Did I post last week of the upcoming Queensday and the visit of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to the town of Apeldoorn. Now we can report that this Dutch national holiday was violently disturbed by an attack on...
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Next thursday April 30th it is Queensday in the Netherlands. On this day the Dutch celebrate their Royal House. Originally it was celebrated on the birthday of the ruling king or queen. However, since 1980 Queen...
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The Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Israel could not be condemned as long as Hamas was firing rockets. He calls for a truce between the parties but added that such a truces can only be obtained after...
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Early NowPublic posted an article about the Dutch Game Award and now a bit late we come with the results: The Winners are: Best PC/Console GameOverlord - Triumph Studios Best Mobile/ Handheld GameStratego...
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Yesterday, Microsoft placed an interesting article on it's own MSN Mobile portal. The article was incredibly positive about the latest Opera Mini release for mobile phones. As Microsoft states: " The new...
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Google has added a new service to it's Gmail Chat feature, since this morning it is possible to have video and voice chats with other Gmail contacts. This new feature is a direct threath to eBay's Skype service...
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The Dutch secretary of Foreign Affairs mr. Maxime Verhagen has opened the first joined diplomatic course for eleven Israeli and ten Palestinian youngsters. It is the first time for both people to follow such a...
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As the deal between Yahoo! and Google seems to go down along with the credit crisis,Yahoo! is in desperate search for a few friends with deep pockets to buy them out of their misery. Only after their scofting of...
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The Netherlands is marking it's first steps in the next level of the gaming industry with the nations first ever Game Award tomorrow. After a decade of hard work the Netherlands have risen as a serious player in...
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According to a Dutch city council member, Jan Paternotte, the election of Obama may split the United States. Mr. Paternotte was an observer during the elections in the swingstate Ohio. He has offered a report with his observations to the government of Ohio. "In de grote...
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Currently the Dutch city of Amersfoort has officially one hospital with a regional functionality for the surrounding villages and town: the Meander Medisch Centrum (Meander Medical Centre). Due...
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The breakaway group from the ANC has founded a new party called the South African Democratic Congress (SADC) after months of battling between the pro-Zuma majority of the ANC and the minority oppposition under...
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The exhibition of "oh oh Den Haag" (oh oh the Hague) in the Hague Historical Museum is a very fascinating exhibition of Dutch classical arts. It shows city views from the 16th till the 19th century. From the...
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Thursday 30th of October was the annual members meeting of the Netherlands Red Cross department of Apeldoorn. It was a heated evening in which the board of the local Red Cross branch stepped down due to the plans of the national branch of the Netherlands Red Cross called...
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The Ubuntu Community has released it's latest 6 months cycle version of the increasingly populair Linux distribution: 8.10 code named the Intrepid Ibex! This new release contains some state of the art technology...
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