Full article: Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen resigns; accepts candidacy as Labour Party leader

Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen today resigned effective immediately.

He did so after Labour Party leader Wouter Bos in a surprise announcement this morning said he is retiring from politics -- and suggested his leadership should be handed over to Cohen.

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Full article: Amsterdam forces Ai!Amsterdam to change name and logo

An Amsterdam protest group has been pressured by the municipality into changing its name and logo.

The group operated under the name Ai! Amsterdam -- a take-off on the city's marketing slogan, Iamsterdam.

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Full article: Amsterdam mayor demands activists stop using Ai!Amsterdam name and logo

Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen is demanding that a local protest group stops using a name and logo similar to that of the city's marketing campaign.

The pressure group, Ai!Amsterdam, was formed to protest an ever growing set of rules and regulations governing what can and can not be done in the city. The group's name and logo are a take-off on the city's marketing term, Iamsterdam.

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Full article: Amsterdam to close 43 coffeeshops

The City of Amsterdam has announced it will close 43 of its 228 coffeeshops because they are located too close to schools.

In doing so, Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen "reluctantly" follows up a federal government directive to establish 'distance criteria' between schools and coffeeshops.

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Full article: Amsterdam mayor receives Martin Luther King Award

Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen becomes the first non-American to receive the Martin Luther King Award.

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