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Former footballer Beugelsdijk gets access to how much money he has gambled

Former professional footballer Tom Beugelsdijk has been granted access to his gambling losses just before his summary proceedings against gambling provider Unibet. The former ADO Den Haag defender was trying to obtain this data through the court in order to claim back an estimated 100,000 euros. Unibet initially did not intend to provide an overview, […]

Economics

Young tenants spend more and more money on housing costs

Young people up to 34 years old with a private rental property are spending an increasing portion of their income on housing expenses. On average, this amounts to 46 percent. Ten years ago, it was 39 percent. According to a study by ING, young people pay an average of 1,185 euros in housing costs for

Economics

Heineken is not allowed to force Jumbo to sell his beer

Jumbo cannot be forced to buy beer from Heineken again. The East Brabant court ruled this on Thursday. The supermarket chain and the beer brand have been at odds for several months over price negotiations. Jumbo has been buying fewer Heineken products since the end of March. This concerns part of the Heineken range, which

Economics

Paint company AkzoNobel closes two factories in the Netherlands and Belgium

Verfmaker AkzoNobel sluit twee fabrieken in Wapenveld en het Belgische Machelen. Dat raakt de in totaal 273 werknemers van die locaties. Het bedrijf wil de productie naar andere landen verplaatsen. De te sluiten locaties hebben in totaal 273 medewerkers. Hoeveel van hen in de Nederlandse fabriek in Wapenveld werken, schrijft AkzoNobel niet. Volgens persbureau ANP

Economics

Turnover of organic products in stores last year grew by almost 10 percent

Biological specialty stores saw their turnover grow by 14.6 percent last year. This increase is not due to inflation, but because more customers visited the stores, reports industry organization Bionext. The stores mainly sold more organic fish and bread. The total organic turnover increased by 9.6 percent in 2024, reports Bionext. That amounts to 1.77

Economics

Selling Tesla on a European market for electric cars halved

The American Tesla sold half as many electric cars in Europe in April compared to a year earlier. Chinese car manufacturer BYD took over Tesla’s spot in the top ten of electric brands on the continent. Tesla dropped to eleventh place: the brand saw sales decline to 7,165 units, reports British market researcher JATO Dynamics

Economics

EU agrees with a significant levy for Russian fertilizer because of Ukraine War

The European Union will significantly increase import duties on fertilizers and certain agricultural products from Russia and Belarus. The intention is that these countries will be able to sell less fertilizer in Europe and thus have less income to finance the war in Ukraine. The import duties will increase gradually each year, to a total

Economics

Vierdaagse blocks tickets that have been resold with the help of Bots

Tickets for the Nijmegen Four Days Marches that have been sold through a third party will be invalidated by the organization. Intermediaries often obtain the tickets through bot software, which according to the Four Days Marches is unfair. The De 4Daagse Foundation writes that it is aware of parties offering tickets online after obtaining them

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