In the first six months of the year, the number of households with variable energy contracts rose to 56%, according to the supervisory body of the Dutch Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM). At the beginning of the year this was still 50%. With a variable contract, the power provider can adjust prices in the meantime […]
Standard solar power, but the price of electricity keeps rising: how is that possible? | Currently
Solar production again reached a record level in the Netherlands this year. However, the price of electricity is skyrocketing, because the price of natural gas largely determines what we pay for electricity. What’s wrong with that? It’s time to end the “madness” in the electricity market, He said Austrian Chancellor Karl Neihammer on Sunday. It […]
The European Commission wants to intervene to calm the energy market now
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU must urgently intervene in the energy market. She fears that gas and electricity bills will become too high for citizens and businesses. “We are now working on emergency intervention and structural reform of the electricity market,” von der Leyen said at a meeting in Slovenia […]
Electricity market prices rose to record levels and the price of gas fell sharply | Currently
Electricity prices in international markets have risen to new highs. For example, merchants paid more than 1,000 euros per megawatt-hour for German electricity on Monday for the first time ever. French electricity already exceeded 1,000 euros on Friday. By way of comparison: merchants paid just 200 euros for a megawatt-hour of German and French electricity […]
Can the hotel seller in Bergen cancel the sale?
AP NOS . News•Today 06:30 Can the owner of the hotel in Albergen withdraw its sale to the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA)? The judge will consider this question today in the summary proceedings brought by the reception organization. Today the property will officially be in the hands of the COA, […]
The parties to the coalition interpret the asylum agreement differently, including doubts about its feasibility
Volunteers from the Muslim community Mille Gorse of Rotterdam distributed relief items to asylum seekers at the application center in Ter Abel.ANP . image It sounds like a small hack for the troubled Rutte IV alliance: Of the three major headache files that have been waiting to be resolved through the ages, at least one […]
Pepijn van Houwelingen (FVD) angry at municipalities waving the SDG flag: “Not nice!”
Forum Democrats Member of Parliament Pepin van Holingen believes it is completely absurd that municipalities do not proudly wave the Dutch tricolor on September 23 – Flag Day – but the flag with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. “I don’t believe in that!” he is writing. Because FVD’ers “reject vile globalization”. The Twitter account of […]
Consumers receive less and less for the gold surrendered | Financial issues
The price of gold, which is still $1,751 an ounce (31.1 grams) on Friday, is down about 4% this year, with a slight rebound, and is down as much as 15% since its peak on March 8. Consumers are getting less and less gold. “The main reasons are the aggressive tightening of monetary policy by […]
Applying for Healthcare Allowance for 2021? That could only be a few days | money
Were you entitled to Medicare Allowance in 2021 but have not yet applied for it? Then you have to be fast: You can apply for only five days. Not everyone who is entitled to a health care allowance also applies to this allowance. According to the Ministry of Finance, about one in ten beneficiaries leave […]
Buying a cheap camera? You are almost everywhere behind the net
Flickr.com/eight cent NOS . News•Today 12:22•modified Today 14:36 Jules Gisoron Online Editor Jules Gisoron Online Editor That easy-to-use camera that Coolblue web store recommends? temporarily sold out. Other large web stores such as Bol.com and Kamera Express offer the same result: many inexpensive models are not well stocked. The shortage is also noticeable in small […]