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Fietsersbond is looking for volunteers to build a route planner

EditorsJanuary 4 2021

Volunteers from the Cyclists' Union Route Planner map various data. The work is a combination of field research and computer input. So if you are handy with computers, can work accurately and like to work in a structured way...

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Road authorities fulfill their legal duty of care

EditorsJanuary 4 2021

Keeping the road safe and available during winter conditions is the challenge that road authorities face when combating slipperiness. In this way, road managers fulfill their legal duty of care. But above all, it is of course intended to help road users safely...

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Russia again hit hard by coronavirus

Mesal HikmetJanuary 3 2021

During the first wave of Covid-19, the capital and Saint Petersburg were mainly affected. The second affects the provinces, where hospitals are severely under-resourced, such as in Petrozavodsk, Karelia. A winter without snow in the region 700 kilometers…

Tesla

Tesla benefits again from the sale of emission rights

EditorsJanuary 3 2021

More than 180.000 cars were delivered in the last quarter, breaking the record of the third quarter (139.000). The cheaper variants, the Tesla 3 and Tesla Y, are especially popular. Musk responded enthusiastically to the sales figures on Twitter. Tesla benefits…

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Border control should keep the Dutch away from sales

Carlo ScheirJanuary 2 2021

Due to the measures against the coronavirus, the 2021 winter sales in Flanders will not start until Monday, January 4, 2021. This sale takes place to implement the seasonal renewal of the seller's range. It is done through…

Payment app Tikkie for use in the taxi has grown rapidly in 2020

Payment app Tikkie for use in the taxi has grown rapidly in 2020

Mesal HikmetJanuary 1 2021

Tikkie is normally mainly used for social activities, but its use in taxis has also grown rapidly last year. With the free app, private individuals and entrepreneurs can send payment requests via WhatsApp and other services, text messages and QR codes. There played…

2021

New Year celebrated worldwide with all hopes for better times

EditorsJanuary 1 2021

The first countries to celebrate New Year are Samoa, Tonga and part of Kiribati. On the islands in the Pacific Ocean they are the first in the world to ring in 2021. This is followed by the residents of New Zealand. In Sydney, fireworks exploded above…

Traveling and holidays in the new year remains quite difficult

Traveling and holidays in the new year remains quite difficult

Mesal HikmetDecember 31 2020

The coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the Netherlands and many other countries. Do not travel abroad unless strictly necessary. Do not book any trips and do not forget that holidays and family visits are not necessary trips. Don't be surprised and…

BER Airport receives 2 certificates for hygiene

BER Airport receives 2 certificates for hygiene

EditorsDecember 31 2020

Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt has received two important certificates for strict compliance with hygiene measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. BER is now the first German airport to receive Airport Health Accreditation from the international airport association Airports Council International (ACI). …

Brexit

Lean Brexit agreement, big losers are already known

Gerrit SayyDecember 30 2020

It took 1246 pages to put a meager agreement on paper. Many sectors will sense Brexit and ultimately experience it as a hard Brexit. The most visible will be the long waiting times at the border crossing...

MOBILITY AND TOURISM

Money back or voucher, what is the consumer's right?

Money back or voucher, what is the consumer's right?

Marlene de BoerMay 13, 20202 min read

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] Due to the corona pandemic, going on holiday has become something of a dream. We have nowhere to go and for many people, planned trips are the…

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Multinational TUI Group is cutting more than 8000 jobs worldwide

Marlene de BoerMay 13, 20202 min read

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] The German-British travel group TUI Group has announced that it will cut 8000 jobs worldwide due to the consequences of the corona crisis, in order to...