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Article: Dutch Press Review Wednesday 29 February 2012
The latest Greek bailout gets half-hearted Dutch backing, while Europe’s central bank deploys its ‘Big Bertha’. Dutch tourist hooligans are in the news again, the justice minister has ‘lover boys’ in his...
Article: Top economist warns against more cuts
European countries should not introduce extra cuts but rather reforms, says the director of the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) Coen Teulings. His comments come in an article co-authored for the Financial Times with Jean Pisani-...
Article: Dutch Press Review Tuesday 28 February 2012
A prince stands in for Queen Beatrix amid the royal family’s grief and a brutal stabbing gets front-page treatment. We’re told that cuts are bad – as if we didn’t know – and not everyone wearing a white coat...
Article: Press Review Wednesday 8 February 2012
Skating-marathon madness continues to dominate the Dutch press, but there’s a big euro-crisis story around as well. Internet piracy is put under the spotlight and a court gives a fillip to a football hero’s fight.
Article: Angry rapper makes big impact in Senegal
Hiphopper Thiat raps with blunt lyrics about the problems in his native Senegal. He sings about corruption, high unemployment and the daily power blackouts. Many Senegalese recognize themselves in his rage. Is one born a revolutionary?...
Article: S&P puts additional pressure on euro summit
Standard & Poor’s spares no one: the credit rating agency warned on Monday that it may downgrade the credit rating of the entire euro zone if the European Union fails to find a solution to the euro crisis.
Article: No way out of the eurozone
The Euro was introduced by 12 European Union member states in 2002 and now, almost 10 years and one major financial crisis later, people are again asking if the EU wouldn't be better off with a different currency. Should it be the Neuro, a...
Article: Euro crisis for dummies
Picture the scene: you are a pension-fund manager in a country far removed from Europe. Your pension plan is ticking over nicely and it’s your duty to ensure that this substantial nest egg of contributions retains its value in future...
Article: Euro crisis: Dutch line in the sand
Enough is enough. It is high time for Europe to adopt binding sanctions for countries that break the financial rules. That is what Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will say on Sunday during the European Union summit where leaders will try...
Article: Crisis = Profit
The euro crisis has brought a windfall for the Dutch treasury as a result of historically low interest rates. Some costs of the crisis, such as the emergency loan to Greece and the costs of propping up faltering banks, are almost...
