Todays Headlines   31-7-2010
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Works council to challenge Organon closure in court

Bill will allow public prosecutors to shut down websites

Cutbacks by municipalities will cost jobs

 
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Talks on right-wing government expected to start next week

Wilders could benefit from following Danish model of ‘tacit support’

 
International
Uruzgan mission was ‘unique in the country’s history’ - General Van Uhm

 
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Talks on right-wing government expected to start next week Trouw, page 1
30-07-2010
It is almost certain that VVD, CDA and PVV will start negotiations next week on the formation of a government. Those talks will centre on forming a majority government of the three parties, but the possibility of a minority VVD-CDA government with tacit support from the PVV will also be discussed.
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Wilders could benefit from following Danish model of ‘tacit support’ De Volkskrant, page 3
30-07-2010
It seems as though PVV leader Geert Wilders will not join a new government but will give tacit support to a right-wing minority government. That would be a sensible tactical move.
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Uruzgan mission was ‘unique in the country’s history’ - General Van Uhm De Volkskrant, page 4
30-07-2010
At the end of the military mission in Uruzgan the question is: is the glass half full or half empty? Or, as the commander of the armed forces Peter Van Uhm (55) puts it: ‘Is the road between Tarin Kowt and Chora half hardened or half unhardened?’
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Works council to challenge Organon closure in court De Volkskrant, page 1
30-07-2010
The works council of Organon BioSciences is taking proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber because the American parent company MSD failed to request its advice on the mass redundancies at the pharmaceutical company in Oss.
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Bill will allow public prosecutors to shut down websites De Telegraaf, page 1
30-07-2010
Parliament is fiercely critical of a bill from caretaker Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin that would give public prosecutors independent authority to remove information from the Internet without the intervention of the courts.
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Cutbacks by municipalities will cost jobs Financiele Dagblad, page 3
30-07-2010
The 25 largest municipalities are facing major cutbacks in which thousands of jobs will be lost, according to a survey by Financieele Dagblad.
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