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Storm damage to cost Germany 500 mln euros

Berlin - Al Maghrib Today

German insurers estimated Friday that ferocious gales that battered Germany caused 500 million euros ($614 million) in damages, as the number of dead across the country rose to eight. Trains on Germany's intercity lines gradually resumed operation a day after they were suspended due to the hurricane-force winds which caused transport chaos across northern Europe. Two more people were reportedRead more

Sea levels off Dutch coast highest ever recorded

The Hague - Al Maghrib Today

Storm surges and tidal cycles caused record sea levels along the coast of the Netherlands last year, a Dutch marine institute has found. "The level has been rising gradually since 1890 by about 0.2 cm per year due to the melting of the ice and the warming up of the ocean," expert Fedor Baart, of the research organisation Deltares, saidRead more

Storm Eleanor barrels through Europe

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

Winter storm Eleanor swept into France, Belgium and the Netherlands on Wednesday after tearing through England and Northern Ireland, cutting power to tens of thousands of people and forcing airports and train services to halt operations. A skiier was killed by a falling tree at Morillon in the French Alps while 15 others have been injured by the storm across the country, fourRead more

EU launches probe into Ikea's Dutch tax deals

Brussels - Al Maghrib Today

The EU on Monday opened an in-depth investigation into Swedish furniture giant Ikea's tax deals in the Netherlands, in the latest salvo by Brussels against the tax affairs of multinationals. With the probe, the European Commission is taking a close look at the ways Ikea allegedly used a Dutch subsidiary to slash its tax bill on revenue from megastores around the world. TheRead more

Dutch to join Austria to fight German road toll plan

The Hague - Al Maghrib Today

The Netherlands said Wednesday it will join Austria in dragging Germany before Europe's top court in an increasingly bitter battle over Berlin's controversial plan to impose tolls on its motorways. "The Netherlands will join Austria in a request for intervention against Germany at the European Court of Justice," Dutch Infrastructure Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen said in a letter toRead more

Dutch PM defends plans to scrap dividend tax

The Hague - Al Maghrib Today

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte scrambled to calm a brewing storm Friday over the new government's plans to scrap a dividend tax for companies, saying it was needed to retain and promote foreign investment. Rutte and his four-party coalition government have come under fire from opposition parties for deciding to cancel dividend tax in 2019, which local news reports sayRead more

India to close colonial-era military farms

Allahabad - Al Maghrib Today

Under a hot afternoon sun workers scrub down cows at the Allahabad Military Farm, the latest hangover of India's colonial past being forced into the 21st century. The 700-acre (285-hectare) farm in the city of 1.1 million people, along with 38 other military farms set up by the country's former British rulers, is to be closed in coming weeks. TheRead more

Elephants hide by day, forage at night to evade poachers

Paris - Al Maghrib Today

Like escaped convicts, elephants in eastern Africa have learned to travel at night and hide during the day to avoid poachers who are hunting tuskers into extinction, researchers reported Wednesday. Normally elephants forage for food and migrate in daylight, while resting under cover of darkness. But a sharp increase in illegal hunting driven by the global trade in ivory hasRead more