Dutch war crimes? There were some and victims are still alive to tell the story 2 Jul 2019 Last week we again witnessed the shameful way in which the Dutch government deals with relatives of the many Indonesian victims of Dutch war crimes committed during the so-called decolonization war. Two children – now 76 and 82 years old – of men who were murdered by Dutch soldiers in 1947, came to the Netherlands to tell their story. On …
Johnson holds on to Brexit on October 31 19 Jun 2019 The leader in the Conservative leadership struggle warns of the consequences if the brexit deadline is extended again. Boris Johnson stressed during a debate with four rivals at the BBC that a “catastrophic loss of confidence” in politics is threatened if his country does not leave the EU by 31 October. The former mayor of London took part in a …
Plastic waste export should be stopped 17 Jun 2019 The export of plastic waste from European and other Western countries must have ended. That is the opinion of Dutch State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven (Infrastructure and Water Management). Van Veldhoven will argue for this at the G20 meeting on environment and energy in Karuizawa in Japan on Saturday. This meeting is being held for the first time and will …
Germany and Netherlands should mange their excesses 14 Jun 2019 It is not only the southern EU countries that must tackle their “economic excesses” such as high sovereign debt. The Dutch and German budget surpluses are equally excessive and need to be addressed. This is what IMF top executive Christine Lagarde said in Luxembourg after her presentation to the Eurogroup of the annual report from the UN organization on the …
Giovanni Tria optimistic on the deal with EU commission 10 Jun 2019 The Italian Finance Minister, Giovanni Tria, is convinced that his government and the European Commission agree on Italian government debt and government spending. Tria said that at the G20 ministerial conference in Fukuoka, Japan. The European Commission threatens Rome with punitive measures because the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte would borrow and spend way too much money. But according …
German economy is stagnating 9 Jun 2019 The export and industrial production of Germany decreased more than expected in April. This became apparent after figures released by the German Federal Statistical Office on Friday. The German economy is struggling with the headwind of increasing global trade tensions. Exports from Europe’s largest economy fell by 3.7 percent on a monthly basis in April. Economists generally expected a decrease …
China to enforce ‘the list of unreliable companies’ 1 Jun 2019 China is working on a list of ‘unreliable’ foreign companies, organizations or individuals. They end up on the black list if they harm the interests of Chinese companies for non-commercial reasons, for example by suddenly stopping or blocking deliveries. It is not yet known what sanctions the companies on that list can expect. The Ministry of Commerce will soon come …
Silvio Berlusconi company bought a minor stake in German TV 30 May 2019 Mediaset, the media group of Silvio Berlusconi, has a stake of almost 10 percent in its German counterpart ProSiebenSat.1. According to CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi, son of the Italian former prime minister, it is a ‘friendly’ investment that is focused on the long term. The Italians have been trying to expand on the European television market for a while. Mediaset …
DDPRA: Second nationality viewed as tax risk by the Dutch authorities 21 May 2019 The Dutch Data Protection Authority is investigating the way in which the Tax Authorities detect fraud with childcare allowance. According to Trouw and RTL, the tax authorities keep track of the second nationality of applicants for benefits. The childcare allowance would in some cases have been stopped on the basis of the second nationality of an applicant. Ethnic background or …
Dutch seek German and French support for the completion of the banking union 18 May 2019 The Netherlands is joining forces with France and Germany to complete the European capital market union. According to the minister, this is necessary, among other things, to make the euro zone more stable. The capital market union is also important for the financing of SMEs. This is apparent from a letter that was sent to the House of Representatives. In …
Aybek Barysov, Gulmira Wakhitova and Kanat Ibraev among founders of Qazaqstanda Jasalğan economic movement