Blanchi Costela, Getty Images From conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East to salt mining in Brazil – courts in the Netherlands have become Ground Zero in a global legal battlefield with far-reaching implications. A strong legal tradition, home to many multinationals and international organisations, and global ease of reach: the country has several trump cards making it the preferred legal arbiter of choice. Three months into 2024, the city of The Hague’s two most influential international courts have already cast headline-grabbing rulings on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the spiralling conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip. In...
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Europe’s longest tunnel for testing hyperloop technology opens in the Netherlands
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Chip giant ASML plans Eindhoven expansion in big win for Dutch tech
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Legrand to buy Dutch health-tech Enovation amid assisted living push
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Google invests 640mn dollars in new data centre in Netherlands
Travel
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‘Amsterdam Rules’: Pre-trip quiz aims to deter unwanted tourism
Amsterdam is softening its ‘stay away’ messaging – but it still wants to deter rowdy visitors. ADVERTISEMENT Amsterdam has desperately...
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‘I live in Amsterdam and there’s a big problem with British tourists’
Amsterdam has had enough of tourists. A new campaign targeting stag parties is trying to discourage rowdy Britons from visiting...
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Amsterdam accused of ‘lazy stereotyping’ in latest campaign against British visitors
Booth adds: “No one planning on coming to the city for a stag do will care that such activities are...
Fashion
Amsterdam ‘fashion library’ takes aim at clothes waste
AMSTERDAM, Jan 7 — Ikram Cakir hands over a multi-coloured blue and white blouse and selects a similar item, this time in hot pink. Welcome to Amsterdam’s “fashion library”. Billed as one of the world’s only physical centres for renting used and new clothing, the “big shared wardrobe” in the Dutch capital is a response to clothes waste and fashion industry pollution. Hundreds of brightly coloured trousers, coats and overalls are sorted by brand or style, each with a tag indicating a sale price or how much it costs to rent the item per day. The daily rental price varies...
Horoscope
The Netherlands and Morocco sign deportation treaty – DutchNews.nl
December 19, 2023 Photo: Depositphotos.com Caretaker justice Dilan Yesilgöz and her Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Ouahbi have signed a deportation agreement which, they say, will strengthen the battle against international crime. “Organised crime knows no borders,” Yesilgöz said. “International criminal networks are ruthless about expanding their illegal weapons, drugs and human trafficking operations.” International cooperation between countries has a key role in combating this, the Dutch minister said. “This deportation treaty strengthens the relationship we have developed with Morocco, and together we will further boost our joint approach against international organised crime.” The treaty will make it easier for Morocco to deport people...
Fitness
Expat-bashing has become a new sport in the Netherlands – DutchNews.nl
Scarcely a day goes by without someone making sweeping statements about a highly diverse group of people who happen to live in the Netherlands. The hapless international resident – or expat – has become a convenient scapegoat, writes Ben Coates. When refugees from the southern Netherlands began flooding into the north in the late sixteenth century, locals in Amsterdam didn’t always offer a warm welcome. “This is what it’s like among the people of Brabant, men as well as women”, the poet Gerbrand Bredero grumbled. “They put on airs like cosmopolitan gentlemen and ladies, but they haven’t a penny in...
Infra
Penta Infra koopt KPN datacenter in Haarlem
Penta Infra bezit en exploiteert momenteel een portfolio van 11 datacenters in Duitsland, Frankrijk, Denemarken en Nederland. De overname van het carrier- en cloudneutrale datacenter van KPN vestigt de aanwezigheid van Penta Infra in de metropoolregio Amsterdam en zal haar voetafdruk op de Nederlandse markt vergroten, wat onderdeel is van Penta Infra’s langetermijnstrategie om haar pan-Europese portfolio van edge- en core-oplossingen uit te breiden. datacentra. KPN blijft huurder in de locatie zodat zij de continuïteit van hun netwerkdivisie kunnen waarborgen, terwijl Penta Infra de overige ruimtes herontwikkelt tot state-of-the-art IT-ruimtes voor colocatieklanten. Igor Josephus Jitta, Partner bij Photon Capital :...
Sports
Graham Potter holds talks over Ajax head coach job but ex-Chelsea boss not currently sold on struggling Dutch club
Graham Potter is not keen on taking over as Ajax head coach at present despite talks with the struggling Eredivisie club, Sky Sports News understands. The former Chelsea and Brighton boss is understood to have become a prime target for them and they recently held discussions about the role. However, Potter is not eager to progress things further at this stage. There is expected to be movement among managers and head coaches this summer, mainly due to the vacant roles at Liverpool and Bayern Munich but also because of the speculation over the future of others such as Erik ten...
Gambling
Ronald Koeman says Netherlands ready for ‘interesting game’ against Scotland
Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman expects to host a battling Scotland side in their friendly on Friday night. Steve Clarke’s men are in Amsterdam for the first of a friendly double-header, with Northern Ireland visiting Hampden Park next Tuesday night as preparations for this summer’s Euros in Germany get under way. The Dutch will take on Germany in Frankfurt next week but Koeman, celebrating his 61st birthday on Thursday, is focused on the Scots and is expecting a tough test and a healthy away support in the Johan Cruyff Arena. “I don’t like to talk about individual players, but I think...