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September

  • Bluetongue measures changed

    News item | 08-09-2006

    Agriculture minister Veerman has changed measures against bluetongue following confirmation of two cases in the vicinity of Leeuwarden. As of 8 September, all of the Netherlands is designated a protection zone.

  • Budget Memorandum: EMU surplus 0.2% GDP

    News item | 19-09-2006

    A budget surplus of 0.2% of GDP is forecast for 2007. The government intends to improve the economic structure, purchasing power, public security, and youth policy, while keeping government finances on a healthy footing.

  • Speech from the Throne 2006

    News item | 19-09-2006

    The Netherlands has regained its favourable position. Our country is on a solid footing. The government will work to ensure that the Netherlands takes further measures in 2007 to secure a promising future.

  • Van Ardenne: Permanent renovation, Vietnam in a flat world

    News item | 06-09-2006

  • Balkenende: better AIDS education in schools

    News item | 11-09-2006

    Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende has called for better information about sexual and reproductive health to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people. 'Each infection is a tragedy, each death is a loss.'

  • 'We stand side by side in this struggle'

    News item | 11-09-2006

    '9/11 was a day of death and destruction. But also a day of boundless courage', Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said at a commemoration of the attacks of 11 September 2001.

  • Government to participate in further development JSF

    News item | 29-09-2006

    The government wants to participate in the next phase in the development of the Joint Strike Fighter. If parliament approves, an agreement will be signed with the American government in November 2006.