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Pulling ambassador out of Syria damages dialogue
With the further escalation of the situation in Syria, a growing number of countries have recalled their ambassadors from Damascus. On Tuesday, the Netherlands did the same, but was it a good idea?
Eleven Cities Tour: A hockey-player’s quest
Continuing sub-zero temperatures are fuelling blanket media speculation that the legendary 200 kilometre Dutch skating marathon the Elfstedentocht - Eleven Cities Tour - will take place for the first time in 15RNW Player
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- Dutch eurocommissioner backs EC on Greece
- Socialist Party hit by another contributio...
- Dutch police present football policy
- Poland angry about PVV complaints website
- Red Cross first-aid app huge success
- Dutch withdraw ambassador from Syria
- Amsterdam tackles immigration issues
- New Norwegian order for Dutch shipbuilder
- Minister unhappy with winter rail preparat...
- Court prohibits Ajax from appointing Van Gaal
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Bulletin: Dutch eurocommissioner backs EC on Greece
Dutch European Commissioner Neelie Kroes says she backs the Commission's line on the Greek debt crisis.
Bulletin: Socialist Party hit by another contribution incident
The Socialist Party in the Netherlands is facing its second incident in a week involving its controversial compulsory contribution system.
Bulletin: Dutch police present football policy
The police are to draw up a top 10 of most notorious football hooligans for each club in professional football. All data pertaining to these hooligans will be stored in a single database.
Bulletin: Red Cross first-aid app huge success
More than 320,000 Dutch people have downloaded a Red Cross app which enables users to provide emergency aid quicker and more effectively.
Bulletin: Dutch withdraw ambassador from Syria
Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has recalled the Dutch ambassador from Syria for talks. He has also summoned the Syrian ambassador in The Hague.
Bulletin: Amsterdam tackles immigration issues
Better registration, more efforts to deal with illegal housing and a special working group to combat crime. Those are some of the measures announced in Amsterdam on Tuesday to improve how the city deals with immigrants from Eastern Europe.
Bulletin: New Norwegian order for Dutch shipbuilder
Norwegian offshore company World Wide Supply has ordered two more new platform supply vessels from Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem.
Bulletin: Minister unhappy with winter rail preparations
The railway sector has not dealt adequately with the onset of winter weather, according to Transport Minister Melanie Schultz.
Bulletin: Court prohibits Ajax from appointing Van Gaal
The Appeal Court in Amsterdam has ruled that the Supervisory Board
Bulletin: Chances of Eleven Cities Tour receding
The Frisian Eleven Cities Tour Association is staying sanguine about the chances of being able to hold an event this winter.
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