Rotterdam football club Feyenoord has made a deal with the tax office and agreed to pay €5m to end its long-running battle over the payment of income tax for player transfers between 1995 and 1998, reports ANP news service on Friday.
At least half a million new homes are to be built in the Randstad – the urban region which includes Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht – by 2040, the government will announce on Friday.
Pop station Q-music has won this year’s Marconi radio award for best station. BNR’s prime time news show On The Move show was voted best programme and Rob Tripp of public broadcaster Radio 1 was named best presenter for his ‘sharp but non-preaching’ style.
Intervention by Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen saw off the threat of a strike by the city’s ambulance drivers on Thursday over increased violence and threats against staff.
