The investigation was prompted by two fatal accidents involving two separate sailing ships in 2022. A 79-year-old man died in May, and a 12-year-old girl died at the end of August. In both cases, the ship’s boom fell on the victims. The boom is the horizontal spar on the mast to which the bottom of […]
NN Woekerpolis clients ‘finally have a point of view on compensation’
This was determined by the Court of Appeal of The Hague in a class action initiated in 2013 by the Woekerpolis.nl association, and implemented by the ConsumerClaim Foundation. Incorrectly withholding costs The case revolves around investment insurance policies sold by NN since the early 1990s. The judge has now ruled that the insurer wrongly withheld […]
The European Union wants to make e-fuel impossible from 2035 | car
The European Union wants new e-fuel cars to have no climate impact at all from 2035. So the CO2 ratio must be 100 percent2– Neutrality, whether in terms of manufacturing or transportation. According to the auto industry, this is almost impossible. On February 14, it appeared that the European Union had joined the entire European […]
Deal chain Big Bazar went bankrupt, with 1,300 jobs gone
The bankruptcy will be settled by the curator, who will check, among other things, whether a restart is possible. This would allow some jobs to be maintained. He fights The bankruptcy brings an end to a months-long period in which Big Bazaar struggled to survive. In July, RTL Z first reported that the store chain […]
Lodewijk Asscher soon suffered from VVD’s ‘bad’ crown jewel, tells investigation committee
Former Minister Ludwik Ascher appears before the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Monday.Image by David Van Dam/De Volkskrant In the interrogation room on Monday, Ludwijk Ascher said that one word was enough to describe the harsh fraud law he had to implement as Minister of Social Affairs in Rota 2. “Bad,” the PvdA member says firmly […]
Big Bazaar again does not get additional time from the judge, threatens bankruptcy | Economy
The judge again did not give Big Bazar more time to conclude agreements with creditors. For the third time, the court in Leeuwarden refused to appoint a debt expert who could have found a way out of the financial problems of the series of deals. Big Bazaar’s lawyer assumes it will be declared bankrupt on […]
These are the young asylum seekers in Ter Apel: “I heard that the Netherlands takes good care of us”
It’s a rainy Thursday. At 10:50 pm the bus arrives at its destination “Ter Apel”. Out comes 15-year-old Raed Nour (his real name is known to the editors). He’s wearing a backpack and a raincoat. He puts on his headdress and runs towards the party tent at the registration center gate. He stops to catch […]
France stops using coal, closing its last two power plants before 2027 | Economy
24 sep 2023 om 22:44 Update: 5 uur geleden France is exiting the coal sector completely. President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday that the country’s last two coal-fired power plants must be converted by 2027. He also wants the fuel industry to offer products at cost. These are power stations in Cordemay, western France, and […]
My receipt from 2005 compared to now: ‘I was shocked’ | money
She stood there looking at her for a moment. When Clarice van der Woude, 47, was cleaning her house, she found an Aldi receipt from 2005. She emailed the receipt to our editors. “Of course everyone is talking about it now. Everything is more expensive. And yet what I saw shocked me. Eighteen years later, […]
Huge turnout at the Party for the Animals members conference
Nos/Emma JacksonThe line this morning at the For the Animals Party convention Noos News•Today at 11:52•an average Today 12:24 A larger than usual number of members attended the Party for the Animals members conference. 700 people were expected to arrive, but about 1,600 people picked up ballot boxes. This has to do with the conflict […]