Climate Radicals Block Major Highway In Netherlands
Climate Radicals Block Major Highway In Netherlands Harold Hutchison on December 30, 2023 Members of Extinction Rebellion blocked a major highway near Amsterdam Saturday, according to multiple reports. The radical environmental group,…
Soccer-Anger in Poland after Legia Warsaw players arrested in Netherlands
WARSAW (Reuters) – Two Legia Warsaw players were arrested by Dutch police following the Polish soccer team’s Europa Conference League match at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday, officials said, prompting an angry reaction…
China urges Netherlands to not abuse export control measures
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has urged the Netherlands to not hinder bilateral cooperation in the semiconductor industry and to not abuse export controls, China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. The…
Netherlands set to reform $1.6 trillion private pension sector
By Bart Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is set for a major overhaul of its 1.45 trillion euro ($1.6 trillion) private pension industry, Europe’s largest, that will see funds ditch the…
Netherlands ‘seriously considering’ sending F-16’s to Ukraine
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Netherlands is “seriously considering” sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine but has not taken any final decision yet, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. Earlier…
Netherlands to ban inland vessels from discharging toxic fumes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is banning inland vessels from discharging toxic fumes from July 2024, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harber announced this week. The ban will cover seven…
TenneT sale talks slow as Germany, Netherlands differ on price, offshore
By Toby Sterling, Christoph Steitz and Markus Wacket AMSTERDAM/BERLIN (Reuters) – Talks on a planned sale of Dutch state-owned electricity grid operator TenneT’s German unit to Berlin have hit a hitch over…
Netherlands changes inflation methodology to better reflect energy prices
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands will change the way it measures energy prices paid by consumers in order to improve estimates of inflation in the euro zone’s fifth-largest economy, its statistics agency…
Chinese chip trade group opposes export controls from U.S., Netherlands, Japan
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA), the country’s top chip industry trade group, opposes reported export controls from the United States, Japan and the Netherlands, it said on Wednesday.…
Netherlands will continue to hold Russia to account over MH17, Dutch PM says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands will continue to hold Russia to account for the downing of passenger flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.…
U.S. secures deal with Netherlands, Japan on China chip export limit – Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has secured a deal with the Netherlands and Japan to restrict exports of some advanced chip-making machinery to China in talks that concluded on Friday, Bloomberg…
Netherlands says inflation overstated due to skewed energy price calculation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Dutch government’s statistics office, is looking at a problem with its energy price measurements, which it said has caused the country – and possibly other…
Netherlands in talks with U.S. on China chip policy – Dutch trade minister
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher said on Friday the Netherlands is in talks with the U.S. government about new export restrictions for semiconductor equipment to China. Under pressure from…
Netherlands to pull out of treaty protecting energy investments
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands will follow Spain in pulling out of the Energy Charter Treaty protecting investments in the sector, its energy ministry said on Wednesday. In force since 1998, the…
Netherlands warns against EU carbon market fundraising plan
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Netherlands has warned other European Union countries that an EU plan to use a carbon market reserve to finance their exit from Russian gas would…
Alleged Russian Cryptocurrency Money Launderer Extradited from the Netherlands to the United States
PORTLAND, Ore.—An alleged cryptocurrency money launderer was extradited this week from the Netherlands to the United States to face charges in the District of Oregon. In August 2021, a federal grand jury…
Harborcreek Resident Pleads Guilty to Sending Ammunition to the Netherlands and Possessing Destructive Devices
ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to smuggling goods from the United States, and possessing unregistered firearms, United…
Renault expects first hydrogen utility sales in Germany and Netherlands soon, executive says
PARIS – Renault hopes to receive first orders for its hydrogen-powered minibuses and vans from the Netherlands and Germany soon, the head of the company’s light commercial vehicles department told Reuters, as…
Excluding Russia from SWIFT must be on the table – Netherlands
BRUSSELS – Excluding Russia from the global SWIFT system of interbank payments should be an option given the scale of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in…
Chinese electric car maker Xpeng expands into Sweden and Netherlands
SHANGHAI – Chinese electric car maker Xpeng said on Thursday it was expanding further to Europe, taking aim at the Swedish and Dutch markets. Until now the only overseas foray for Xpeng,…
Napoleon Grier Extradited From The Netherlands On Fraud Charges
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
AP: 3 hurt in stabbing in The Hague
An assailant stabbed three people Friday night in a busy shopping district in the Netherlands, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said. The incident happened just hours after a deadly…
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