VNO-NCW

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Grocery store worker
Business
Dutch supermarket groups leave employers’ group VNO-NCW over higher fees
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Artificial Intelligence
BusinessTechInnovation
More Dutch businesses trying to combat staff shortages with AI over wage hikes
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A labor action by trade union CNV
Business
Cabinet drops benefit cuts, but unions say offer insufficient and keep strike plans
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Power lines at sunset
Business
Business leaders call on Cabinet to fix power grid congestion
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Cargo truck on the road
PoliticsBusiness
High diesel prices push Dutch transport firms into financial strain
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The Belastingdienst logo on a window
PoliticsBusiness
New coalition to overhaul Box 3 wealth tax, scrap annual levy on unrealized gains
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KLM ground staff
Business
Employers want to limit wage costs; Many Dutch can forget increases next year
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Scientists at work
PoliticsBusiness
Scientific coalition urges new Cabinet to boost education and research funding
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Business man
Business
Nearly 75% of Dutch entrepreneurs face rising economic uncertainty
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Meeting between Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EC, and Donald Trump, President of the United States, to discuss transatlantic trade relations. 27 July 2025
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch government relieved by EU-US trade deal; 15% tariffs on European goods
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Scientists at work
PoliticsBusiness
Government targets major investment in research and development to boost innovation
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Construction workers in Rotterdam
Business
Two-thirds of Dutch businesses struggling with staff shortages, especially construction
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Urine drug test strips
Politics
Dutch gov't drops plans to allow employers to test employees for drugs, alcohol at work
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American President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on the Administration’s tariff plans at a “Make America Wealthy Again” event, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the White House Rose Garden.
PoliticsBusiness
Trump announces 20% tariff hike for EU; Dutch businesses, MP's concerned
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Closeup view of various medicine in blister packs
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch pharmaceutical companies express concern about Trump's plans for import tariffs
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Caregiver with a woman at a nursing home
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyle
Sharp drop in MBO enrollment sparks concerns
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A police station in Roermond closed in protest for a decent early retirement scheme for police officers, 11 June 2024
Business
CNV halts labor actions for early retirement; FNV polling members
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Euros
Business
Employers: Four-day work week is "unrealistic", union pay demands are "incredibly high"
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European union flag in front of building
PoliticsBusiness
VNO-NCW president concerned about Cabinets attitude towards EU
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Staff wanted sign in a window
Business
Increased work pressure the biggest consequence of staff shortage, employers say
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Asylum seekers crowd at the Uzhhorod-Vysne Nemecke checkpoint on the Ukraine-Slovakia border, 27 February 2022
Politics
Tighter border controls harm trade and cannot stem asylum seeker influx, experts say
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Young woman working on a phone and laptop at a restaurant
PoliticsBusiness
Fewer knowledge migrants due to cuts to 30 percent ruling
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Plenary room of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. 15 October 2019
PoliticsBusiness
Businesses pleased the Netherlands voted for a pro-European majority in EU election
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Metro Amsterdam Noord/Zuidlijn
PoliticsBusiness
Social organizations urge new coalition to push through with Noord-Zuid metro line