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Until the 1960s the organ of the Catholic workers' movement. In the wake of the student uprisings confessional affiliations were dropped and De Volkskrant became the country's leading leftist newspaper. Together with Trouw and AD it belongs to the Belgian publisher De Persgroep. Since 2010 the paper has appeared in tabloid format. Circulation has dropped in recent years as a result of the global economic crisis.

Medium: daily
Political orientation: Left-leaning
Circulation: 252,000 (2010)
Frequency of publication Monday to Saturday

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Publisher: De Persgroep
Area of distribution: Nationwide
Established: 1919

Jacob Bontiusplaats 9
NL-1018 LL Amsterdam
Phone: 0031-(0)20 - 562 9222
E-Mail: redactie@volkskrant.nl
Internet: http://www.volkskrant.nl/

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321 articles from this medium have been cited in the European press review by euro|topics.

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1.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 19/06/2013

Cool reception for Obama in Berlin

Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Tuesday on his first official visit as US president to Germany. Five years ago he gave a much celebrated ... » more

2.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 10/06/2013

Washington undermines the rule of law

The surveillance scandal in the US will come back to haunt President Barack Obama because it has no legal basis, the left-liberal daily De Volkskrant ... » more

3.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 04/06/2013

Dutch train debacle must have consequences

After Belgium, the Dutch train operator Netherland Railways (NS) has now also announced that it will discontinue its high-speed "Fyra" train service between Amsterdam and ... » more

4.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 28/05/2013

Merkel sides with China on price dumping

Germany and China stressed the good trade relations between the two countries during the visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to Berlin. But German ... » more

5.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 22/05/2013

Europe's reluctant fight

There are more than enough arguments for plugging up the tax loopholes used above all by multinational companies, the left-liberal daily De Volkskrant argues, while ... » more

6.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 07/05/2013

Israel provoking war in Middle East

According to the reports of Syrian opposition members, at least 42 soldiers of the Syrian government's troops were killed during Israel's air strikes on the ... » more

7.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 02/05/2013

Europe also guilty for blood-soaked garments

In the aftermath of the collapse of a garment factory, thousands of people gathered in Bangladesh on Wednesday to demonstrate for better working conditions. Europe ... » more

8.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 23/04/2013

King's Song is the hymn of a divided country

The King's Song, a ballad composed on the basis of lyrics proposed by hundreds of citizens to mark the inauguration of the new king in ... » more

9.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 19/04/2013

Asylum-seekers aren't just numbers

The Dutch State Secretary for Security and Justice, Fred Teeven, survived a vote of no confidence on Thursday. The background to the vote was that ... » more

10.  De Volkskrant - Netherlands | 12/04/2013

The big question for new Dutch king

The future King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, will give a TV interview next week. Commenting in the left-liberal daily De Volkskrant, historian Thomas van der ... » more

 
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