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The number of children placed under guardianship has increased considerably in recent years. In 2007, 10.6 thousand children were placed under guardianship.

Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam stock exchange (AEX) paid 700 million euros less in dividends last year than in 2012. The main reason for this decrease was that KPN did not pay any dividend....

The contribution of commercial services to the Dutch economy remained stable over the past decade. In the 1980s and 1990s, services became increasingly important.

In 2007, 95 percent of dairy and pig farms in the Netherlands had provisions to store semi-liquid manure for six months or longer.

The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated somewhat in July. The producer confidence indicator stood at -5.2 versus -4.8 in June.

An average 503 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2005. After adjustment for seasonal effects the number came to 498 thousand, the same as in the period...

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.3 percent lower in July 2011 than in July 2010.

According to figures released today by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands rose by 30 thousand in March, to 643 thousand people.Figures published by UWV – the...

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.8 percent lower in August 2011 than in August 2010.

Around seven in ten Dutch people aged 16-75 years shopped online in 2011. This figure reflects the continuing increase in online shopping in the Netherlands, and places the Netherlands among the top...

Greenhouse gas emissions were 6 percent higher last year than in 2009 and have risen for the first time in seven years. Greenhouse gas emissions are only 1 percent below the level of 1990, the base...

According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment fell to 683 thousand in August, i.e. 8.6 percent of the labour force.

Figures show that seasonally adjusted unemployment rose by 5 thousand in September 2012, to 519 thousand.

Over the last few years, the amount of nitrate in the upper groundwater layer of agricultural sandy soils has declined to the extent that the target value of 50 mg per litre has been achieved.

Online purchases by Dutch consumers in foreign EU webshops, big data research

Dutch wind turbines collectively generated 7.6 billion kWh of electricity in 2015.

Providing annual figures on Combined Heat and Power (CHP) installations and other means of producing electricity.