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2007 |
| Jul.22 |
China could buy stake in Barclays Barclays is close to raising around £10bn from the Chinese and Singaporean governments to help finance its takeover of ABN
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2015 |
| Jan.6 |
Shell agrees Nigeria oil spill deal
Map of Bodo Nigeria Nigeria Delta: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills | |
2013 |
| Feb.11 |
Facebook sued over 'like' button Facebook is facing legal action over its use of the 'like' button and other features of the social network
2012 |
| Jun.21 |
Apple faces patent and 4G payouts Apple has been ordered to pay damages to rival Samsung Electronics by a court in the Netherlands
2010 |
| Jul.23 |
Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste'
Map of Amsterdam Netherlands A Dutch court has found multinational Trafigura guilty of illegally exporting toxic waste from Amsterdam and concealing the nature of the cargo
2009 |
| Sep.18 |
Settlement eyed in toxic waste
Ivory Coast: Dutch firm Trafigura is considering a settlement to legal claims that it is responsible for the deaths of 15 people and thousands of illness...
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2010 |
| Apr.19 |
Europe airport start to reopen for flights
Map of Amsterdam Netherlands The first flights in northern Europe have taken off after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland | |
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1871 |
| Mar. 20, 1602 |
Dutch East India Company established
Map of Amsterdam Netherlands A chartered company when the States General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia | |
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2018 |
| Jan.18 |
Deadly storm causes Dutch and German transport chaos 
Eight people including two firefighters have been killed in storm-related accidents as hurricane-strength winds tear across northern Europe | |
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2002 |
| Feb.6 |
Duisenberg to quit ECB Wim Duisenberg is the Dutch president of the European Central Bank
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2010 |
| Jan.26 |
$74 million deal saves Saab General Motor's Swedish brand has been saved from certain death thanks to a last-minute deal with Dutch exotic car builder Spyker
2009 |
| Dec.20 |
New offer made for Saab Spyker, a maker of exotic cars, said that it had made a new offer to General Motors for the Swedish car brand
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2001 |
| Jun.11 |
Floating abortion clinic Pro-abortionists from Women on Waves has set sail for Ireland, where it will help women to end pregnancies
| Mar.21 |
Foot-and-mouth reaches Netherlands Llivestock disease has been confirmed on a farm
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2001 |
| Oct.1 |
Sex workers' first union Workers in the sex industry are forming the world's first trade union for prostitutes
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2013 |
| Jan.24 |
Ukraine and Shell sign gas deal Kiev: Ukraine has signed a major shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell - a move seen as an attempt by Kiev to reduce its dependency on Russian gas imports
2006 |
| Dec.11 |
Gazprom 'wins $22B Shell gas plan' Moscow: Royal Dutch Shell has offered to cede control of the Sakhalin-2 project, after months of government pressure
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2001 |
| Jul.17 |
Philips slashes 4,000 more jobs Europe's largest electronics group reported $656 million quarterly losses
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2005 |
| Dec.6 |
End of family dynasty at Philips Frits Philips, the former head of Dutch electronics giant, has died at the age of 100
| Jul.31 |
Ex-ECB chief Wim Duisenberg dies France: 70-year old the former head of the European Central Bank has been found dead at a house in south-east France
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2012 |
| Oct.10 |
Shell faces Nigeria spill case Oil giant Shell is due to appear in court in the Netherlands to face charges of polluting Nigerian villages
2009 |
| Jun.8 |
Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle claims Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist | |