provinces of Netherlands

That's why there needs to be an investigation." They are responding to claims that three Dutch councillors attained Wizard status and were using public money to send civil servants on Avatar training courses. Han Bekkers, 69, a municipal secretary in the south-eastern province of Limburg, was one of those ...

NAM is still extracting gas from small fields, GasTerra may play a role in the purchase of foreign gas, and renewable gas or hydrogen is being used. And a nitrogen plant is being built, so that gas will be used for a long time in the Netherlands. So, says Luman, 'Groningen remains an energy province'.

Rob Fleming, Minister of Education will sign government-to-government agreements with different education sections in France and Netherlands. Minister of Education expected to spend around $40,000 on this trip. “I know how important French language learning is to parents and students in British ...

A city that has it all — numerous cultural initiatives, a rich history, floating monuments and even its own leaning tower — is recognized by the Royal Dutch Mint's first commemorative coin program of 2018. Located about 87 miles north of Amsterdam, Leeuwarden is the capital of the province of Friesland.

Tucked away in a gabled canal-side house in the tiny town of Franeker, in the Netherlands' north-west Friesland province, it is the world's oldest working planetarium, or orrery. The origins of Western astronomy date back to ancient Mesopotamia along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. But it took ...

The total cost for the province's presence — including, but not limited to, the travel costs, meals, accommodations and registrations — was under $10,000. Hawkins' claims came in at $2,771, while a representative from the provincial Immigration office came in at $3,665 (including a late flight change).

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) imposed a ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from the Netherlands because of an outbreak of bird flu ... The Netherlands was hit by H5N6, a highly pathogenic bird flu strain which also affected poultry farms in the provinces of Pampanga and Nueva Ecija ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from The Netherlands over an outbreak of bird flu in ... The Netherlands was hit by H5N6, a highly pathogenic bird flu strain that also affected poultry farms in the provinces of Pampanga and Nueva Ecija in ...

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2000 photo the Unilever European headquarters are seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods multinational whose vast stable of brands includes Dove, Knorr and Ben & Jerry's, says it is basing its headquarters in the Netherlands, ending its ...

Employees of Oasen, a drinking-water company, discovered the treasure on March 1, when they were laying down pipes in Hoef en Haag, a new town in the central province of Utrecht. As soon as they found the coins, the workers called Utrecht's archeological hotline, which sent archaeologists to inspect ...

During the tour, the earthquakes, which are a result of the drilling for gas in the province, will be addressed. Locals will be able to share their experiences with King Willem Alexander. The Dutch king has made private visits to Groningen multiple times to speak to those impacted by the earthquakes.

A Radio Communications Officer, W. Mayer of the Netherlands, at work at the airport in Elisabethville, in the Katanga province of what was then the Republic of the Congo (and is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Nearly 14,500 soldiers from 10 countries were part of the UN Operation in the ...

The Netherlands confirmed Tuesday that bird flu had been discovered at a duck farm in northeastern Overijssel province. “The bird flu virus was detected at a duck farm in Kamperveen village. There are 29,000 affected ducks. They will be culled to prevent the spread of the virus,” the Dutch Agriculture ...

... the shortage of primary school teachers in the country despite the fact that it would toughen in future and call on Amsterdam to spend more money on employment of teachers. The next strike under the campaign is expected to take place on April 13 in the provinces of Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen.

Fatma Şahin, the mayor of the southeastern province of Gaziantep, has cancelled a planned visit to Deventer in the Netherlands after consultations between Turkish and Dutch diplomats about the reservations of The Hague over the timing of the visit. Şahin, a former minister, was scheduled to speak at a ...

According to Keijzer, this spreading of tourists is not only necessary to ensure the quality of life for residents of big cities, Amsterdam in particular, but also so that more provinces can benefit economically from the crowds of tourists. Tourism creates around 641 thousand jobs in the Netherlands.

Crime in the Netherlands is declining steadily, though drug production in the southern provinces is still a problem, according to figures the National Police will publish on Thursday, the Volkskrant reports. The police compared figures for the years 2015 to 2017 from municipalities with more than 50 thousand ...

HONG KONG, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The food safety authority of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) decided on Thursday to suspend import of poultry products from northern Dutch province of Groningen. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the HKSAR government's Food and ...

It's too damn warm in Leeuwarden, the capital of the northwestern Dutch province of Friesland. The highs in the month of February this year have been in the mid-40s with the lows rarely dropping below freezing. The picturesque canals, rivers and lakes around the region are flowing. Most people living in ...

February 20 (Renewables Now) - The northwestern Dutch province of North Holland has helped restart the business of tidal turbines developer Tocardo International BV, which filed for insolvency at the start of the year. The company has received investments from the provincial fund Participatiefonds Duurzame Economie ...

Friesland, in the northwest of the Netherlands, is the most authentic, if unknown, of its provinces, full of meadows and forests; Leeuwarden, its capital, is like ... To get a feel for Leeuwarden's art credentials, the Fries Museum on Wilhelminaplein, centre of cultural life in the province, is the best place to start.

State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven of Infrastructure and Water Management plans to implement around 100 extra measures to ensure that air quality throughout the Netherlands meets European standards, ANP reports. The State Secretary drew up the plan of measures together with provinces and ...