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20 July, 2010

Court thwarts Dutch immigration policy
The European Court of Justice has upended the minimum income requirement for foreign marriage partners. More aspects of Dutch immigration policy could be at odds with European law.→
12 July, 2010

Océ NV to Represent The Netherlands in Europe’s Most Competitive Business Awards Competition
The European Business Awards has announced that Océ NV is to represent The Netherlands in the prestigious 2010 Awards program. Océ beat off stiff competition to be selected as one of fifteen Country Representatives and will now compete for a coveted Ruban d’Honneur in the next round of the competition. Final category Award winners will be unveiled in Paris on November 16th.→
04 July, 2010

Tour De France 2010 Starts In Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Tour de France is the most prestigious bicycle race on the planet. In this year, it has just opened in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.→
06 July, 2010

ING Groep Selling Canadian Commercial Real Estate Portfolio, Globe Says
ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, is selling a portfolio of warehouses and industrial properties in Canada to bolster its balance sheet, the Globe and Mail reported.→
07 July, 2010

Monsanto Loses EU Patent Case
BRUSSELS—The European Court of Justice Tuesday ruled that European Union patent law can't be used to bar imports of products made from biotech ingredients that are patented in the EU but not in the exporting country.→
06 July, 2010

Dutch Court Orders Van der Moolen Investigation
A Dutch commercial court on Monday ordered an investigation into the collapse of the brokerage Van der Moolen, which went bankrupt last September after 117 years as a key player on global stock exchanges, Reuters reported.→
17 June, 2010

Dutch court delays girl's round-the-world sail bid
MIDDELBURG, Netherlands — Dutch judges on Thursday extended a ban delaying a 14-year-old schoolgirl's bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world→
06 July, 2010

Dutch government announces preferred CO2 storage locations in the north of the Netherlands
At the proposal of the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament, the possibilities have been investigated for realising a large-scale CO2 carbon, capture and storage (CCS) project in the North of the Netherlands at an accelerated rate. Alongside energy conservation and energy generated from sustainable sources, CCS is a necessary part of an effective climate policy in the transition to an energy supply which is fully sustainable.→
06 July, 2010

Online Poker is a Game of Skill, Says Dutch Court
A Dutch court ruled late last week that poker is a game of skill, not of chance. This is an age-old question that countries around the world have struggled to answer. The problem has to do with how a country’s gambling laws sort different kinds of games. Typically, games of skill have a different legal status than games of chance, so depending on how poker is classified, it might be legal or it might be illegal.→
06 July, 2010

Dutch agency affirms IPCC findings
A Dutch inquiry into the seminal 2007 report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found "no errors that would undermine the main conclusions" about predictions of the negative effects of climate change.→
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