The Netherlands had more than a million plug-in cars for the first time at the end of the first quarter. More than one in ten passenger cars is now a plug-in car. And the number of gasoline cars is decreasing. At the end of the first quarter, there were 594,000 fully electric cars and 410,000 […]
The turnover of the parent company of the Chinese webshop Temu has fallen sharply in the past quarter. The company is struggling with competition in the domestic market, but is also suffering from the trade war between China and the United States. The profit of e-commerce company PDD Holdings in the first quarter almost halved
Pornosites Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos must prove in the coming period that they are doing enough to keep minors off their platforms. The European Commission has strong suspicions that the sites are not complying with legal rules and has launched investigations. Children under the age of eighteen are not allowed to visit the porn
The construction of a biofuel factory in the Port of Rotterdam will not proceed. The Finnish company UPM is halting the plans due to excessive construction costs. UPM, which also produces paper and cardboard, announced that all technical work on the project has been stopped. The company writes that the investment and operating costs of
The intelligence service AIVD holds a new and previously unknown Russian hacker group responsible for the major hack on the police in September 2024. In that hack, “work-related contact information” of all police employees was stolen, such as names, email addresses, and phone numbers. Immediately after the discovery of the hack, intelligence services expressed the
Municipalities must allow people to live in holiday parks for ten years. This is stated in plans published by Housing Minister Mona Keijzer for reactions. Currently, municipalities can still decide for themselves whether to allow permanent residence. In the Netherlands, almost 60,000 people are registered at the address of a recreational home, Keijzer writes in
The sale of new Teslas in the European Union also fell in April. In that month, 52.6 percent fewer electric cars of the brand were sold than a year earlier, according to figures from the European automotive industry association ACEA. In the EU, 5,475 new Teslas were registered last month. In the year before, that
Rabobank is investing one billion euros in mid-rental housing in the Eindhoven region in the coming years. This is being done through the BPD Woningfonds (BPD Housing Fund), a part of the bank. According to Rabobank, the need is great due to the rapid growth of the region and a shortage of affordable rental housing.
With the healthcare sector attracting more staff, the sector’s costs are rising. Increasing wages also contributed to a cost of 113.5 billion euros in 2024. The Netherlands spent 8.1 percent more on healthcare last year than in 2023, according to statistics agency CBS. This means that costs grew faster than the economy. “It’s not surprising
Volvo Cars is cutting approximately three thousand jobs to save costs. The layoffs primarily affect office jobs in its home country of Sweden, reports ANP. “The automotive industry is in the middle of a challenging period,” said CEO Hakan Samuelsson in an explanation. “To address this, we need to improve our cash flow and structurally