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Netherlands buys eight V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems from Shield AI
Naval Today
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July 11, 2025
Deep-tech company Shield AI has revealed that the Netherlands Ministry of Defence has procured eight V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems. Credit: Shield AI As disclosed, the aim is to enhance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...
Dutch inflation holds at 3.1% in June, driven by...
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Consumer prices in the Netherlands were 3.1 per cent higher in June 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to flash estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). On a month-over-month (MoM) basis, prices remained largely unchanged from...
President Convinces NATO Nations to Pay More
American Free Press
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July 10, 2025
By Mark Anderson At the recent NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, President Donald Trump set the tone for the event, dominating the entire gathering. In so doing, he maintained to the sitting defense ministers from NATO’s 32 member states...
Dutch, French unite for symbolic launch of the clean-up campaign
The Daily Herald
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Minister of VROMI Patrice Gumbs (left) and Collectivité Vice President Bernadette Davis (right) shake hands at the border following the campaign launch. (Robert Luckock phot . BELLE PLAINE--In a follow-up to a series of meetings on the subject,...
Dutch state gas firm NAM paid €3 Billion to Shell, ExxonMobil amid Groningen shutdown
NL Times
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July 11, 2025
The Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) has paid out a total of 3 billion euros to its owners Shell and the American company ExxonMobil, according to the 2024 annual report. This is the first payout to the two shareholders since 2017. Each...
Amsterdam woman arrested, 3x legal limit with 6 children in the car, State Police say
WRGB CBS 6 Albany - New York
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Amsterdam, NY (WRGB) — State Police arrested 38-year-old Cassie Waldynski of Amsterdam, New York, on July 2, 2025, for Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child under Leandra’s Law, six counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and...
Minister president focuses on ongoing struggle for greater autonomy in Flanders Day speech
Belga News Agency
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July 10, 2025
Although Flemish nationalist party N-VA now leads both the federal and Flemish governments, minister president Matthias Diependaele focused on the struggle for greater autonomy in his speech to mark the Day of the Flemish Community, 11 July. The...
Netherlands Provides Support to Damen Naval as German Frigates are Delayed
The Maritime Executive
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Reports in the Dutch media and by Bloomberg indicate that the Netherlands government has decided to provide support to help Damen Naval as it works to address challenges in its building program for a new generation of German frigates. The...
‘I’m afraid to go home’: Canadian IDF soldiers fear fallout from war crimes probe
The Times of Israel
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July 20, 2025
When Nati Hubberman was given back his phone in March after weeks of reserve duty on Israel’s northern front, he was inundated with messages from friends about a website he’d never heard of. “People were texting me saying, ‘Watch out, your name is...
Dutch embassy in Tanzania launches ‘No Waste’ campaign to promote recycling, protect marine life
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. The Embassy of the Netherlands in Tanzania has launched a new public awareness campaign dubbed No Waste, aimed at promoting environmental cleanliness through improved waste management and recycling practices. The initiative, which...
Dutch government debt set to hit 126% of GDP by 2060 without policy change, CPB warns
NL Times
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July 10, 2025
The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) has published new projections showing that government debt could surge to 126 percent of gross domestic product by 2060 if current policies remain unchanged. The agency said the sharp...
Dutch treat for Duterte: Alan Cayetano seeks house arrest for Rody in The Hague
Politiko
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July 10, 2025
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has filed a resolution urging the Philippine government to push for the transfer of former President Rodrigo Duterte from his detention cell in The Hague to house arrest at the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands,...
Dutch court convicts man for sharing sensitive knowledge from tech giant ASML with person in Russia
Euronews
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By Euronews with AP Published on 10/07/2025 - 17:52 GMT+2 A 43-year-old Russian was convicted in the Netherlands of breaching international sanctions by sharing sensitive information from Dutch semiconductor chip machine maker ASML and...
Dutch economy to grow modestly as purchasing power rises, CPB forecasts
NL Times
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July 10, 2025
The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) has released new projections indicating that the Dutch economy is expected to grow moderately over the next two years, with purchasing power increasing and poverty levels declining, despite...
Netherlands court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
THE HAGUE - A Dutch court on July 10 sentenced a Russian former employee of tech giant ASML to three years behind bars for passing sensitive microchip technology to Moscow in breach of Western sanctions. In a high-security courtroom in Rotterdam,...
Dutch economy to show moderate growth but deficit will rise
DutchNews
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July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 Photo: Depositphotos.comThe impact of geopolitical uncertainty has had a limited impact on the Dutch economy so far and growth is likely to be moderate this year and in 2026, the government’s macro-economic forecasting agency said on...
Dutch economic growth set to slow as trade tariffs bite
WKZO - Michigan
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Economic growth in the Netherlands will be lower than previously expected through 2026 as tariffs imposed by the United States hit international trade, Dutch government policy adviser CPB said on Thursday. The Dutch economy is...
Netherlands to provide additional €30m for Ukraine's recovery
Ukrainska Pravda
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Yuliia Svyrydenko and Caspar Veldkamp. Photo: Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Ukraine and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum on the allocation of an additional €30 million under the Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF). Source: Ministry of...
Dutch court sentences Russian spy to three years in prison
Ukrainska Pravda
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A court in Rotterdam has sentenced a 43-year-old Russian national known as German A. to three years in prison on charges of industrial espionage. Source: NOS, a Dutch public broadcaster, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Rotterdam court...
Dutch court throws out personal data case against Unibet
iGB
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July 9, 2025
Gokverliesterug was seeking damages on behalf of several players who requested personal data from Unibet. Amsterdam’s District Court on Monday dismissed a case involving several players seeking damages from Kindred Group’s Unibet over the alleged...