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Read MoreStart discovering why Holland is the original cool
Were you among the first of your friends to start biking to work or shopping at vintage boutiques and organic farmers’ markets? Your answer may be yes, but a new marketing campaign launched today called “Holland. The Original...
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Read MoreAmsterdam ranked most bicycle friendly city in the world
Amsterdam defends the title as the world’s most bicycle-friendly city in the 2013 Copenhagenize Index. With Utrecht in third place and Eindhoven in sixth, the Netherlands dominates the top 20 with three Dutch cities this year. Amsterdam...
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Read MoreNetherlands Ranks Among World’s Top 10 Countries for Higher Education
The Dutch university education system was ranked as the seventh best in the world and rated most favourable environment for higher education providers, according to the 2013 Universitas 21 Ranking of Higher Education Systems published this week....
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Read MoreNetherlands Ranked Second Most Prosperous EU Country
The Netherlands was the second most prosperous country in the European Union (EU) in 2011 after Luxembourg. Bulgaria and Romania are the least prosperous countries in the EU. Relative to 1995, the prosperity gap between the various EU countries has...
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Read MoreFour Dutch Cities Least Affected By Recession
Last year, the economy shrank across nearly all provinces. The economy in the province of Friesland shrank most dramatically (1.5 percent), but the contraction was also above the national average of 1.0 percent in the provinces of Overijssel,...
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Read MoreDutch Kids Ranked Happiest in the World
Dutch children are the happiest in the world, according to a new report released by UNICEF. The Netherlands, along with four Nordic countries – Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – top a United Nations report released today, which ranks children’s...
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Read MoreNetherlands Ranks Fifth on EU Innovation Scoreboard
According to a new report from the European Commission, the Netherlands ranks fifth among EU member states for innovation. The 2013 Innovation Union Scoreboard tracked EU member states’ performance in areas including R&D expenditures, patent...
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Read MoreNetherlands Ranked 3rd Best in the World at English
The Dutch have one of the highest proficiency in English as a second language in the world, according to the new English Proficiency Index (EPI) published by Education First. The Netherlands, which finished second last year, has dropped by one spot...
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Profitability Dutch private sector deteriorating
The number of Dutch non-financial companies whose profitability deteriorated has risen further in the first quarter of 2013. The number has not been this high since mid-2009. Profits have been in decline almost...
Read More Many strikes and work stoppages in the Netherlands
Last year, 219 thousand working days were lost in the Netherlands, the highest number since 2002 according to figures released by Statistics Netherlands. More than half were lost due to strikes in the cleaning...
Read More Port of Amsterdam collects environmental award
The Port of Amsterdam has been awarded the Silver Port Environment Award 2013...
Read More Dutch super model Doutzen Kroes stars in latest summer ads from H&M
Dutch super model Doutzen Kroes stars in the latest summer ads from fast...
Read More Dutch banks continue to tighten credit standards for SMEs
Half the banks in the Netherlands continued to tighten their credit standards...
Read More Europe’s biggest port, Rotterdam, opens Maasvlakte 2
Europe’s biggest port of Rotterdam opened Maasvlakte 2 on Wednesday, a...
Read More Dutch Consumers Less Pessimistic About Economy
Dutch consumers are less pessimistic about the economy but are not willing to...
Read More Sustained substantial decline in Dutch private sector investments
The volume of Dutch private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was...
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