Marloes de Koning
Marloes de Koning is South-Eastern Europe correspondent for NRC Handelsblad.
Updated: 18 January 2017
By Marloes de Koning
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The Netherlands: Immigrants tangled up with Turkish gangs
17 May 2013 – De Standaard (Brussels) 32 253 -
Portrait: Andreas Georgiou learns the unwritten rules of Greek statistics
18 March 2013 – NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam) 15 142 -
River transport: The Danube is running dry
26 October 2011 – NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam) 81
Are Bulgarian immigrants abusing the welfare system? Several cases of benefit fraud have sparked controversy. But often, the suspected fraudsters are themselves simply victims of organised crime networks. 
Greek statistics are now finally reliable, even according to Eurostat. However, the man largely responsible for a shake-up of working practices in the country is now facing charges of treason. 
The Danube, Europe's second longest river, is one of the most poorly navigable rivers on the continent. Despite the EU’s Danube Strategy, the summer drought has resulted in even lower water levels, resulting in an enormous traffic jam.