Tag: #Amsterdam
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KLM aircraft rejected takeoff due to door indication
A Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) Boeing 737-900 performing flight KL-1125 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Copenhagen (Denmark), was accelerating for takeoff from runway 24 when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. According to details, the aircraft of the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands registration PH-BXT rejected takeoff at low…
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Amsterdam Ecologist Proposed Banning Tourists from Coffee Shops
The Hague, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Amsterdam’s ecologist mayor Femke Halsema on Friday proposed banning tourists from the Dutch city’s famous cannabis “coffee shops”. A large part of the rising number of tourists visiting Amsterdam every year were coming merely to consume the drug and such “cannabis tourists” had become a nuisance, Halsema told NOS public…
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Cannabis to be grown legally for supply to “coffee shops”
The Hague, June 9 (AFP/APP): Dutch cannabis growers will be allowed to supply some of the country’s famous “coffee shops” in an experiment aiming to curb criminality and social problems, the health ministry said Tuesday. The Netherlands gave the green light in 2018 to the far-reaching experiment under which it will allow the soft drug…
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Pakistan’s youth is bright and talented: Julia Kinash
Amsterdam (3rd Dec, 2019): Fifth Youth Global Forum connects more than a hundred young innovators and leaders from around the world to discuss prevalent issues faced by the youth of today. According to reports, the fifth Youth Global Forum which started off from Tuesday, the 2nd of December in Amsterdam, Netherlands is organized by the…
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Dutch flaunt Brexit booty with EU agency opening
Amsterdam, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): The Netherlands showed off the spoils of Brexit on Friday as it officially handed over the European Medicines Agency’s new building in Amsterdam after the regulator was forced to move from London. The 300-million-euro ($330 million) building — which boasts features including a 16-storey high wall of 54,000 plants and a…
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Accidental hijack alarm triggers Amsterdam airport chaos
The Hague, Nov 7 (AFP/APP): A pilot accidentally set off a hijack alarm on a plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Wednesday, triggering a huge security operation by Dutch police. Spanish airline Air Europa “deeply” apologised for the incident on board its flight from the Dutch capital to Madrid, which saw emergency vehicles swarm around…
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Afghan gets sentence for Amsterdam terror stabbing
The Hague, Oct 14 (AFP/APP):Dutch judges on Monday sentenced an Afghan man to 26 years and eight months in jail for stabbing two American tourists at Amsterdam’s Central station in a terror attack. The 20-year-old, identified only as Jawed S., was also ordered at Amsterdam district court to pay almost three million euros ($3.3 million)…
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Dutch launch laundering probe into ABN Amro
The Hague, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Dutch prosecutors are targeting the country’s third-largest bank ABN Amro in a money-laundering probe, the bank and prosecutors said Thursday, sending its share price into a nosedive on the Amsterdam stock exchange. The stock fell by around 9.5 percent on the AEX index shortly after opening following ABN Amro’s terse announcement…