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The Netherlands fifth best Western European country to invest in
The Netherlands has been ranked as the fifth best Western European country to invest in, according to the "Global Best to Invest ...
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Dutch bid for GB sailors
Bryony Shaw picked up silver in the RS:X windsurfing event. Both sailors have opted to skip this leg of the series, but the British team will be fielding a host of World Cup series medallists among its 48-sailor entry at the Ijsselmeer ...
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SNS Cyprus prompt surge in Rabobank certificate trading
Rabobank members have been selling far more membership certificates than normal, possibly prompted by Cyprus and the nationalisation of SNS, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Tuesday. ‘The gloomy sentiment surrounding banks over the past two months has been supply driven,’ a spokesman told the paper. In May, 10.4 million certificates were traded, in April 9.4 million and in March ...
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Azerbaijani chess player beats Dutch rival in international tournament
Azerbaijani chess player Ulvi Sadikhov has defeated Dutch Stefan Hans in the third round of the IBC Limburg Open 2013 international tournament in the Netherlands. The Swiss system tournament consists of seven ...
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Laura Dekker victim of ageism in Netherlands?
Laura Dekker’s future plans to sail around the world solo hang in the balance as her emotional and mental stability is argued over by two national child care agencies that are in disagreement about her state of mind.
Laura Dekker, 14, has been trying since August last year to sail around the world on her own and in so doing become the youngest person to accomplish the feat. When she first announced her plans, the courts quickly intervened and according to Netherlands news reports, she was placed under the custody of the Child Protection Board in order to be assessed. Read more
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