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Fietsersbond is looking for volunteers to build a route planner
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...
Road authorities fulfill their legal duty of care
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...
Russia again hit hard by coronavirus
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 benefits again from the sale of emission rights
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…
Border control should keep the Dutch away from sales
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
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…
New Year celebrated worldwide with all hopes for better times
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
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
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). …
Lean Brexit agreement, big losers are already known
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?
[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…
Multinational TUI Group is cutting more than 8000 jobs worldwide
[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...