Difficulties in paying energy bills are increasing again: ‘More than 100,000 families make saving a sport’

Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people who were able to stay afloat last year thanks to government support may now still have trouble paying their electricity and gas bills. The price cap and energy support have been abolished, wages have risen, but in the meantime prices per cubic metre and kilowatt hour are still higher … Read more

Boeing among Wall Street gainers, slightly positive

Wall Street’s main indexes ended slightly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the day up 0.1 percent at 39,169.52 points. The broad S&P 500 index rose 0.3 percent to 5,475.09 points. The Nasdaq technology index rose 0.8 percent to 17,879.30 points. Tesla gained more than 6 percent. The American electric carmaker will provide a … Read more

Orbán introduces a new faction in the European Parliament: Patriots for Europe

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Austrian Herbert Kickl posed for the press on Sunday, with their hands on each other. In Vienna, leaders proudly presented their new radical right alliance: Patriots for Europe. These men lead a radical right-wing party in their own country: Orbán leads Fidesz in … Read more

Bunq files case against NRC for publishing employee names

NRC published an article Wednesday about four anonymous former bunq employees who examined accounts they did not need for their work. According to the newspaper, they could do so without consequences. The article also contains internal chat messages in which, among other things, concerns are expressed about privacy at the bank. “It cannot be that … Read more

Radical right wins first round of French elections, Macron party takes a beating

The leftist alliance New Popular Front follows in second place with 28.1 percent of the votes. Macron’s camp is badly affected and provisionally occupies third place with 20.3 percent. Therefore, the score is broadly in line with expectations. This is an exceptionally exciting election for France. Never before has the radical right-wing Rassemblement National party … Read more

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