http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/netherlands/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 04:57:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3020907/posts The European Union is to ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables in a move described by one of Britain’s top cooks as authoritarian and damaging to artisan food makers. The small glass jugs filled with green- or gold-colored extra virgin olive oil are familiar and traditional for restaurant goers across Europe, but they will be banned from 1 January 2014 after a decision taken in an obscure Brussels committee earlier this week. From next year, olive oil “presented at a restaurant table” must be in prepackaged factory bottles with a tamper-proof dispensing nozzle and labeling in... Daily Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3020907/posts#comment Sat, 18 May 2013 04:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018188/posts Even as President Obama is following in Eurosocialist footsteps, the 14-year utopian experiment on a single currency is collapsing. The architect of the euro just ran up the white flag on the biggest policy mistakes in history. Former German Finance Minister Oskar Lafontaine called his own brainchild a "catastrophe". "The economic situation is worsening from month to month," he wrote on his Left party blog. "unemployment has reached a level that puts democratic structures ever more in doubt." "Catastrophe" is the right word. Today Greece is suffering more than 50% unemployment. That's worse than the Great Depression in the US.... AmericanThinker.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018188/posts#comment Sat, 11 May 2013 14:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016034/posts --snip- To understand how big of a deal this is, you need to understand that Apple, the world’s most profitable technology company, works through a large and complicated array of offshore companies to hold its taxable profits overseas. By creating subsidiaries in tax havens like Ireland, Luxembourg, the British Virgin Islands and the Netherlands, the company saves billions in taxes. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016034/posts#comment Sun, 5 May 2013 19:37:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016014/posts Amid growing calls from Tory MPs for David Cameron to respond to the Ukip threat by bringing forward legislation on an EU referendum, Farage warned that his party would not go away even if No 10 "starts singing the same song". William Hague, who famously suffered a major defeat in the 2001 election after tacking to the right, called for a cautious response to Ukip as he warned of the dangers of "quick fixes". Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, said many Ukip voters were "frustrated Conservatives". As the Tories work out their response to Ukip, which won nearly a quarter... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3016014/posts#comment Sun, 5 May 2013 18:06:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3014495/posts My love is enduring and so it must be with you "My children" for I AM a just and loving God visiting these Virtues upon those that choose love in an enduring manner, for to see My River of Life "TRULY" flow through you there can be NO Guile or sorrow, no hopeless desires for My hope in you "IS" Christ Jesus and his desire is My will and My will alone and so as you enter into my will all guile and tribulation begins to subside and a new and fresh awakening begins. So take on my will for... the Joshau Chronicles, bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3014495/posts#comment Wed, 1 May 2013 15:35:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014094/posts Willem-Alexander has been sworn in as king of the Netherlands following the abdication of Queen Beatrix. He became the country's first king since 1890 when his 75-year-old mother signed the abdication deed earlier on Tuesday after 33 years on the throne. Huge crowds of orange-clad partygoers are in Amsterdam to pay tribute. Now known as Princess Beatrix, the former queen maintained a recent Dutch tradition of monarch's handing over power to a new generation. Wearing the royal mantle, the new king swore to uphold the constitution at a colourful enthronement ceremony in the Nieuwe Kerk, a decommissioned church, before a... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014094/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:19:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2590671/posts My Spirit IS The Fruit ! Let Me Flow ~ ~ ~ Do you see my children I have come to bring you my love ; In Correction , Guidance , Promises , Blessings and more but in all these things I bring , as I look down upon some I see a talent hidden or buried not bearing fruit ?! So let My spirit as your eternal gift move and flow Freely for it is The Fruit I Bear through you my children ~ ~ ~ So Do My will and do not fear the enemy for I AM... The Joshua Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2590671/posts#comment Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3011495/posts My children die through a lack of knowledge and this is from a position and choice of abidance or avoidance for there can only be one cup you drink. Protruding your head(vanity) into the heavenlies to take instead of what is given through abiding in my presence as my friend bears no fruit , BUT to those that rest in me as Benjamin the gates and storehouses of my kingdom are freely given and received as Jacob at Peniel for I have opened heaven for those that receive my friendship in loyal trust yet those that waiver are as a... the Joshau Chronicles/ Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3011495/posts#comment Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:33:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013028/posts The Netherlands , where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism:The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants create a parallel society within the Netherlands ..A new integration bill, which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16, reads:“The government shares the social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the values of the Dutch people.In the new integration system, the values of the Dutch society play a central role.”With this change, the government steps away from... Conservative Papers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3013028/posts#comment Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3009088/posts A nonprofit organization that aims to land four astronauts on Mars in 2023 will kick off its two-year, televised search for Red Planet explorers by this summer. The Netherlands-based Mars One will begin accepting application videos sometime between now and July, charging a fee to weed out folks who aren't serious about their candidacy. The group hopes to raise millions of dollars this way, with the proceeds paying for the ongoing selection process and technology studies. "We expect a million applications with 1-minute videos, and hopefully some of those videos will go viral,” Mars One co-founder and chief executive officer... SPACE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3009088/posts#comment Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3004941/posts Jesus only did the Father's will ! Do not be disarmed by others any more or care for their concerns but be filled with MY will for you, for in this alone shall you be able to do all things. You see it is in this place where truly the flesh dies yet I remain and this IS complete surrender as true as the sky is blue for in my atmosphere all else pales to compare for My Glory even rests here ! I establish all things so where I AM you "MUST BE" and begin to inhabit for "I... The Joshua Chronicles , Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3004941/posts#comment Sat, 6 Apr 2013 23:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005388/posts Most attention lately has been on Cyprus, Spain, and Italy. Long-time troubles have been brewing in Portugal and I have an update coming up shortly. First consider Underwater: The Netherlands Falls Prey to Economic Crisis.The Netherlands, Berlin's most important ally in pushing for greater budgetary discipline in Europe, has fallen into an economic crisis itself. The once exemplary economy is suffering from huge debts and a burst real estate bubble, which has stalled growth and endangered jobs. "Underwater" is a good description of the crisis in a country where large parts of the territory are below sea level. Ironically, the... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005388/posts#comment Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:10:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3001164/posts Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called homosexuality a “sexual preference” and said it conflicted with the “culture of Islam,” according to a report last week in the Turkish daily Hürriyet. The remarks rapidly became the subject of criticism on Monday in a widely read European gay media outlet. Speaking in the Netherlands on Thursday, Erdogan fiercely objected to a Dutch lesbian couple adopting a nine-year-old Turkish boy named Yunus. … Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3001164/posts#comment Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:32:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995576/posts Political revolt against the euro construct has spread to Germany. A new party led by economists, jurists, and Christian Democrat rebels will kick off this week, calling for the break-up of monetary union before it can do any more damage. "An end to this euro," is the first line on the webpage of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). "The introduction of the euro has proved to be a fatal mistake, that threatens the welfare of us all. The old parties are used up. They stubbornly refuse to admit their mistakes." They propose German withdrawl from EMU and return to the D-Mark,... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995576/posts#comment Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:27:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995114/posts Controversy has erupted over next Tuesday's European Parliament resolution "on eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU", meant to mark international women's day, after libertarian Swedish MEPs from the Pirate Party spotted the call for a ban in the small print. While not legally binding, the vote could be the first step towards European legislation as the EU's assembly increasingly flexes its political muscle within Europe's institutions. The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995114/posts#comment Sat, 9 Mar 2013 13:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985217/posts The Gripen Proposition for the Dutch Air Force (Source: Saab’s Gripen blog; posted Feb. 3, 2013) 2013 will be an exciting year for the Dutch Air Force and for Dutch politics. The reason: there is a decision to be taken on the new fighter to replace the outdated F-16s, says a report in Een Vandaag. In a report that looks at the various options that are on offer, Kimo Demoed of Een Vandaag says that while the U.S. F-35 was the dream candidate for the Dutch Air Force for years, the JSF project is anything but smooth: "The costs are... Saab’s Gripen blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985217/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:51:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985028/posts The European Union's massive spending on farm subsidies and infrastructure projects will be in the spotlight at difficult talks this week to set the bloc's next longterm budget. Sources at both the European Commission and the European Parliament say EU leaders will be looking to trim a further 20 to 25 billion euros ($30-$35 billion) off the almost trillion-euro ($1.36 trillion) budget for 2014-2020 at a February 7-8 summit... The summit will be the second attempt by the 27 leaders to reach a deal on the budget after a November summit collapsed in acrimony. The Commission had originally sought 1.047... Bangkok Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985028/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2013 03:40:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985013/posts The Daily Telegraph has seen confidential spending proposals and internal documents planning an unprecedented propaganda blitz ahead of and during European elections in June 2014. Key to a new strategy will be “public opinion monitoring tools” to “identify at an early stage whether debates of political nature among followers in social media and blogs have the potential to attract media and citizens’ interest”. Spending on “qualitative media analysis” is to be increased by £1.7 million ($2.7 million), and while most of the money is to be found in existing budgets, an additional £787,000 ($1.24 million) will be need to be... Sunday Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985013/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2013 02:32:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2983702/posts I have come that you may have life and have this abundantly, therefore as you release words of life to others I fill their wellspring with everlasting promises of life through restoration and as their wellspring fills, My joy that is their strength overwhelms their situations and proceeds to heal all within. So be My Wellspring of Life for others as I bear My fruit through you for you "ARE" a Living Testimony of My love I give Freely to ALL. John 7:37-38 Amplified Bible (AMP) 37 Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood,... The Joshua Chronicles , Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2983702/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:34:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982734/posts Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced her abdication in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander. The queen made the announcement in pre-recorded address broadcast on Dutch television. The queen, who is approaching her 75th birthday, said she had been thinking about this moment for several years. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982734/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982700/posts Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is to make a televised announcement, amid speculation in local media that she will abdicate the throne. … Unconfirmed Dutch reports say she will announce her abdication in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander. … BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982700/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2978837/posts While moustachioed managers, contrary to the far better insight of their superiors, and mainstream spivs are trying to talk down Germany's somewhat stunning shift in thinking - i.e. to repatriate its gold - as nothing but political pandering (or cost-saving); it seems, just as we predicted, the rest of the world are seeing this crack-in-the-confidence-armor the same way we have suggested. As we noted here, the first party to defect from the prisoner's dilemma of all the bulk of global gold being held by the Fed, defects best (then the second, or even the third perhaps) and sure enough, via... Zerohedge.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2978837/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:16:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1084110/posts WASHINGTON: The famous African explorer Dr David Livingstone might have been impressed, even if the agenda was suspect. Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear proliferator-hero Abdul Qadeer Khan traversed the breadth of Africa in his hey day as a nuclear salesman , going to as romantic a getaway as Casablanca in Morocco and as remote an outpost as Timbuktu in Mali.   US officials might dearly like to get hold of Khan’s travel agent, or simply his itinerary, since he seems to have pretty much charted his own course during his profligate proliferating days. According to accounts now surfacing in the Pakistani media,... The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1084110/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:27:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080197/posts The London accountant who accompanied Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to Timbuktu on three occasions in 1998, 1999 and 2000 says the 'father' of the Pakistani bomb witnessed the digging of a well, toured an ancient Islamic library and enjoyed the views of the desert. A remote outpost in the middle of the West African desert, Timbuktu usually attracts explorers associated in the popular mind with the adventures of the comic character Tin Tin. And Pakistani dissidents told rediff.com the reason for Khan's visit to Timbuktu, part of landlocked West African state of Mali, was to prospect for uranium. They say... rediff.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080197/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2004 02:03:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2976538/posts Dream of going to space but don’t feel like putting in the work to become a NASA astronaut? Here’s your chance to possibly make that fantasy come true. Mars One, a Netherlands-based nonprofit, is seeking volunteers to help colonize the Red Planet, according to Mashable. To meet an aggressive goal of putting people on Mars by 2023, Mars One released its basic astronaut requirements on January 8. Rather than recruiting scientists or pilots, the organization says it will consider anyone, so long as they are at least 18 years old. Intelligence, good mental and physical health and dedication to the... smithsonianmag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2976538/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jan 2013 23:16:49 GMT