Frits van Eerd abused his position at Jumbo to enrich himself. That is the conviction of the Public Prosecution Service (OM), which has demanded a 24-month prison sentence, eight months of which are suspended, against the former top executive of the supermarket chain. According to the judiciary, Van Eerd collaborated with Theo E., against whom […]
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has recently been receiving increasing signals indicating mortgage fraud. This can have significant consequences, so the watchdog is calling for greater attention to this issue. Mortgage fraud includes any form of deception intended to mislead the mortgage provider. This can involve falsified tax returns, falsified sales figures,
Energy companies RWE and Uniper do not receive compensation for the fact that their coal -fired power stations must be closed as of 2030. The Court of Appeal came to that conclusion on Tuesday. This confirms an earlier judgment of the court from 2022. The case was brought by the owners of the Eemshavencentrale, the
Stichting Massaschade & Consument has sued Sony in a collective lawsuit. According to the claim organization, the case revolves around high prices for PlayStation games in Sony’s digital store. The foundation announced the case in February after research showed that the most popular games for the PlayStation 4 and 5 in the digital store are
The ground staff of KLM will go on strike for 24 hours on Saturday, the FNV trade union announced on Tuesday. As a result, many flights are likely to be cancelled: for example, suitcases cannot be loaded onto aircraft without ground staff. The action will start in the night from Friday to Saturday at 2:00
The Dutch economy grew by 0.4 percent in the first three months of this year compared to the last months of last year. This is reported by statistics agency CBS in a new calculation, which is slightly higher than the preliminary estimate. In the first estimate, the growth was 0.1 percent. The first calculation, thirty
The prices for bus, tram, and metro are likely to increase by about 4 percent in 2026. This is because public transport companies themselves are facing higher costs, for example due to wage increases. The city and regional transport operators adjust their fares annually based on calculations by DOVA. That is the organization for clients
It was, according to Frits van Eerd, an oversight that he had to declare almost half a million euros in cash to the Tax Administration. The businessman spoke of an innocent mistake in court in Groningen on Monday. It was telling of the conversation in the courtroom: the judge confronted the former Jumbo executive with
Websites of municipalities and provinces are back up after a suspected attack on Monday morning. An underlying platform was flooded with digital traffic and was therefore temporarily inaccessible. The service with which municipalities and provinces publish official messages has been available again since Monday afternoon, reports supplier NotuBiz. Due to the attack, visitors could not
The completion of the sale of Peter Gillis’ holiday parks is not yet in sight. According to Gillis’ lawyer, Erik Braun, there are developments, but he cannot say when more will become clear about the deal with the buyer. Buyer Taeke Dijkstra previously did not want to pay because he did not know that the