The Netherlands will have few new jobs in the coming years due to aging and moderate economic growth, according to benefits agency UWV. It expects an increase of 130,000 jobs between 2024 and 2027, a growth of just 1.1 percent. Job growth will be much lower than in recent years. Between 2021 and 2024, 750,000 […]
The daily life in May became on average 3.3 percent more expensive than in the same month a year ago. According to statistics agency CBS, inflation is cooling down slightly, but is still well above the average in the Eurozone. In April, inflation was 4.1 percent. Last month, prices fell by an average of 0.5
Entertainment concern Walt Disney is laying off hundreds of employees. The layoffs started on Monday and affect employees in marketing, publicity, casting, and development, the company reports. In Hollywood, cost-saving measures have been implemented for years, with production and employment in a downward spiral. Disney and other companies in the industry are adapting their business
Candy manufacturer Haribo also calls on customers in Belgium and Luxembourg to not eat and send cannabis in the Netherlands in the Netherlands last week. Several people became unwell last week after they ate the Haribo candy. The case came to light when a family from Twente called in the police after a woman and
Thirteen waste disposal sites will be closed from Monday due to dissatisfaction with the plastic tax. The government threatens to pass the bill for plastic production to the waste processors, which, according to the FNV trade union, could mean the end of the sector. Garbage trucks can still empty the bins, but can no longer
The plan to freeze the rents of corporation homes has so many shortcomings that the Council of State refers to the trash. The bill has been taken into account and leads to unequal treatment of tenants. Coalition parties PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB agreed during the nocturnal negotiations for the spring memorandum that rents in
China and the United States accuse each other of failing to honor agreements. The trade agreements from May were intended to lower import duties, at least temporarily. “China has – perhaps unsurprisingly to some – violated the agreement with us,” US President Donald Trump said on Friday. He did not explain which agreements China would
The number of new cars sold in the Netherlands increased again in May after four months with falling figures, reporting branch organizations RAI Association, BOVAG and RDC on Sunday. However, the sale of Tesla’s are still in the slop. A total of 30,188 new passenger cars were put on license plate, more than 7 percent
Duizenden mensen zijn zaterdag de straat op gegaan in Bulgarije om te protesteren tegen de invoering van de euro. Het land stapt begin volgend jaar over op de Europese munt. De protesten werden gesteund door de uiterst rechtse partij Revival. Demonstranten blokkeerden in de hoofdstad Sofia korte tijd belangrijke kruispunten. De politie had delen van
Ryanair-CEO Michael O’Leary is on track to earn a bonus of 111 million euros. That is an exceptionally high bonus by European standards. O’Leary only needs to stay on until July 2028 to cash in the bonus. The share price of the Irish budget airline remained above 21 euros per share for 28 days, reports