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Commerce ministry reviews FY 2024-25 trade performance
The Nation
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August 2, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Federal Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan Friday chaired a high-level meeting of the Trade Review Committee to assess Pakistan’s trade performance during the Financial Year 2024–25. The meeting brought together senior officials of the...
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...
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 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...
Ukraine to boost domestic arms production to counter Russian forces, says Zelensky
Saudi Gazette
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July 18, 2025
KYIV — Ukraine's new government has approved plans to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country’s weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. "We are...
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...
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,...
Researchers warn: the Netherlands needs more ASML-style innovators to stay competitive
NL Times
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July 18, 2025
The Netherlands needs more companies like ASML to drive innovation. For years, spending on research and development (R&D) has lagged behind the European target. ASML is investing a lot of money in innovation, but the chip machine manufacturing...
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...
Dutch economy to show moderate growth but deficit will rise
DutchNews
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July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 Photo: Depositphotos.comThe impact of geopolitical uncertainty has had a limited impact on the Dutch economy so far and growth is likely to be moderate this year and in 2026, the government’s macro-economic forecasting agency said on...
Apple sets record iPhone production in India in H1 2025, exports surge 53%
Zee Business
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July 17, 2025
Apple has set a new benchmark in smartphone manufacturing in India. The company achieved the fastest ever growth in iPhone production as well as exports during the first half of 2025, the government said on Thursday. “Apple harvests record iPhone...
Manufacturing output up by 0.8 percent in May
Statistics Netherlands
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July 10, 2025
Download CSVShow datatable Output manufacturing (calendar adjusted, volume) year maand change (year-on-year % change) 2021 June 13.4 2021 July 9.2 2021 August 5.6 2021 September 7.5 2021 October 7.9 2021 November 9.5 2021 December 12.7 2022...
Ukraine to boost domestic arms production to counter Russian forces, says Zelenskyy
Euronews
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July 17, 2025
Published on 17/07/2025 - 19:06 GMT+2 Ukraine's new government has approved plans to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country’s weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Climate Litigation and Green Energy: How Courts Are Shaping India’s Renewable Future
Energetica India
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July 18, 2025
The climate crisis is undeniably one of the most pressing challenges of the present times and demands immediate action. As the government worldwide struggle to formulate effective climate policies, courts are increasingly stepping in to address...
'I walked a popular South London bus route and was blown away by its history'
MyLondon
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August 2, 2025
Following the number 44 bus route from Wandsworth to Tooting, I expected little more than a few average streets, buildings and ofcourse a bunch of number 44 bus stops. What happened next, blew me out of the water. Walking down Garratt Lane, I...
Netherlands pledges €300m for Ukraine's recovery and economic strengthening
European Pravda
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On Thursday 10 July, the Netherlands announced its allocation of €300 million towards the restoration and economic strengthening of Ukraine in 2025 and 2026. Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp stated at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome...
Dutch firm moves to privatise Grand Venture Technology at S$0.94 per share
The Business Times Singapore
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July 10, 2025
[SINGAPORE] A Netherlands-incorporated firm is looking to privatise precision engineering solutions company Grand Venture Technology at S$0.94 a share, both companies said on Thursday (Jul 10). The offeror is proposing to acquire all ordinary...
Netherlands pledges €300m for Ukraine's recovery and economic strengthening in 2025-2026
Ukrainska Pravda
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On Thursday 10 July, the Netherlands announced its allocation of €300 million towards the restoration and economic strengthening of Ukraine in 2025 and 2026. Source: European Pravda, citing Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp in a statement at...
Nippon Yusen to buy Dutch logistics company for $1.45bn
Nikkei Asia
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TOKYO -- The Nippon Yusen group announced Thursday that it will acquire Movianto International, a Dutch company focused on health-care-related logistics, for about 1.25 billion euros ($1.45 billion). The Japanese shipping company, also known as...
FOUNT's Kashyap on Good Fashion Fund 2 strategy, LPs, India focus, and more
VC Circle
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Jayanth Kashyap, investment lead at Good Fashion Fund Dutch impact investor FOUNT, which recently wrapped up deployment from its first Good Fashion Fund (GFF), is set to continue backing the textile and apparel sector through its second fund, with...