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This is a question that many people, especially women, ask themselves when they are about to get married in a foreign country. Traditions and customs vary from country to country, and it isn’t always clear what will happen to your surname, or whether you have a choice to keep your maiden name. Expertise in Labour …

It is truly astonishing the degree to which we are unaware of the message we constantly transmit through our body language. We so often try to impress others with our clever use of words, memorising funny lines to be funny, or studying lists of quotes spoken by important people to sound important ourselves, that we …

While writing this article, a large part of the city of Rotterdam has no working electricity. Apparently close to 400,000 people currently have no power in the Rotterdam area, tram and metro transport has been put to a holt, and train routes between Rotterdam and other main Dutch cities have been closed. Our office is …

As most of you are aware of, the Chinese will soon be celebrating the New Year. The Chinese use a lunisolar calendar as opposed to a Gregorian calendar, which is more commonly used in Western countries. From a Gregorian point of view, Chinese New Year is celebrated each time on a different date. This year …

In many countries around the world, the end of December and beginning of January is the time of the year when mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, boyfriends, girlfriends, wives, and husbands, take a break from work and enjoy each other’s company. For some it means white snowy winters drinking hot chocolate by the fire, whilst for …

Cultural differences; we’ve all heard about them; and to some extent we also tend to acknowledge their existence. But, do we really take them into account when they matter? Surprisingly enough (or not), we usually don’t. Imagine a Franco-Dutch company holding a meeting in the Netherlands. All the key people from the management team are …