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Behind the scenes with Plato Planet

September 20, 2012 in News, What's up by Ivar

What started off as a birthday party to celebrate the 10 year existence of Plato Music Store in Groningen, Plato Planet music festival has slowly but surely grown to become one of the famous annual festivals in the city. With the 5th edition of Plato Planet around the corner (Sunday 23rd of September), an in depth interview has been arranged with Plato spokesman Michel Weber, one of the founders of the concert. Soon after initiating the interview, Michel’s enthusiasm about his brainchild became clear – it was as if he was talking about his 5 year old nurtured baby, which [...]

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Dutch telecom operators suspected of illegal pricing agreements

January 20, 2012 in News, Technology by uzo Akubuo

On Tuesday morning the Dutch competition watchdog ‘Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit’ (NMa) raided the head offices of KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile, the three biggest telecom operators in the Netherlands. They are suspected of illegal pricing agreements on mobile telephony and internet. Two statements from whistleblowers were the main reason for this raid. Although they wish to remain anonymous, it is clear that one of the whistleblowers is a former executive and the other a current executive for one of the operators. “In my function I have seen pricing agreements between KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile”, says the former executive. “There are only a [...]

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Happy Hour at OOG Radio

January 19, 2012 in News by Nick Kennedy

When studying journalism I came to realize that there is much more to journalism that just newspapers and magazines. Formats and platforms for media outlets includes the internet, television and of course radio. Happy Hour FM airs every Monday from 18.00 – 19.00. The radio show has a number of presenters, the main two being Justin and Elena. Then on the other side of the studio Mark is there to make sure everything goes according to plan and everything is on schedule. I have had the honor of visiting the radio station a number of times here and it has [...]

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Interview with Peter Rehwinkel

January 18, 2012 in News, TV by uzo Akubuo

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Studentify: Because a student life is complicated enough

December 20, 2011 in Experiences, News by Wiebke

The organisation Studentify helps by creating simple guides for easy integration  into Dutch student life and provides   jobs for foreign students. This handles two of the most recent problems in their life: money and knowledge. Being a student is not only about celebrating, fun and carelessness. Besides, financial worries and housing problems are the main part of student  life: the university studies say that the Netherlands is one of the most treasured studying spaces in Europe. Not without reasons: Especially in areas like Groningen the universities expect a lot more from their students than they are used to. In [...]

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