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TK Maxx recalls children’s life jackets in Netherlands over drowning hazard
NL Times
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August 19, 2025
Retail chain TK Maxx has recalled multiple children’s life jackets sold in the Netherlands after warning that the products may not keep users afloat and pose a serious drowning hazard. According to the company, the life jackets do not meet safety...
OECD Exposes Netherlands’ Apathetic Anti-Corruption Efforts
National Law Review
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August 18, 2025
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) uncovered staggering inadequacies in anti-corruption efforts in The Netherlands’ 2024 Phase 4 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a...
Netherlands Suspends MATRA Training for Georgian Officials Over Georgian Dream Government Actions
The Messenger
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By Liza Mchedlidze Tuesday, August 19, 2025 The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it has suspended the participation of Georgian government officials in its Matra Rule of Law Training Programme, citing the worsening political...
Why the Netherlands should be your next business destination in Europe
ETGovernment
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August 19, 2025
Strategically located at the heart of Europe, the Netherlands provides unparalleled access to over 450 million consumers.As Indian companies increasingly look beyond borders to scale their operations, Europe is often looked to as the location of...
According to the Embassy of the Netherlands, due to the deteriorating situation in the country, “caused by the actions taken by the Georgian government,” the MATRA program is being temporarily suspended
Inter Press News
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According to a statement from the Netherlands Embassy in Georgia, due to the deteriorating situation in the country, "caused by actions taken by the Georgian authorities," the MATRA program is being temporarily suspended. As stated in the released...
Listeria infection in Netherlands linked to soft cheese; Two killed in France
NL Times
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August 19, 2025
A person in the Netherlands has been infected with the Listeria bacteria after eating contaminated soft cheese, the European public health agency ECDC reported. Last week, the agency announced that two people in France had died from listeria...
Netherlands sends helicopters to battle Spanish wildfires
Euro Weekly News
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August 18, 2025
The Netherlands is deploying helicopters to Spain to help battle wildfires. Photo Credit: Michael Held via Unsplash SPAIN is currently battling massive wildfires, and the Netherlands will be sending military helicopters to help them in their...
Available student rooms drop 2% nationwide; 27% decrease in Amsterdam
NL Times
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August 19, 2025
Students looking for a room again have fewer places to choose from, Kamernet reported. According to the website for student room listings, the supply in April, May, and June was almost 2 percent lower than in the same months last year. There are...
Special NS timetable for SAIL Amsterdam to affect train traffic through Noord-Holland
NL Times
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August 19, 2025
NS expects to transport around 590,000 people to and from SAIL Amsterdam later this week and has adjusted the timetable to accommodate the extra travelers. The adjustments will impact train traffic in almost all of Noord-Holland from Wednesday to...
Netherlands’ Porthos CO2 Project Nears Completion, Pipeline Laid and Entrenched
Pipeline Technology Journal
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The Porthos CO2 transport and storage project has reached a critical milestone with the completion of laying and entrenching of an approximately 20-kilometer-long offshore pipeline at the bottom of the North Sea, Port of Rotterdam announced on...
Greenergy secures 10-year extension for Amsterdam biodiesel plant
Petrol Plaza
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August 18, 2025
Agreement with Port of Amsterdam strengthens long-term commitment to renewable fuel production.Greenergy has extended its lease with the Port of Amsterdam for an additional ten years, reinforcing its role as one of Europe’s leading producers of...
Allen County Historical Society hosts presentation from WWII veteran’s niece on trip to Amsterdam
WNKY - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – The monthly meeting of the Allen County Historical Society featured a special presentation from one local woman who took a trip overseas to visit her fallen uncle. “I had heard about this from my cousin Janna that lives in North...
Netherlands the world’s leading builder of super yachts; Market cooling down
NL Times
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August 18, 2025
The Netherlands was the world’s largest builder of long superyachts in 2024, ABN Amro has reported in a new analysis. Seven super yachts longer than 80 meters were manufactured in the Netherlands last year. Italy is the world’s largest superyacht...
Amsterdam man facing animal cruelty charge in Vermont
WRGB CBS 6 Albany - New York
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VERMONT (WRGB) — An Amsterdam, NY man faces animal cruelty charges, accused of beating a dog in a gas station parking lot. Just after 3 p.m. Sunday, Vermont State Police stationed in Royalton received a report of a man beating his dog in the...
Over 10 million cars registered in Netherlands for first time
NL Times
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August 18, 2025
The Netherlands’ car fleet has officially surpassed 10 million passenger vehicles for the first time, data from Kenteken.tv show. The milestone was reached on Sunday, August 17, as the total number of vehicles registered in the European M1...
SAIL 2025: Amsterdam enforces strict navigation rules amid record fleet
NL Times
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August 18, 2025
As Amsterdam readies for the tenth edition of SAIL from August 20 to 24, port authorities have issued strict rules to manage the influx of pleasure and professional vessels. Over 10,000 ships from 20 countries are expected to participate. All...
Amsterdam man arrested after 1,200 kg of cocaine found in Colombia banana shipment
NL Times
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August 17, 2025
Dutch authorities seized 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas from Colombia at the port of Vlissingen, leading to the arrest of a 43-year-old man from Amsterdam, according to the Public Prosecution Service (OM). The cocaine...
Netherlands hit 38 Challenge Tour titles as Van den Herik strikes, only England have ever won more
Yardbarker
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August 17, 2025
Dutch darts continues to underline its strength on the PDC Challenge Tour, with Jamai van den Herik’s latest triumph pushing the Netherlands’ tally of tournament wins to 38 since the circuit’s inception. Van den Herik, who also claimed Event 12...
Friends of Cuba in the Netherlands demand end to blockade
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
Meeting in The Hague within the framework of the III Annual Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, the participants recognized “the resistance and courage of the Cuban people”, which for more than six decades has faced “a sustained and renewed economic...
Spain is being helped with firefighting aircraft from France, Italy, Slovakia and the Netherlands
KTBS 3 - Louisiana
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August 18, 2025
Thousands of firefighters backed by soldiers and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled over 20 major wildfires raging across western Spain, where officials say a record area of land has already been burnt.