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International election observation and assessment of elections
On 8 and 9 April 2011, an international Expert Meeting took place on the monitoring and assessment of elections. It was the first time election observers from the academic world, politics and...
Consumer confidence hardly changed in July
In June, Consumers are slightly less negative.
Leisure activities 1997-2011
Participation; sports, hobbies, culture, recreation, going out, use of the media and holidays by personal characteristics
Producer confidence continues to rise in August
In August, confidence among Dutch manufacturers is again less unfavourable.
Producer confidence remains invariably low
In July, Dutch manufacturers were just as low-spirited as in the preceding month. The producer confidence index stood at -14.8, as against -15,0 in June. The mood gradually improved after an all-time...
Recession pushes down sea shipping rates
Prices in Dutch sea shipping were 15.5 percent lower in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. Shipping companies have substantially reduced rates for container transport...
Sustained exports growth
In July, the volume of goods exports was up by nearly 13 percent on twelve months previously. This is the same increase as in June. For the first time the volume of exported goods was considerably...
Sustained exports growth
In July, the volume of goods exports was up by nearly 13 percent on twelve months previously. This is the same increase as in June. For the first time the volume of exported goods was considerably...
Schools have less money left
Educational institutions had less money left in 2008 than in 2007. Schools for secondary vocational education (mbo) recorded a negative result for the first time in ten years.
Participation in context: Contextual and individual determinants of political participation in Europe and the Netherlands
Dissertation on how differences in conventional and unconventional political participation in Europe, and more specifically in the Netherlands, can be explained by the interplay of individual and...
Tenfold increase parking fee revenues within two decades
Dutch municipalities expect to receive 533 million euro in parking fees, ten times as much as in 1989. Amsterdam estimates to receive more than 130 million euro over 2009, i.e. one quarter of total...
Obesity increases risk of chronic disorders
One in ten people in the Netherlands suffered from obesity in 2012. They are much more likely to develop diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, degenerative joint disease and cardiovascular disease...
Higher turnover and production in the manufacturing industry
In February 2006 the turnover of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 9 percent higher than in February 2005. This was mainly due to higher selling prices. Dutch industrial production increased...
More emigrants move to the United Kingdom
In the period 2011-2015, the number emigrants from the Netherlands to the UK has risen from 8.2 to 10.5 thousand.
Purchasing power declined on St Eustatius in 2014
On average, the purchasing power on St Eustatius fell by 0.8 percent in 2014.
Sports trips less popular
In the Netherlands, people prefer active participation in sports rather than watching sports events or assisting in sports activities. Active participation is nearly seven times as popular as...
Upward trend emigration discontinued
In 2007, just over 123 thousand emigrants left the Netherlands, 9 thousand fewer than in 2006. For the first time since 2000, the upward trend was abandoned.
Number of homicides halved over two decades
In 2019, there were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands: 81 men and 44 women.
Special purpose bank savings as a popular alternative
Dutch households had nearly 11 billion euro deposited in special purpose bank savings products on 31 December 2011. This is nearly 5 billion euro (over 80 percent) more than the year before and...
Household spending 13.5 percent down in January
Consumers spent 13.5 percent less in January 2021 than in the same month last year.
Divorcing men increasingly older
In 2011 the average age of divorcing men in the Netherlands was nearly 46 years at the time of divorce. In 1991 this was still only 40 years.
Consumers slightly less negative in June
In June, Consumers are slightly less negative.
More asylum seekers in 2018
The number of asylum requests increased again in 2018, with a notable rise in the number of Turkish citizens filing asylum applications.