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No service. Count on many canceled trains, trams and buses throughout the country. Regional transport is on strike for five days. Talking about a new collective labor agreement and reducing the workload has yielded very little so far.
Frustrate Putin’s war chest. The EU is once again tightening its reins towards Russia. After crude oil, diesel, kerosene and other oil products are also banned to hit the Putin government in the pocket. But how does that work out in practice? The earlier import ban on crude oil is not working very well.
Continue working after your retirement. More than a hundred thousand over-70s do it in the Netherlands. And in the case of 71-year-old stock filler Corry Kapteijn, every day with great pleasure. “I hope I can continue doing this work for a very long time.”
More accessible. That is what the Lely line promises for the north of the country. But will that much-discussed fast rail link actually be built? That depends on whether the richly filled subsidy pot from Brussels can be eaten from, and what residents along the route think of it. They can think along until the end of March.
Fighter legacy. The children and widow of the well-known interior designer Jan des Bouvrie, who died in 2020, can now talk about it. In the battle for his legacy, for example, a million-dollar villa was seized. The judge must offer a solution and will rule this afternoon.
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This piece was shared the most this weekend: It is no secret that Neelie Kroes has a warm heart for Uber taxi app. But how far she went in her sneaky lobby is now also on the street.
We think you should also read this: Coen and Sander were no longer allowed to present their daily radio show together, and they miss that quite a bit.
And this you may have missed this weekend: Since yesterday, diesel from Russia is no longer allowed to enter the EU. And we will notice that at the pump. “Longer trip, higher price.”
This might come along at the coffee machine:
Nice day!
ps As long as the VVD is in power, the Oranges will not pay any taxes, writes Jos Heymans.
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