A hotel in The Netherlands that offers quick and cheap divorce is proving popular among couples who are desperate to end their marriage.

The 'Divorce Hotel' helps husbands and wives to arrange all...

The European Commission and its civil servants gained unprecedented powers with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty on February 7 1992. Two decades later, the economy's primacy over politics...

Economic affairs minister Maxime Verhagen is hunting for potential buyers to take over the Nedcar car-making plant in Limburg, following the news Mitsubishi is to stop production next year. A...

There is no evidence that degrees have been wrongly awarded to students at Amsterdam's hbo college, education ministry inspectors said on Monday. In December, the Telegraaf said degrees awarded...

The net value of Dutch exports accounts for 29% of annual gross domestic product, while their total value adds up to 69% of GDP, according to new calculations from the national statistics office CBS....

Sports events across Europe are falling victim to the continent's deep freeze but the Dutch are ecstatic, hoping that the revered "Eleven Cities" speedskating race can be staged later...

International Film Festival Rotterdam and elevate it to the upper tiers of the festival circuit. These are the multiple sidebars, which span low and high culture, old and new films and beyond; they...

AMSTERDAM - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. says it will stop building cars at its Netherlands factory -- the company's only plant in Western Europe -- at the end of 2012.The decision, announced Monday,...

ALBLASSERDAM, The Netherlands, February 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest superyacht to make the World's Top 100 list was launched on January 29th by Oceanco in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- While sports events across Europe fall victim to the deep freeze, Dutch speedskaters are welcoming the drop in temperatures - for the first time in 15 years the almost...

The Dutch central bank is opposed to the introduction of a tax on financial transactions, as proposed by the European Commission last year. The plan is also backed by French prime minister Nicolas...

Significant opportunities exist to enhance bilateral trade and investment links between Bahrain and the Netherlands, particularly in the booming industrial sector, according to acting Dutch consul in...

Almost half of women who said they'd been struggling to get pregnant for at least a year ended up having a baby despite not getting fertility treatment, in a new study from...

cars at its Netherlands factory — the company's only plant in Western Europe — at the end of 2012. The decision, announced Monday, will likely lead to layoffs for the 1,500 workers...

The sun reflects off the ice silhouetting a lone man, moored boats and a bridge over Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Temperatures dropped to -7 degrees Celsius...

Mitsubishi's announcement that it will stop making cars in Europe by the end of 2012, "is a disaster" for the southern Netherlands where the country's largest plant is based, a...

Deputy Finance Minister Frans Weekers wants internet to become the new norm with letters being phased out to eventually become a thing of the past.The finance ministry said on Monday that an...

Skating fever dominates today’s Dutch dailies, other stories include chaos on Dutch rail, deadlock over Syria and the rapid demise of the Dutch football...

The Dutch are sharpening their skates in the hope that a legendary long-distance race on frozen canals may be held for the first time in 15 years, but organisers said Monday the ice was still too...

Firm measures are necessary to bring scheme funding levels of Dutch pension funds up to the minimum required funding ratio of 105 per cent within five years, warns De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) in...

EUR 26bn worth of securities were sold by Dutch pension funds in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to figures published by De Nederlandsche Bank. The funds carried out equities sales...

UK pension funds are set to enjoy a €100million rebate from the Dutch tax authorities following a tax ruling, says the UK branch of KPMG. The professional services provider’s test...

The net worth of supervised Dutch investment funds fell by €6.4bn (eight per cent) in the third quarter of 2008 (Q3 2008), with De Nederlandsche Bank attributing losses to investment...

Between April 2007 and March 2008, Dutch pension funds are reported as having received €4.9bn in dividends on quoted shares, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. Pension fund holdings of...

Sixty-one per cent of Dutch pension funds are currently employing a Liability Driven Investment (LDI) strategy, an increase of 18 per cent on last year’s figures. Fiduciary manager SEI...

Dutch mutual funds expanded their share in Dutch household investments from 54 per cent to 55 per cent in the first quarter 2008, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. The Bank said the increase...

The value of the Dutch pension funds’ technical provisions stood at approximately €493bn at year-end 2007, a drop in liabilities of €14bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank. ...

The two Dutch pension funds for the metal industry, the €33bn Pensioenfonds Metaalelektro (PMT) and the €21.5bn Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek (PME), have launched a joint social...

Holland must do more to promote itself as a centre for international asset pooling, says a new report from the Netherlands, while also preserving the strength of the Dutch pensions...

Financial stability in the Netherlands is less favourable than it was six months ago, according to the DNB’s most recent assessment of the region. The Overview of Financial Stability...

ABP and PGGM have re-inforced their commitment to sustainable investment with a joint mandate to invest in innovative, clean technology. The two largest pension funds in the Netherlands have...

Dutch pension funds have been shamed into smartening up their investment decisions after a current affairs TV programme in the Netherlands revealed that two of the largest funds were investing in...

Average returns for Dutch Pension funds in 2006 halved - from 14.8% in 2005 to 7.4% in 2006 – according to new performance figures by WM Performance Services (WM). Taking into account the...

The Eleven Cities Tour is a natural ice-skating marathon in the northern province of Friesland that goes through 11 cities and covers 200 kilometres.The news was announced at a press conference of...

Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors will end production at its European plants before 2013, including the NedCar plant in the Dutch town of...

A Surrey man is looking for answers after being told that his sister was murdered in Holland while she prepared to start a new life in B.C.Thirty-nine-year-old Kama-ljit Kaur and her three children,...

In the Netherlands a weekend break can become a weekend break-up for couples hoping for a swift and cheap divorce.It is a concept called the 'Divorce Hotel' and helps husbands and wives to...

Former Netherlands coach Vera Pauw is loving her role as Russia's technical director, telling UEFA.com: "I hope they learn a lot from me, but I am definitely learning a lot from...

+0.42% was downgraded to neutral from overweight on Monday at Credit Suisse. Analysts cited disappointment that the "long-awaited" inflection point in 2012 free cashflow hasn't...