Rotterdam’s New Hire Chat and Service Awards

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Holland America Blog Has Just Posted the Following: Here are a few pictures from our Service Award ceremony and New Hire Chat. In all of the below photos, to the left of the recipients is Captain Marco Carsjens and to the right is Hotel Director Mike Mahn. Julie Seidel is Rotterdam’s human resource ...

Soccer-Ajax coach De Boer extends contract until 2017

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Ajax Amsterdam coach Frank de Boer has agreed a four-year deal to extend his contract until July 2017, the Dutch champions said on Tuesday. De Boer succeeded Martin Jol in December 2010 and has guided the club to a title hat-trick in his time at the helm. The 43-year-old, who enjoyed a distinguished playing career at clubs including Ajax and Barcelona, started his coaching career as ...

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 ...

Health reforms will give too much power to insurers dentists

Dutch News.nl - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Plans by health minister Edith Schippers to allow health insurers to restrict patient access to approved providers will give them too much power, according to Dutch dentists' association NMT. The minister plans to allow insurers to refuse to pay for treatment carried out by practitioners not on their approved list. Some 95,000 people have now signed a petition against the changes, which ...

Prison spending cut plan will hit public safety say legal experts

Dutch News.nl - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The government's plans to slash spending on the prison system will hit public safety, the influential council for criminal law and youth protection (RSJ) said on Tuesday. Junior justice minister Fred Teeven plans to cut €340m from the prison budget. The plans include the closure of a number of the country’s 29 prisons, increasing the number of prisoners who share cells and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc - Peter Voser to retire in 2014

Neftegaz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") today announced that Peter Voser, as Chief Executive Officer, has elected to retire from the Company in the first half of 2014. Peter Voser was appointed CEO with effect from July 2009 and has been an Executive Director since 2004. Shell’s Chairman Jorma Ollila said "Peter’s leadership of Shell over the last 4 years ...