The American president Donald Trump has launched his own mobile provider on Monday. The telecom service is called Trump Mobile and will also sell phones. The devices are made in the United States. This last is very important for the president, because he pursues a policy in which he wants to tempt companies to move […]
NS employees are striking again on Tuesday due to dissatisfaction with their wages. No trains are running in the provinces of Flevoland, Gelderland, Noord-Holland, and a large part of Overijssel. The strike begins in the night from Monday to Tuesday at 4:00 AM. Trains will start running again in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday
Employees of NS are striking again on Tuesday, protesting against what they see as a meager collective labor agreement offer from the railway company. The actions are taking place in the East and Northwest regions. These include Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport. The work stoppage starts on Tuesday, June 17 at 4:00 AM and lasts until
A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner turned around during a flight from Hong Kong to Delhi on Monday morning and flew back to the airport of departure. This was because the pilot suspected a technical malfunction. The Hong Kong airport authority has since announced that the aircraft landed safely and requested assistance. The incident comes a few
The former CEO of cosmetics company Estée Lauder passed away on Saturday. The company announced this on behalf of the family on Sunday. Leonard Lauder was 92 years old. Lauder was the eldest son of the founders of the American cosmetics giant. In 1958, he joined his parents’ company and served for over sixty years
The housing construction is stagnating while the Netherlands needs 100,000 new homes annually. Many obstacles hinder construction companies, but what is the real problem? And is the fall of the cabinet, with large construction ambitions but few results, a problem or a solution? “I was very happy when the cabinet fell, because the rent freeze
Unions FNV and VVMC are threatening a new rail strike on Tuesday, with NS personnel in the northwest and east of the country, including around Amsterdam and Schiphol, ceasing work. First, the unions want to talk with NS on Monday morning. The unions have already sent the notification letter for the strike to NS. “We
In the column The Greenhouse, climate reporter Jeroen Kraan writes weekly about what he notices. This week: a walk through the history of the earth makes the astronomically large climate impact of humans clear. I am standing in the Diemerpark in Amsterdam, but I imagine myself somewhere deep in the Milky Way, 4.6 billion years
Cars are getting bigger and more luxurious. This is bad for the environment, fuel consumption, and parking. Road safety also suffers, according to new European research. Why are we increasingly buying a large SUV instead of a modest passenger car? Cars have been growing in size since the 1990s, but this ‘autobesitas’ is increasing even
The recommended price for gasoline rose by more than 1 cent per liter on Saturday due to tensions in the Middle East. At TotalEnergies and Texaco pumps, it even increased by 2 cents per liter. Diesel has also become more expensive. The national recommended price for Euro95 is now an average of 2.122 euros, compared