Royal Dutch Shell plc Buyback of Own Shares

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

RDS-B ) announces that on 21 May, 2013 it purchased for cancellation 930,695 "B" Shares at a price of 2328.50 pence per share. Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,797,974,999 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be ...

Netherlands seeks continued F-16 training

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Netherlands is seeking to continue training its F-16 pilots in the United States through a $191 million Foreign Military Sales arrangement. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in a required notification to Congress, said the package deal sought covers the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Formal Training Unit in Arizona, associated equipment, parts, training and logistical ...

Dutch Film The Marathon a Hit in Cuba

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The combination of comedy and tragedy makes the Dutch film "El Maraton" (The Marathon) a hit with moviegoers in Cuba, a country where people often laugh at their problems. "Maybe that was the key, in the perfect combination of tears and laughter, because the joke on its own doesn't work," the film's actor and screenwriter, Martin van ...

Letter from the Netherlands bright bulbs

The Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

gardens for the past 35 years, had never visited them.It seemed that every time I mentioned this beautifully landscaped garden to the Dutch, they would smile uncomfortably as if to say, "Oh, that place full of tourist buses where you have to pay to see tulips. No thanks." No matter how hard I tried to convince them of the wonder and unique beauty of viewing seven million bulbs in ...