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Monday 23 November 2009

  • copyright Belastingdienst

    Kilometre charge for road users

    Over the next few years, road users will have to pay a charge for each kilometre they drive. The average charge for a car will rise from 3 euro cents per kilometre in 2012 to 6.7 cents in 2018.

  • New international counterterrorism institute

    A new international institute on counterterrorism will open in The Hague in the spring of 2010. One of the institute's main tasks will be to develop legal instruments that will make it easier to punish terrorists.

  • Verhagen pleased with Lisbon Treaty signing

    Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen has expressed satisfaction at the signing of the Lisbon Treaty by the Czech president Václav Klaus, shortly after a ruling by the Czech constitutional court in Prague.

In the spotlight

  • Working groups appointed

    The government has appointed the working groups that will be responsible for conducting broad-based reviews of 20 policy themes.

  • 2010 Budget Memorandum

    The crisis began on the financial markets but is now affecting the economy with a delay, the labour market and people’s finances.