Christian Democrat says Balkenende must go

17 March 2010

While Christian Democrats argue over the position of party leader Jan Peter Balkenende, more politicians are set to stand down at the next election.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Wilders channels anger

17 March 2010

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has returned to the Netherlands with the same message as when she left: Islam needs its own period of 'Enlightenment'. Ms Hirsi Ali is back for one week to promote her most recent book, Nomad. It's her first substantial visit since leaving the Dutch parliament four years ago to live in the United States.

EU economic governance inevitable, Belgian PM says

17 March 2010

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has said that joint economic governance among some or all EU member states is an inevitable consequence of the creation of the euro.

The Kremlin Temptation

16 March 2010

What is the significance of France’s recent sale of four powerful Mistral-class warships to Russia? Was it business as usual or an irresponsible move contributing to a dangerous shift in the balance of power in the Baltic and Black Seas? By Dominique Moisi

Eurozone ministers sketch Greek bailout plan

16 March 2010

Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday (15 March) to mobilise financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed, but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work.

The Dutch retreat

16 March 2010

Srebrenica's shadow hangs over the Dutch pullout from Afghanistan, but the Nato alliance is increasingly fragile The Dutch army has been operating as part of Nato in a remote and unruly part of Afghanistan since 2006. Fighting against the Taliban has been heavy at times. Twenty-one Dutch lives have been lost, out of about 1,800 men and women. By Ian Buruma

Greece told to ensure ’solid austerity plan’

16 March 2010

Dutch finance minister says there will be intervention, but no bail-out of Greece.

‘Europe must bear the burden of its own shortcomings’

16 March 2010

ECB executive Lorenzo Bini Smaghi wants to keep the IMF out of Europe. “I’m not sure whether the first decade of the euro has been such an easy ride. Many people, especially in the United States, thought that the euro would not survive for very long.”

Juliana Moore

16 March 2010

The actress on her acting, her influences and Tom Ford in a New York Times video.

UN criticises Russia over Sochi Winter Olympics construction

16 March 2010

Moscow ignoring ecological impact of several planned buildings for 2014 games, says UN Environment Programme

Ajax – PSV = 4 – 1

16 March 2010

Ajax beats PSV on home ground. Goals scored with actors playing commentators.

Iraq has moved forward. It’s time we did too

16 March 2010

Seven years on, these elections are a miracle. But the anti-war brigade is too blinded by prejudice to see it By David Aaronovitch

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Bookreview

Frostbitten

Posted on 15 March 2010

The magisterial Cambridge History of the Cold War views the Cold War as an undifferentiated chunk of history. But the conflict between the superpowers was just one strand of history in the middle and late twentieth century, not the whole story.

By LAWRENCE D. FREEDMAN

Climate Change

UN criticises Russia over Sochi Winter Olympics construction

Posted on 16 March 2010

Moscow ignoring ecological impact of several planned buildings for 2014 games, says UN Environment Programme

Dutch Domestic Policy

The Netherlands Sets a Service-Economy Example

Posted on 02 March 2010

The Netherlands has played a major role in shaping the world economy, and is now bringing to light the need to steer innovation away from technology and products and toward services. Change management and customer empathy are critical to creating services that will be adopted. Designing services is also a question of systems innovation.
How has [...]

Dutch Foreign Policy

The Dutch retreat

Posted on 16 March 2010

Srebrenica’s shadow hangs over the Dutch pullout from Afghanistan, but the Nato alliance is increasingly fragile

The Dutch army has been operating as part of Nato in a remote and unruly part of Afghanistan since 2006. Fighting against the Taliban has been heavy at times. Twenty-one Dutch lives have been lost, out of about 1,800 men and women.

By Ian Buruma

Dutch News

Christian Democrat says Balkenende must go

Posted on 17 March 2010

While Christian Democrats argue over the position of party leader Jan Peter Balkenende, more politicians are set to stand down at the next election.

Dutch Society

Catholic church child sex abuse scandal widens

Posted on 12 March 2010

Those investigating child sex abuse within the Dutch Roman Catholic Church are facing an enormous job which is increasing by the day. Complaints are flooding in from around the country following initial revelations made by Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the NRC Handelsblad newspaper.
The first reports of abuse came from a boarding school in the eastern [...]

Economy

China exploring rail routes to Europe

Posted on 15 March 2010

China is exploring the possibility of extending its high-speed train network as far as Europe, potentially cutting rail travel time between London and Beijing to as little as two days.

EU Financial Policy

EU economic governance inevitable, Belgian PM says

Posted on 17 March 2010

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has said that joint economic governance among some or all EU member states is an inevitable consequence of the creation of the euro.

EU Foreign Policy

The Kremlin Temptation

Posted on 16 March 2010

What is the significance of France’s recent sale of four powerful Mistral-class warships to Russia? Was it business as usual or an irresponsible move contributing to a dangerous shift in the balance of power in the Baltic and Black Seas?

By Dominique Moisi

Financial

Discord damages banking chief and supervisors

Posted on 03 March 2010

Gerrit Zalm can stay on as the head of ABN Amro. But two financial regulators that looked into his record at the bankrupt bank DSB came to very different conclusions about him.
The Dutch financial services regulatory authority AFM and central bank DNB were both asked to look into his performance as the chief financial officer [...]

International

Iraq has moved forward. It’s time we did too

Posted on 16 March 2010

Seven years on, these elections are a miracle. But the anti-war brigade is too blinded by prejudice to see it

By David Aaronovitch

Journalism

De correspondent 2.0

Posted on 03 March 2010

Je wilt correspondent worden in een tijd dat traditionele media massaal kopje ondergaan. Op een vast inkomen en massale interesse in je werk hoef je niet te reken. Dan maar laten zitten? Nee hoor, de buitenlandcorrespondentie biedt volop kansen voor jonge, talentvolle en gemotiveerde freelancers. Sinds oktober werk ik zelf als freelancer in Mexico en [...]

Moviereview

Juliana Moore

Posted on 16 March 2010

The actress on her acting, her influences and Tom Ford in a New York Times video.

Newsleak

Google and Partners Seek Foothold in the Living Room

Posted on 18 March 2010

Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.
Read more >> | Google and Partners Seek Foothold in the Living Room – NYTimes.com.

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