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More Netherlands couples celebrating gold, diamond anniversaries

Nov 6 '19 13:30

The number of marriages that last 50 or 60 years in the Netherlands is increasing. More couples celebrated their gold and diamond anniversaries last year, thanks to the high number of marriages in the 60s and 70s combined with the increasing life expectancy, Statistics Netherlands reported on Wednesday.

The number of ruby or emerald (40 years), silver (25 years) and copper (12.5 years) wedding anniversaries, on the other hand, are decreasing. According to the stats office, this has to do with fewer marriages and more divorces after the 1970s.

National MH17 Monument in Vijfhuizen, near Schiphol airport

Netherlands commemorates 5th anniversary of MH17 disaster

Jul 17 '19 18:39

Father of MH17 victims condemn Trump for Russia "arse kissing"

Jul 18 '18 08:36

Crime Politics

An Australian father of three children who were killed in the MH17 disaster condemned Unites States president Donald Trump for refusing to hold Russia and president Vladimir Putin to account for the tragedy. On Facebook Anthony Maslin pointed out some "irrefutable facts" about the disaster to Trump on Tuesday - the 4th anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines plane being shot down.

Relatives commemorate 4th anniversary of MH17 disaster

Jul 17 '18 08:29

El Al plane crash memorialized at Amsterdam crash site 25 years later

Oct 5 '17 13:30

Politics

The 25th anniversary of an El Al cargo plane crashing into two apartment buildings in Bijlmermeer, was commemorated in Amsterdam-Zuidoost on Wednesday. The accident killed 39 local residents and the four crew members on the plane.

Amsterdam tram stop renamed for Homomonument's 30th birthday

Sep 5 '17 15:00

Politics

The city of Amsterdam renamed the Westerkerk tram stop to the Homo-Monument stop for Tuesday, the 30th birthday of the monument on Westermarkt. On September 5th, 1987 the Homo-Monument was unveiled. According to the municipality, it was the first gay monument in public space in the world, NU.nl reports.

On Tuesday evening the documentary Monument van Trots by Sebastiaan Kes will premiere at the monument. The accompanying exhibition and the film will tour through the Netherlands after Tuesday.

Some 400 paratroopers jump in WWII Battle of Arnhem anniversary

Sep 19 '16 13:30

Crime

Some 400 paratroopers were dropped on Ginkel Heide in Ede on Saturday afternoon to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the WWII Battle of Arnhem airborne operation called Market Garden

Video: Grolsch celebrates 400th birthday with a "pop"

May 11 '15 18:07

Beer brand Grolsch celebrated its 400th birthday with a video of people "popping" open their iconic flip-top bottlse of Grolsch beer. All the videos are played to the same theme, "Craftmanship is Mastery" ("Vakmanschap is meesterschap"), the tune the brewery used in its commercials for a number of years.

Heineken main brewery turns 40

Apr 29 '15 19:22

Business

Heineken's biggest brewery turned 40 years old this month. The brewery is responsible for production of Heineken and Amstel for domestic and international consumption. The current production capacity of the factory is 1.35 billion liters per year, according to a feature in AD.

Westerbork Celebrates 30 Years

Apr 12 '13 09:28

The memorial center Camp Westerbork will celebrate its 30th year on Friday. The memorial center at the former transit camp of the Nazis was opened on April 12, 1983 by Queen Beatrix. During the war, 107,000 Jews and Gypsies were deported from Westerbork, but 102,000 did not return.

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