The Dutch activities of construction and infrastructure company VolkerWessels will be taken over by investor HAL and dredging and maritime service provider Boskalis. VolkerWessels owner Reggeborgh and HAL reached an agreement on Thursday. The acquisition concerns the divisions Construction & Real Estate Development and Infra NL. The large construction group accounted for a turnover of […]
The US House of Representatives on Thursday gave the green light to the ‘big beautiful bill‘, President Donald Trump’s major spending bill, after hours of voting. The bill had already been approved by the House, the US House of Representatives. Subsequently, the bill also survived a vote in the Senate (the US Senate), but with
The Benefits Agency directly discriminated against a benefits parent based on race, the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights ruled on Thursday. The institute had previously concluded that the agency had indirectly discriminated in several cases. The institute reached its judgment in an investigation into the situation of a benefits parent with Dutch and Turkish nationality.
For a vacation home, you sometimes have to drive a long way and maintain it yourself, but Minke Boender (51) and Martijn Noordhoek (49) think it’s worth it. “A place in nature with space for my children’s weddings.” “Our children should just say ‘trekker’ (tractor in Dutch), instead of tractor. And with their hands and
KLM is initiating summary proceedings to prevent the strike of ground personnel at Schiphol next Wednesday, as announced by unions FNV and CNV. Last week, the court already prohibited a strike by ground personnel that was planned for last Saturday. The court prohibited the strike last Saturday due to safety considerations. The airline also wants
The Dutch House of Representatives has approved a long-awaited law that ensures district heating networks come into public hands. This should revive the construction of district heating in the coming years, after many heating companies had stopped building. The Collective Heat Act was delayed for years and revised by several cabinets. In 2022, then Climate
The French market watchdog has imposed a fine of 40 million euros on webshop SHEIN. The originally Chinese webshop allegedly offered fake discounts, and France has strict rules about what a real offer may be. Market authority DGCCRF investigated thousands of offers on SHEIN’s French website in 2022 and 2023. In many cases, the offers
Topman Mark Nuvelstijn van cryptoplatform Bitvavo legt per direct zijn taken neer in afwachting van de uitkomsten van een onderzoek naar zijn integriteit. Dat heeft een woordvoerder donderdag bevestigd na berichtgeving door Het Financieele Dagblad. De krant doet al langere tijd onderzoek naar de privébeleggingen van de CEO van het bedrijf. Dat onderzoek riep vragen
The number of WOZ objections has decreased sharply in recent years, according to the Waarderingskamer (Valuation Chamber). This may be because municipalities are assessing more accurately. New rules limiting compensation to objection agencies may also play a role. In 2023, the percentage of homes under objection in April was still 7.2 percent, or 595,000 homes.
Schiphol expects it to be much busier this summer than last year. The airport anticipates thirteen million travelers until the end of August, over 7 percent more than in 2024. That amounts to over 200,000 travelers daily. Staff shortages at airport security and other services led to long queues during holiday periods three years ago.