Ad break Peugeots Wacky Races Heineken adds some Irish humour

The Guardian - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

For the second week running, we have a very silly film directed by ace US director Baker Smith. In last week's Ad Break, he presided over a sordid scene in a winery so it's a relief to see that his latest film is altogether more wholesome: the Aflac duck's recovery after an injury is improved by the peace of mind provided by the insurance company that gave it its nameand a ...

Ad break Peugeot Heineken Getty Images - video

The Guardian - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Two films from Brazil top and tail this week's review of new TV and internet adverts from around the world. One illustrates the emotional potency of the archive owned by the stock imaging company Getty while the other introduces us to live action versions of the Wacky Races characters. In between there's a wise-cracking dad in an online ad for Polycell; a duck which is receiving ...

Dutch players chief condemns clubs dumping stars

Irish Examiner - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The head of one of Holland's leading players' unions says the growing trend of players being relegated to the reserves amid stalled contract negotiations is a "sickening state of affairs".Louis Everard, director of Vereniging van Contractspelers (VVCS), made the comments after PSV Eindhoven duo Ola Toivonen and Erik Pieters were told they would find themselves in the ...

State to scrap up to 18000 jobs in five years 25 of budget to go

Dutch News.nl - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The national government apparatus will be slimmed down radically between now and 2018, saving €4.2bn, government services minister Stef Blok said in a briefing to parliament on Wednesday evening. In total, between 12,000 and 18,000 of the 150,000 national civil service jobs will go, offices will be closed and policy areas streamlined, Blok said. The government currently spends some ...

Two-thirds of Dutch cannabis cafes still admit tourists survey

Dutch News.nl - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Two-thirds of the country's 478 cannabis cafes continue to sell marijuana to tourists, despite the ban implemented at the beginning of this year, according to research published by Nos television. In total 111 cafes in 33 cities - including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague - took part in the survey, set up by Epicurus, a foundation launched by coffee shop owners. The survey ...

The Netherlands “Morphological Modeling Using Delft3D” Set for September

Dredging Today - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The course ';Morphological modeling using Delft3D'; (16 to 20 Sep 2013, UNESCO-IHE, Delft) aims to train students in the application of process-baed morphodynamic modeling ...

Employers angry at Dutch plans to leave UN trade group Unido

Dutch News.nl - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Dutch employers are angry at the government's plans to pull out of a United Nations organisation set up to stimulate trade and production in developing countries. The Financieele Dagblad reports that Unido's work dovetails with the cabinet's plans to make aid work in a more trade-related way. The plan to pull out of Unido stems from the previous government but aid minister ...

Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 extension officially opened for shipping

Dutch Water Sector - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

';With Maasvlakte 2, the Netherlands is throwing the door wide open to the newest generation of container ships. And we offer space for the latest terminals. The port is growing 20 percent larger, and the container capacity has doubled. Thousands of direct and indirect jobs will be created." With these words Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and environment, ...

No hello to Holland from Hani. Singer says no to concert venue change

albawaba - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

the Egyptian singer to cancel the concert in Dutch land was probs with an incompetent Amsterdam event organizer.The agent was to reserve a specific concert hall for the performance but switched locations without notifying Hani in advance. To make matters worse, according to the Middle East news portal Elaph, the dud dude did not even send airplane tickets ...