Category: Economy

Not only is the number of positive tests in the Netherlands declining, but also the percentage. Of all the tests conducted in the past two weeks, 3.8 percent revealed that they were infected with corona. On last week’s chart, it was more than 4 percent, and in July, at the height of the fourth wave, […]

Thursday evening radio reports that at the beginning of June, a shipment of vaccines was threatened with corruption due to a refrigeration malfunction, and therefore it was decided to give them to young people. This way, vaccinations will not be in vain. Young people were more convinced of the possibility of being able to get […]

About 550,000 Dutch families live in so-called energy poverty. They have high energy bills, usually a poorly insulated home and low income. That’s the conclusion of the research organization TNO, based on figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics from 2019 for more than 6.1 million households. TNO has not only conducted research into the […]

In a letter to the city council, the mayor of Amsterdam suddenly changed the tune on Wednesday evening. “Ensuring compliance with these rules is a matter for all of us. Primarily for visitors to the food industry,” Halsema writes. The letter is in line with the outcome of the meeting that the Security Council chairs […]

This is evident from the budget of the Ministry of the Interior, which was presented to the House of Representatives on the day of the budget. Investment should prevent further housing shortages. The government had previously provided €2 billion for the housing-building boost, but Minister Ollongren (Home Affairs) warned in the spring that the bottom […]

For many workers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make ends meet due to delayed income, higher taxes and rising expenses, the VCP union says in an initial reaction. “The projected purchasing power picture is quite disappointing, if you look at the booming economic recovery,” says Nick van Holstein, President of VCP. According to Van […]

“If you look at savings accounts, the top five with the highest interest rates are only accounts from foreign banks,” Geld.nl’s Amanda Bulthuis says in her explanation. She points out that the Dutch made a lot of savings during the Corona pandemic and foreign banks are an attractive alternative to money. In many Dutch banks, […]

Shell Oil and Gas is selling all of its assets in the largest US oil field to rival ConocoPhillips. The deal will bring the Anglo-Dutch company $9.5 billion. This amounts to more than 8 billion euros. Shell has long been looking for buyers for its assets in the oil and gas-rich Permian Basin, which is […]

Does the smell of autumn make you yearn to cook again? Replace the bacon with almonds. It’s one of the “changes in eating” that the Nutrition Center has been promoting healthy, sustainable food since last year. And it’s right at the heart of their approach to making Holland eat healthier and more sustainable: in small […]

Not only an increase in wages, but also “more” permanent jobs. This is the FNV union’s commitment to next year’s collective labor agreement negotiations. FNV wants to end what the union calls “the proliferation of flexible structures”. As a result, employees have less say in their work and less influence on their collective labor agreement. […]