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Netherlands Bank SNS Reaal Nationalized

February 3, 2013
2008
ABN Amro
bailouts
banking
banking crisis
business
business and finance
capital limits
Dutch
Euro
Europe
European Commission
European Union
Finance
Finance Minister
financial stability
ING
Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Rabobank
SNS Reaal
SNS Reaal Bank
the Netherlands

After receiving a bailout of €750 million in 2008, SNS Reaal was thought to be profitable but its capital limits left it below legal solvency amounts, forcing the Dutch state to take a stake in the troubled financial concern. The Netherlands’ Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the move was to insure financial stability, especially after […]

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Abdicates in Favor of Her Son, Prince Willem-Alexander

January 28, 2013
1948
1980
2013
abdication
Argentinean
Beatrix
Europe
Government
House of Orange-Nassau
investment banker
Juliana
Maxima Zorreguieta
monarchy
Netherlands
Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Prince Willem-Alexander
Queen Beatrix
the Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Willem III

The Netherlands’ long-reigning monarch Queen Beatrix announced in a television broadcast that she would be abdicating the throne in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander. The queen announced she would leave the throne on April 30, transitioning the crown to her son because she said he was ready to rule and it was time […]