The shipbuilder Damen Shipyards no longer supplies ships to Russia, fashion brands Zara, Pull & Bear and Bershka have closed more than 500 Russian branches and the Paypal payment service no longer provides its services in Russia. It is the latest addition to a long list of companies that have partially or completely severed ties […]
Limited funding makes local parties vulnerable
Professor of Innovation and Regional Governance Marcel Bogers of the University of Twente is concerned about the tight budgets of local parties. “More and more complex tasks are falling on the shoulders of municipalities. This requires a lot of council members. Council members also need some support with this and it costs money.” The Felling […]
‘Groningers: Gas tap opens to import less Russian gas’
commissioned by Daily newspaper in the north performed it by Enigma Research. Significantly, readiness was higher in earthquake-prone areas than among residents outside the earthquake zone. At least 83% of respondents believe that the Netherlands should stop importing Russian gas. Groningen’s gas tap may open more than 60 percent, with a maximum of 12 billion […]
Cities sounded the alarm with the Minister about poverty because of the expensive energy
Cities in the Netherlands are urgently calling on the Cabinet to take more action to combat energy poverty. As energy prices continue to rise, city councils are receiving more and more cues from residents who are unable to pay their bills. “We are very concerned,” the managers of the 40 largest and medium cities, called […]
Kaag: The prospect of smooth handling of EU budget rules again | the interior
It will be the second time in a short time that Brussels has turned a blind eye to the not strictly enforced rules for debt and deficits that EU countries are allowed to have. As the rules were bypassed during the Corona crisis and may happen again, Kaag reports to the House of Representatives: “Given […]
The first round of STAP budget retraining arrives after three days
35,000 people received a training subsidy of 1,000 euros. As of March 1, people can sign up for the so-called STAP budget, and on the third day the first round budget has been exhausted. This was announced by the UWV, which implements the subsidy scheme. With a STAP budget, people can do training to further […]
KLM with return to Korea and China | Financial issues
Last weekend, the airline canceled flights to Asia, a few days after the start of the war in Ukraine. Due to sanctions against Russia, KLM cannot use Russian airspace, which means that the plane takes one and a half times to travel. For a destination like Beijing, this increases to an additional 4,000 km and […]
Shiba Inu Transactions at Historical Lows, Interest Continues to Fall » Crypto Insiders
Disappointing Shiba Inu investors, the me meCustomers are not as good at the moment as compared to a few months ago. At the end of October, SHIB’s share price reached an impressive level high all the time result Huge amount of noise† Since then, the price has already fallen and interest in the project appears […]
Gazprom Netherlands director resigns over Ukraine war | Financial issues
Energy blog Energeia reported this on Thursday. Van Heijst reported to the site that he was affected by the loss of life. Dutch Gazprom Energy is part of Russia’s Gazprom Group, one of the world’s largest energy companies. Until recently, the group supplied 17% of all gas shipments in the world. Sets van Heijst, President […]
Natural gas consumption will decrease in 2021 due to high gas prices
Although the weather was on average cooler in 2021 than it was in 2020, total natural gas consumption was lower, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands. Last year, 40 billion cubic meters of natural gas were consumed in the Netherlands. In 2020 that was still 42 billion cubic metres. According to CBS, this is partly […]