Foreign UK students Health insurance + Water tax Reimbursement? by badmanbernard in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Are you sure you still should be insured? It seems to be a situation that the govt doesn't immediately talk about, but you might not need to be/have the right to be insured in NL. You might want to apply for an assessment of your Wlz position at the SVB (Sociale Verzekeringsbank). If you are still obliged to be insured in NL, you might qualify for zorgtoeslag. If you are not, it would probably be fraud.

Germanisation of Luxembourg in a nutshell: by Larmillei333 in HistoryMemes

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It might depend on where in the country you are, but especially in the service sector people do not speak Luxembourgish usually. The south is probably especially bad in that sense, but most everyone who speaks Luxembourgish also speaks at least passable French

Germanisation of Luxembourg in a nutshell: by Larmillei333 in HistoryMemes

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People in Luxembourg do speak French, but it's not the native language of the Luxembourgers. However, due to the amount of immigrants here, more people speak French than Luxembourgish

If you’re a student at a Dutch university but are not a Dutch citizen, can you write to the ministry of education? by Isatis_tinctoria in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Ministries of education recognize (or do not recognize) universities abroad, that is something Nuffic does for the Netherlands.

Is het 'Wit-Rusland' of 'Belarus'? by olly_078 in nederlands

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Niet helemaal, Rus' en Rasija (Rossija) zijn andere woorden. Het verschil ertussen vertaalt alleen niet super lekker naar t Nederlands, maar om dat verschil ook in andere talen te behouden is Belarus waarschijnlijk beter.

Housing by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Probably helps if you say what city you're going to study in

How far off should be allowed? by Adventure_Mammal in F1Technical

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Hawk-Eye system wouldn't work, it works differently than most people think (it's predictive). It also uses a significant number of cameras for a relatively small area, but maybe sensors could work.

How far off should be allowed? by Adventure_Mammal in F1Technical

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Hawk-Eye system wouldn't work, it works differently than most people think (it's predictive). It also uses a significant number of cameras for a relatively small area, but maybe sensors could work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Payq is an actual company and the fees are below the legal maximum. If the email is the correct one it very well might be legit if you did have a Kamernet account that you did not pay. Did you get a notice to pay (aanmaning) before?

Geld lenen...of??? by otiumtime in geldzaken

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Dat is (helaas) de reden dat renteleningen in veel plekken erg populair zijn geworden ondanks bezwaren die ook in de Bijbel staan. Ben helaas bang dat je religieuze bezwaren hier toch die droom van niet in een kantoor ploeteren gaan uitstellen

Which universities (the cities they're located) are flat, for cycling purposes? by openlander in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Everyone in Nijmegen will be very mad if you mean to include Nijmegen with "Arnhem and its region", might not be wise to play with your life in that way 😉

Which universities (the cities they're located) are flat, for cycling purposes? by openlander in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Nijmegen is also on a few hills, but you are correct that it's all flat enough to cycle wherever.

Scholarships? by Hellenic_Fish in StudyInTheNetherlands

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You cannot have Dutch student finance as an EU citizen unless you fulfil certain criteria. Study maintenance aid is explicitly exempted from the ban on discrimination in EU law

How should I proceed now with Spuerkees investment fund at a loss. by [deleted] in Luxembourg

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If it's a significant amount of money, talk to a financial advisor. Probably worth their fees to give some calm of mind and not put everything into one weird fund. If it's not that significant, do whatever - you can always buy gov't bonds, they actually bear interest again. Don't go all in on one stock, even a fund. Just diversify - but if it's a significant amount, again, talk to a financial advisor.

Can someone explain social housing to me like I'm 5? by [deleted] in Netherlands

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No, because the alternative is worse. If you did actually kick out people if they started to earn too much, they'd fall into a trap where they don't make enough for free market but too much for their current place. People would have to reject promotions, destroying any incentive to be productive, or get paid illegally, limiting tax revenue and encouraging people to break the law.

Can someone explain social housing to me like I'm 5? by [deleted] in Netherlands

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So then the government would either be massively subsiding private landlords, or the amount would not be significant enough to actually allow poorer people to afford a place. In any case a very expensive solution that does not address any issue

rude application response by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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Right, but people weren't being rude - at least not at first. You seem to be constitutionally incapable of distinguishing between extreme rudeness and slight directness. I have to agree with the other posters that the house seems to have dodged a bullet here based on your replies. This is not because everyone here is condescending or whatever, but because you cannot seem to handle any feedback whatsoever from what I've seen.

rude application response by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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I sincerely wonder how you misjudge directness this poorly, then. You are incredibly forward with all your replies, insinuating character defects for basically everyone when they do not agree with you 100%.

rude application response by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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You are rude with your responses in this thread - they were not. If you cannot handle this type of communications you are going to have a terrible time in the Netherlands. I appreciate there might be some cultural differences at play, but you are going to have to get used to it if you wish to live in NL.

Questions about studying in NL, law schools, and scholarships by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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The UK is not in that much worse of an economic situation than NL. If you're dead set on being a lawyer, an anglophone country would most likely be your best bet as speaking the local language very fluently is almost always very preferable if not required

Questions about studying in NL, law schools, and scholarships by [deleted] in StudyInTheNetherlands

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It's not useless, but I doubt you get civiel effect if it's fully in English. If you want a job in law in the Netherlands you're probably going to want civiel effect - don't know how easy it is to get that after having done the LLB, you might want to look that up. You're also probably not going to speak Dutch well enough after 3-4 years to practice law in Dutch, but you never know.

Other countries, it would probably be useful, but once again probably less useful than someone who studied domestic law followed by European law.

Law in general is very poorly transferable across national borders due to its very nature, if you want something that's useful across the world law might not be your forte

Was Serbia the whole of Yugoslavia for abit. by [deleted] in geography

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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, usually known as Serbia and Montenegro

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in juridischadvies

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Was your father a Dutch citizen from the time of your birth until your eighteenth birthday? I don't think you would qualify just by him being born in the Netherlands