The AEX recorded the highest level ever during the trading day: 703.44. The old record dates from September 5, 2000, when the Amsterdam stock market gauge hit 703.18. The AEX has been on the rise for months. After the major stock market crash in March last year as a result of the outbreak of the…
Booking.com has been fined for failing to report a data breach to the Dutch Data Protection Authority in time. In that leak, criminals took off with the personal data of more than 4000 customers. The credit card details of nearly 300 people were also stolen. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Booking.com was informed…
Notaries have been busy recently. Homebuyers under the age of 35 can still buy a house above 400,000 euros until tomorrow (April 1) without paying transfer tax. And the notaries have noticed that. Due to the April 1 deadline, young home buyers wanted to buy a house quickly. Notaries also received many questions. “We were…
Who will pay for the costs of the blockade in the Suez Canal, where the mega container ship Ever Given has been trapped? Experts expect it to be a question that will be debated for years. The damage is extensive. The owners of the Ever Given (the ship is on its way to Rotterdam) have…
From 1 January next year, Dutch merchant ships sailing through the Gulf of Aden may, under certain conditions, have armed private security on board. The caretaker cabinet has approved an amendment to make this possible. The Senate and House of Representatives still have to approve it. This is a repair act that is necessary to…
Although 500 euro notes have not been produced for two years, there are still hundreds of millions of these notes in circulation. This is shown by statistics from the European Central Bank. The ECB stopped production of the 500 euro notes over concerns about the ‘illegal activities’ it would promote. But the effect of the…
There are plenty of retailers in Deventer who want to turn a blind eye when there are customers in front of the shop window without an appointment. “Of course you let those people in,” says an entrepreneur in the Kleine Overstraat in the heart of Deventer. “You would be crazy if you didn’t. This system…
The AEX has finally shattered the 21-year-old record for the highest stock market position ever, after a few days of hiccups. The Amsterdam index closed today at 708.43 points, the highest closing position ever, and that in the middle of corona time. The one-day-old record for the highest standings ever was also broken: the AEX…
The municipality of Amsterdam is starting today with a registration obligation for holiday rentals. This has consequences for people who rent out their homes through sites such as Airbnb and Booking.com. From now on, they can only advertise if they have a registration number, to which their name and address are linked. According to the…
Steel manufacturer Tata Steel may have discharged high concentrations of mercury into the sewage system at Velsen without having the required permit. This is evident from a warning letter from the North Sea Canal Area Environment Agency that de Volkskrant reported earlier today. “We are in the middle of the assessment process of Tata Steel,”…