Press Releases 2008
Quality for the heart of Amsterdam
The City of Amsterdam is of the opinion that there is crime and an infrastructure that is maintained and fed by a host of criminogenic facilities such as brothels, smartshops, currency exchange.. Read more... »Amsterdam for preservation of coffee shop system
Although the sale of cannabis is an offence, coffee shops are not prosecuted provided they sell small quantities only and comply with the rules. The aim is to keep cannabis separate from hard drugs in.. Read more... »Amsterdam investigates anti-homosexual violence
Among relatively large groups of young men, tolerance of homosexuality appears to be a very thin veneer of civilisation. The study indicates that negative ideas about homosexuality are widely held in.. Read more... »Amsterdam delegation visits China
The Amsterdam region presents itself in China as a creative, innovative destination for business, students and tourists. The number of Chinese visitors to the Dutch capital has increased sharply in recent.. Read more... »Campaign staff for Al Gore’s ‘The Climate Project’ to visit Amsterdam
On 14 and 15 October, Al Gore will visit the Netherlands to lecture on how climate change can be dealt with. His motto is: “We can solve it”. The lecture is a supplement to his film ‘An Inconvenient.. Read more... »IBC to stay in Amsterdam after 2009
Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen is impressed: “I am very pleased that such an innovative exhibition and conference as IBC has once again chosen for our city. This decision means that Amsterdam can look forward to.. Read more... »Fungi idea wins PICNIC Green Challenge 2008
The PICNIC Green Challenge 2008 called on creative, innovative people around the world to come up with concrete solutions to fight climate change. Anyone with a good idea for a product or service that.. Read more... »Measures against the exploitation of women in the sex industry
The new approach is based on discouraging or preventing the (potential) exploitation of women by throwing up a range of barriers to those who intend to do so. For example, the council intends to ban pimps.. Read more... »