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Pensions and nuclear arms

27.05.2013 - 22:23

Six years ago TV programme Zembla revealed how Dutch pension funds invested massive amounts of money in arms companies producing landmines, cluster bombs and nuclear weapons [with... lees meer »

Germany undercuts blocked Dutch tank deal with Indonesia

15.05.2013 - 16:29

Late 2011 it emerged that the Indonesian army was seeking surplus Leopard tanks, which both Germany and the Netherlands had on offer. The Indonesians preferred the Dutch type and came over to see... lees meer »

Burmese frigates to be equipped with Dutch tech despite arms embargo

08.04.2013 - 13:58

Positive change is underway in Burma/Myanmar since President Thein Sein took office two years ago. The house arrest of opposition leader... lees meer »

The value of an arms embargo

19.03.2013 - 16:37

The European Union controversy whether... lees meer »

Syria does not need weapons - keep the EU arms embargo

19.02.2013 - 16:40

For months the British government has been pushing to amend the European Union arms embargo on Syria, in an effort to increase military support for rebels fighting Syria's Bashir al-Assad... lees meer »

US and Venezuela coast guards soon have similar Dutch patrol boats - thanks to Cuba

10.02.2013 - 22:24

Damen Shipyards is the superlative of Dutch entrepreneurship. Using all kinds of Dutch export support - from royal visits to export credits - and manoeuvring along political sensitivities, it has... lees meer »

Chilean ‘frigate gate’ is just a rumour for Dutch MoD

25.01.2013 - 20:48

It often takes ages for major corruption cases to evolve from rumours and allegations into investigations, court cases and finally convictions – if they ever get there. Secrecy and political... lees meer »

Nobel Peace Prize laureate boosts arms exports to the Middle East, despite or thanks to Arab spring

11.01.2013 - 18:48

The European Union’s arms exports rose by 18 percent in 2011 and most of it is for the Middle East. This is remarkable, as 2011 also was the year of the Arab spring. Several EU member states... lees meer »

Arms trade promotion compensating for declining domestic demand

21.12.2012 - 16:47

With military budgets declining or frozen in most of Europe, arms producers are increasingly looking abroad to fill their shrinking order books. And increasingly they are relying on a helping hand... lees meer »

Dutch ships assist Honduras in escalating war on drugs

04.12.2012 - 09:58

Honduras is currently building up its naval forces, reportedly to counter international drugs trafficking. A stronger naval force would also help the country in deterring harassment of its fishing... lees meer »

EADS claiming its place in rapidly expanding cyber warfare market

23.11.2012 - 14:36

Behind the scenes of the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip a cyber war has also been going on. Israeli hackers... lees meer »

Dutch pension funds boost investments in nuke producers

31.10.2012 - 12:06

"Some say nuclear disarmament is utopian... I say the illusion is that nuclear weapons provide security", said United Nations Secretary General... lees meer »

The unwanted JSF swamp and the new Dutch cabinet

03.10.2012 - 16:47

Soon after the 12 September parliamentary elections in the Netherlands the two largest parties, VVD [liberal/conservative] and PvdA [social democrat], started talking about the potential for a... lees meer »

Wedding of the elephants: merger between BAE and EADS in the making

14.09.2012 - 11:42

Europe's two biggest arms companies, British BAE Systems and German/French/Spanish EADS announced that they are negotiating a merger, or an 'elephants wedding' according to the press.... lees meer »

Dutch engineers take India’s warship building into “a new era”

06.09.2012 - 13:14

Maritime relations between India and the Netherlands have existed since the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was allowed to set up a fort and trading post – Fort Geldria - on India’s... lees meer »

Released Dutch arms sales contract reveals special role of Parliament

18.07.2012 - 12:35

The normal procedure for arms export licences in the Netherlands is that export officials decide whether to grant one or not, following a standard procedure, including a criteria check relating to... lees meer »

Seeing in the dark

04.07.2012 - 17:04

Over the past decades Dutch night vision equipment has been sold to military, police  and security forces in dozens of countries across the world. In the 1980's then producer Delft... lees meer »

Trade and aid: yet another Dutch warship for Indonesia

13.06.2012 - 17:30

Last week the Indonesian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) for a so-called SIGMA 10514 Guided Missile Frigate, or Perusak Kawal... lees meer »