eredivisie Preview Twente v Utrecht
Utrecht - who finished the regular season in fifth - were one of four teams split into the UEFA Europa League play-offs and they accounted for Heerenveen in the semi-final stage, winning 3-1 on ...
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Van Gaal Adds Four New Names to Dutch Squad for Friendlies
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Special Report The Art of Collecting A Slice of Russia in Amsterdam
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Prime minister will not use veto over new EU budgets
Speaking during a debate ahead of Wednesday's summit, Rutte said he will do his best to ensure the Netherlands does not have to make a top-up payment of at least €350m, but that the chance of that happening is 'very small'.Several opposition parties oppose the payment of the extra bill, needed to make sure Brussels balances its books. However, the ruling parties, plus the D66 ...
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Households put more money into investments
For nine quarters households were taking money out of their investments, but in the first quarter of 2013 money went back in, to the tune of €18m, the Dutch central bank said on Tuesday.The rise is probably a result of low interest rates on savings accounts and the recent improvement in the stock exchange, says the ...
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Friesland to press ahead with building new skating stadium
The province of Friesland will press on with building a new speed skating stadium in Heerenveen, even if the national skating association opts to make Almere its preferred location. The Thialf stadium has been home to top-level speed skating since the 1980s but its future is in doubt now the Dutch Olympic committee and the KNSB are on the point of opting to build a state-of-the-art stadium ...
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Hunger strikers can be force fed as last resort says supreme court
Nine asylum seekers are currently on hunger strike in the Netherlands, the justice ministry said on Tuesday evening. Three are in Zeist, two are in Rotterdam, tree in Scheveningen and one in the high-security prison of Vught. The latter is also refusing liquids, a justice ministry spokeswoman told the Telegraaf. Junior minister Fred Teeven has asked the supreme court to advise on his options ...
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Not enough MPs back collective asylum for Afghan interpreters
There is not enough support in parliament to ensure a collective asylum deal for Afghans who worked as interpreters for the Dutch military in Afghanistan, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday. The ruling VVD and PvdA both say cases should be looked at on an individual level. 'Asylum is an individual right and needs to be judged individually,' VVD parliamentarian Han ten Broeke told the ...
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Maastricht mayor may backtrack on tourist cannabis cafe ban
Maastricht mayor Onno Hoes, who has been struggling to ensure legislation banning tourists from the city's 11 cannabis cafes is put into practice, is now looking at alternatives, Nos television reports. The broadcaster says the mayor and council officials are looking at the option of moving the city's coffee shops to the border area. Then foreigners could be allowed to use them ...
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Belgiums Elia interested in stakes in Dutch French grids
BRUSSELS | Wed May 22, 2013 2:59am EDT BRUSSELS May 22 (Reuters) - Belgium's power grid operator Elia would consider buying stakes in Dutch grid firm TenneT and French operator RTE, owned by state-controlled electricity company EDF, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. "They are really in same market zone as Elia, since they are neighbouring countries this makes it interesting ...
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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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