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Dutch Court Sentences Russian to 3 Years for Sharing Microchip Technology
The Moscow Times
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July 11, 2025
A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a Russian national to three years in prison for violating EU sanctions by transferring sensitive semiconductor technology to Russian intelligence. German Aksenov, 43, had worked as an engineer in the Dutch...
Dutch launch €50 million fund to attract top researchers
DutchNews
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July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025 The university's main entrance. Photo: Galaufs via Wikimedia CommonsThe Dutch government will open a new €50 million fund this summer to bring leading international researchers to Dutch universities and research institutes. In March...
Netherlands buys eight V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems from Shield AI
Naval Today
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July 11, 2025
Deep-tech company Shield AI has revealed that the Netherlands Ministry of Defence has procured eight V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems. Credit: Shield AI As disclosed, the aim is to enhance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...
Dutch Days festival returns July 23
The Lewistown Sentinel - Pennsylvania
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Photo courtesy of RICHFIELD DUTCH DAYS Two boys enjoy one of the many rides Richfield Dutch Days offered during last year’s festivities.RICHFIELD — For 57 years Dutch Days has been a staple in the community, with yet another year of festival fun...
Dutch gov't planning four new neighborhoods with at least 3,500 homes each
NL Times
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July 11, 2025
The Dutch government is planning four new, large-scale residential neighborhoods in the areas around Alkmaar, Hengelo/Enschede, Apeldoorn, and Helmond in the coming years. Each location will have at least 3,500 homes, and the national government...
Dutch inflation holds at 3.1% in June, driven by...
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Consumer prices in the Netherlands were 3.1 per cent higher in June 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to flash estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). On a month-over-month (MoM) basis, prices remained largely unchanged from...
Dutch state gas firm NAM paid €3 Billion to Shell, ExxonMobil amid Groningen shutdown
NL Times
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July 11, 2025
The Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) has paid out a total of 3 billion euros to its owners Shell and the American company ExxonMobil, according to the 2024 annual report. This is the first payout to the two shareholders since 2017. Each...
A Dutchman’s Guide to the Netherlands: Local Wisdom from a Nile Encounter
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
The Netherlands through Dutch eyes—where local insight beats any guidebook and leads to hidden gems like Naarden's star-shaped fortress. Photo by Malcolm Lightbody, Unsplash While sailing down the Nile with my mom, a trip full of temples,...
"Corn in pouches a logical choice for foodservice and industrial processors"
Fresh Plaza
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July 11, 2025
Besides sous-vide cooked beets, Hans van Maurik also markets a wide range of sous-vide cooked corn under The Farm Route brand in the Dutch, Belgian, and German markets. "With the sous-vide method, we cook our vegetables in their own juices, which...
"Moroccan avocado production has grown impressively over the past 15 years"
Fresh Plaza
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July 11, 2025
Abdelkader Benchagra, Maroc Avocado: Moroccan avocado cultivation has experienced impressive growth over the past 15 years, according to Abdelkader Benchagra of Maroc Avocado, which has branches in Morocco and the Netherlands. "In 2011/2012, we...
Netherlands Provides Support to Damen Naval as German Frigates are Delayed
The Maritime Executive
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Reports in the Dutch media and by Bloomberg indicate that the Netherlands government has decided to provide support to help Damen Naval as it works to address challenges in its building program for a new generation of German frigates. The...
Australian utility aquires CSP-storage project from Photon Energy
pv-magazine
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July 11, 2025
Chasing its ambition of adding 12 GW of renewables and firming capacity by 2035, the Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) Energy has acquired the Yadnarie solar and long-duration energy storage project from Netherlands-headquartered clean energy...
The Dutch MDMA multinational falls into Amposta
Ara
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July 11, 2025
BarcelonaBags and bags of crystal meth were guarded by a dozen police officers, rifles in hand. The National Police force was heavily deployed, and around twenty officers from the Verneda police station in Barcelona watched curiously from a...
Dutch government debt set to hit 126% of GDP by 2060 without policy change, CPB warns
NL Times
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July 10, 2025
The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) has published new projections showing that government debt could surge to 126 percent of gross domestic product by 2060 if current policies remain unchanged. The agency said the sharp...
Africa Focuses on Local Production for Pharma Growth
News Central TV
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July 11, 2025
Africa is building a new vaccine future through strategic investments, skilled workforce development, and local manufacturing. From Kenya to Rwanda, deals for new facilities and skills development promise to reduce reliance on foreign pharma...
Dutch court convicts man for sharing sensitive knowledge from tech giant ASML with person in Russia
Euronews
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By Euronews with AP Published on 10/07/2025 - 17:52 GMT+2 A 43-year-old Russian was convicted in the Netherlands of breaching international sanctions by sharing sensitive information from Dutch semiconductor chip machine maker ASML and...
Netherlands court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
THE HAGUE - A Dutch court on July 10 sentenced a Russian former employee of tech giant ASML to three years behind bars for passing sensitive microchip technology to Moscow in breach of Western sanctions. In a high-security courtroom in Rotterdam,...
Netherlands to provide additional €30m for Ukraine's recovery
Ukrainska Pravda
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Yuliia Svyrydenko and Caspar Veldkamp. Photo: Ministry of Economy of Ukraine Ukraine and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum on the allocation of an additional €30 million under the Ukraine Partnership Facility (UPF). Source: Ministry of...
Dutch court sentences Russian spy to three years in prison
Ukrainska Pravda
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A court in Rotterdam has sentenced a 43-year-old Russian national known as German A. to three years in prison on charges of industrial espionage. Source: NOS, a Dutch public broadcaster, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Rotterdam court...
Dutch court jails ‘chip spy’ Russian for three years
The Sun Daily
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July 10, 2025
THE HAGUE: A Dutch court Thursday sentenced a Russian former employee of tech giant ASML to three years behind bars for passing sensitive microchip technology to Moscow in breach of Western sanctions. In a high-security courtroom in Rotterdam, the...