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Holland Nieuws
Dutch constructor takes pride in Africa's largest football stadium
The Dutch engineering firm Interbeton has redesigned Africa's largest football stadium, Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg in preparation for the 2010 World Cup football tournament this summer. Interbeton is a subsidiary of Dutch Royal BAM Group and it was a key partner in a consortium that...
Drop in criminality in the Netherlands delivers unexpected revenue
Belgium has come to an agreement with the Netherlands to rent prison cells, at a prison in the Dutch city of Tilburg, as a solution to overcrowding in its own penitentiaries. The agreement will compensate for the shortage of cells across Belgium. Belgium's prisons currently hold 10,400 inmates -...
Amsterdam hosts Dow Live Earth Run for Water
Amsterdam is participating in the worldwide charitable event, the Dow Live Earth Run for Water, on 18 April, 2010. The Dow Live Earth Run for Water is a series of 6km run/walks (the average distance women and children walk every day to secure water) taking place over the course of 24 hours in 192...
Dutch water expertise showcased at Indian Aquatech
A delegation of Dutch companies that are active in the water sector recently promoted their expertise at the international water technology show Aquatech in India. The companies are members of the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and together they represent the entire water cycle. It consisted...
Europe's largest green façade on Rotterdam building
The Dutch city of Rotterdam will soon have the largest green building façade in Europe. A total of 5000 m2 of green façade will be installed along the side walls of an enormous parking garage called the Westblaak. Rotterdam encourages the installation of environmentally-friendly green coverings on...
BAM in the lead for £600 million UK schools programme
Dutch engineering firm BAM is leading a consortium with plans to rebuild and renovate a number of British schools. The BAM led consortium was selected by Somerset County Council in the U.K. to undertake its £600 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The programme will consist of...
Dutch game developer Triangle Studios opens US office
Triangle Studios, a Dutch company that develops computer games and applications, has opened a new office in Dallas, Texas in the United States. The new location is advantageous for the company's international ambitions. It is already one of the leading Nintendo DS developers in the Netherlands....
American company Virage Logic opens R&D centre at Brainport Eindhoven
American company Virage Logic is the latest international company to open a Dutch subsidiary in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, a region that is fast gaining an international reputation as the 'Silicon Valley of the Netherlands'. Virage Logic has opened an R&D Centre of Excellence at 'Brainport...
Dutch Space to deliver solar panels for Sentinel satellites
Dutch Space, a leading space company in the Netherlands, will deliver solar panels for the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites. These satellites are part of the international Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program of the European Union and ESA. Together the two contracts...
World Expo 2010 in Shanghai starts with Dutch culture
As an added feature to the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, the Netherlands is coordinating a cultural programme that aims to link the Dutch and Chinese arts 'worlds' by stimulating artistic dialogue between the two countries. The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has asked the...
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