Spotta, the national distributor of advertising brochures, will also be delivering mail. The company wants to compete with PostNL, which is currently the only national postal service in the Netherlands. Spotta registered this month with the regulator Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM), reports Het Financieele Dagblad (FD). The registration is an obligation under the Postal […]
Spotta, the national distributor of advertising brochures, will also start delivering mail. The company wants to compete with PostNL, which is currently the only national mail carrier in the Netherlands. Spotta registered with the regulator Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) this month, reports Het Financieele Dagblad (FD). The registration is an obligation under the Postal
The NS will convert the first-class compartments in a portion of its local trains (sprinters). This will create 3,580 additional seats in second class. The first class in local trains is often empty. During peak hours, an average of 10 percent of the first-class seats in local trains are occupied, according to the NS. The
Renters in expensive regions are less likely to have children than homeowners. For renters in cheaper regions, having children is also easier. There are “unequal opportunities for family formation,” the CBS concludes. The gap is growing between people who can and cannot start a family. Women in regions with expensive houses have children less often
The U.S. President Donald Trump is postponing the announced import tariffs for the European Union until July 9. This period is intended for further negotiations. On Friday, Trump threatened a general import tariff of 50 percent per June 1. Trump told reporters on Sunday that he had accepted the EU’s request for postponement. He added
Since Sunday, the British government has once again taken control of the English railway company South Western Railway. It is the first nationalized railway company since British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to improve train transport. The nationalization of the railways was one of the key points during the election campaign of Starmer, who
In the column, climate reporter Jeroen Kraan writes weekly about what he notices. This week: with the construction of new nuclear power plants, the government keeps making wonderful promises, after which disappointments inevitably rain down. In the discussion about nuclear energy, there seem to be mostly staunch supporters and opponents. On the one hand, people
The United States imported more goods in March due to the import duties announced by President Donald Trump. Imports rose by a significant 30 percent compared to the same month last year, according to data from the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). Compared to February, imports rose by 5.8 percent. Imports into the
The European Union wants ‘respect’ from Donald Trump after the American president threatened new tariffs. Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social that he wants to see import tariffs of 50 percent for the EU. That measure should take effect on June 1st. According to Trump, it is difficult to negotiate with the EU. “The
Sex workers should have easier access to opening an account and taking out insurance. The professional group has made agreements about this together with banks and insurers. But in practice, little comes of it. Nationale-Nederlanden (NN) announced at the beginning of 2024 that sex workers could take out two types of insurance with the insurer