Tag: Dijksma
Mayor Dijksma: ‘Utrecht neighborhoods competed against each other during New Year’s Night’
Several people were arrested during the night of the riot. According to the mayor, they all came from the Kanaleneiland district itself. “I think it’s important to say.” When the…
Mayor Dijksma hopes for a year without discord: ‘Hope is a verb’
“2024 was another year in which polarization flared up. A year with many feelings of anger, dissatisfaction and fear,” Dijksma said in a packed large hall of TivoliVredenburg. The hall…
Dijksma: municipalities go to court if the government does not “pay what is necessary”
“It cannot be the case that the government wants us to carry out certain tasks, but does not want to pay for them,” Dijksma said. A committee is investigating the…
Mayor Dijksma calls on Utrecht residents to combat polarization: ‘I cannot do this alone’
In the TV program UVandaag, Dijksma refers to the riots in Amsterdam, where serious incidents of violence took place after a football match between Ajax and the Israeli club Maccabi.…
Mayor Dijksma emphasizes: safety of the educational protest could not be guaranteed
Mayor Sharon Dijksma of Utrecht maintains that last week’s planned education protest could not go ahead because safety was not guaranteed. According to Dijksma, the fact that the municipality subsequently…
Mayor Dijksma about threats: ‘You were not allowed to go to the bakery alone’
Isabella had to be driven to and from work by the police. “From an administrative point of view, that is very uncomfortable, very annoying,” he said earlier in an interview…
After cancellation of educational demonstration, FNV furious with Dijksma: ‘Cannot be explained’
The course of events surrounding whether or not to allow the student protest in the Moreelspark in Utrecht today raises a number of questions. The FNV trade union says it…
Much criticism after canceled demonstration, but Mayor Dijksma saw no other option
But those signals were indeed serious, Mayor Sharon Dijksma said today. These came from Pro-Palestine organizations outside the city and were investigated by the police. “They wanted to hijack the…
Utrecht Olympians and Paralympians honored by Dijksma: ‘The city is proud of you’
A total of fourteen Utrecht athletes won an Olympic medal. Hockey players Lars Balk, Luna Fokke, Jonas de Geus, Jip Janssen, Renée van Laarhoven, Duco Telgenkamp, Anne Veenendaal and Derck…
Utrecht Olympians and Paralympians honored by Dijksma: ‘Medal can be taken out of the box again’
A total of fourteen Utrecht athletes won an Olympic medal. Hockey players Lars Balk, Luna Fokke, Jonas de Geus, Jip Janssen, Renée van Laarhoven, Duco Telgenkamp, Anne Veenendaal and Derck…