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Cyprus expects Russia to extend loan to 2022Cypriot Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said on Thursday he expected Russia to extend the maturity of a 2.5 billion euros ($3.39 billion) loan to his euro zone country to 2022 from 2016. "We have been in touch with them. We h More… |
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Dutch Queen abdicates, son to become kingDutch Queen Beatrix announced she would abdicate in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, in a televised broadcast to the nation on Monday evening. Willem-Alexander, 45, will become King of the Netherlands on April 30, she s More… |
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Etihad to launch daily flights to AmsterdamAbu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will launch daily flights between the airline’s home-base of Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, starting May 15. The new EY77 and EY78 se More… |
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Philips steps up cost cuts, job lossesPhilips Electronics stepped up its cost-cutting drive on Tuesday and said more jobs would go as part of a drastic overhaul of its business, which began to turn around in the first half after losing 1.3 billion euros ($1.66 billion) in 2011. More… |
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WWII bomb scare partly shuts Schiphol airportAuthorities evacuated parts of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday after workers found an unexploded World War Two bomb, forcing airlines to delay and cancel some flights. The German bomb was discovered buried undergroun More… |
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Amsterdam joins Emirates’ A380 networkEmirates has announced plans to upgrade its service to Dutch capital Amsterdam with an A380 starting from August 1. Since launching passenger flights to the Netherlands in May 2010, the route has been operated with a combination of Boeing More… |
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Dutch airport partly evacuated on bomb threatThe main terminals at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport were evacuated due to a bomb threat, Dutch military police said on Monday. 'We have evacuated the terminals and are investigating the report of a bomb. The area has been sealed,' sa More… |
