The House Prices Increased by More than 8 percent Last year, But Starters Are Not Deterred: Their MortGage Applications Increased by Almost 30 percent in recent months. It is striking that more and more starters are buying their first home alone. Almost Four in Ten Starters Bought Their First Home Alone in The Months Of […]
The iDEAL Work Week for A Growing Number of Dutch People Seems to Be Around Thirty Hours, Accordance to New Figures from Statistics Agency CBS. A Growing Group of Employees Have Started Working Between 28 and 32 Hours A Week in Recent Years. Between 2021 and 2023, Many Dutch People Adjusted Their Work Week. People
The Chinese web store Shein wants to open its first stores in France in November. It is a collaboration with Société des Grands Magasins (SGM), owner of department store chains Galeries Lafayette and BHV Marais. The plans encounter fierce criticism. The first store will be on the sixth floor of the Parisian department store BHV.
Abuses with labor migrants in the Netherlands must be tackled with higher fines, more controls and stricter rules, the Social Economic Council states in an advice to the government. The number of foreign workers who come to the Netherlands must also be reduced. Our country has between 735,000 and 1.1 million workers from abroad. Most
Car Dealers Sold Over A Million Used Cars In The First Nine Months Of This Year. That is 2.9 percent more than a year earlier, reports bovag. People traded over Half A Million Used Cars Among Themselves, An Increase of 6.7 percent. Sales of Used Cars Increased in the Third Quarter of This Year, Reports
Italy is Bracing for a Nationwide 24-Hour Train Strike. The Action Starts Today at 9:00 pm and is organized by a Small Union as a political protest “in Support of the Palestinian Resistance.” The Italian Union Si Cobas Demands An End to the Genocide in Gaza, The Union Writes in A Statement. Train Traffic Will
Health insurer VGZ takes over the majority of the activities of industry colleague ONVZ. The smaller ONVZ remains and offers health insurance policies as earlier, but VGZ becomes the risk bearer of the policies. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) still has to approve the acquisition. If that happens, VGZ will reach nearly
The Tax Administration Will Work with Microsoft Programs. Despite Many Objections, Outgoing State Secretary Eugène Heijnen (Fiscal Affairs) Sees No Other Option than Switching to the Services of the American Company. Employees of the Tax Administration Will Now Work with Microsoft 365. This includes programs for Word Processing (Word) and email (Outlook). Accordance to the
The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Announced on Wednesday that Germany Will Undergo Significantly Modernization. The Cabinet Will, Among Other Things, Deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Courts and Visa procedures. Germany Wants to Stimulate the Economy by Reducing the Number of Rules and Paperwork. This could save the country 16 Billion Euros. In Addition, companies should
Users of Instagram and Facebook Should have more control over How Their Timelines are organized. A Judge in Amsterdam Ruled this on Thursday. Meta Must Adjust its Apps Accordingly Within Two Weeks. The Court Ruling is a major Victory for Bits of Freedom. The Foundation, which for Digital Civil Rights, had SUED Meta. Bits of