Discovering A Family Members Lost Time In Amsterdam

NPR - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Suzanne Hoogendijk, shown here in 2009, hid for two years with her mother in Amsterdam to escape the Nazis. When I found out that one of my cousins -- now 88 -- had hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam, just like Anne Frank, it was a revelation. It made me want to know more about my cousin's life and story. "I like to analyze what happens and to put it in writing; that gives ...

Netherlands Travel A Brief Guide to Utrecht

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The fourth largest city in the Netherlands, Utrecht is often likened to a mini Amsterdam for its winning, postcard-friendly blend of churches and canals. But, as I found on a visit to this ...

TomTom launches live roadside video for app developers

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Real-time traffic camera content now available via TomTom's Location Based Services TomTom has announced today that live video footage from TrafficLand's network of over 13,000 roadside traffic cameras has been added to its Location Based Services (LBS). Using the content and tools already in TomTom's LBS, application developers can create rich, powerful location-enabled ...

Dutch-based AkzoNobel management to be brought together in new AkzoNobel Center in 2015

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - AkzoNobel intends to concentrate its Dutch-based management personnel in a new office building in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam from the end of 2015. The move will bring the majority of corporate and business management and their supporting staff in the Netherlands together at a single location, promoting ...

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 ...