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The price of butter, cheese and eggs is falling, but you don’t see much of that on the till receipt
Province of Utrecht – The prices of various supermarket products such as butter, cheese and eggs are falling again, according to an analysis that the NOS had carried out by…
More than 800 years old, found by chance and still immaculate: this is how the Vleutense sword came into the museum
In the 12th century, the Vleutense sword must have hung in the sheath of a knight on horseback. More than 800 years later, it was found in pristine condition at…
Utrecht fair causes division: what are the rules and how do you prevent nuisance?
But what are those stricter rules? Yasin Ugur, chairman of the Lombok shopkeepers’ association, can explain this in more detail. “You have to hire traffic controllers, security and first aiders.…
In Nieuwegein the tram still ‘screams’, despite lubrication installations, sharpened rails and wheel dampers
Nieuwegein – It still drives me crazy, say residents in Nieuwegein on the Zegelstede about the tram that passes by every seven minutes. The tram has been running in Utrecht,…
Fewer butterflies counted than last year during annual garden butterfly count
Province of Utrecht – A lemon butterfly, peacock’s eye or small cabbage white: there are fewer butterflies fluttering through the air than last year. This is evident from the annual…
‘Residential construction forgotten in provincial nitrogen plans’
To be able to build enough homes, nitrogen space must be created, says chairman of Bouwend Nederland Arno Visser. “Natural space must of course be created for nature and farmers,…
UMC Utrecht today before the court to close the children’s heart center: what is that again?
The Netherlands currently has four centers for pediatric heart surgery, spread over five locations (Rotterdam, Groningen, Utrecht and a shared center in Leiden and Amsterdam). This care will be concentrated…
Will the fall of the cabinet lead to a standstill in Utrecht? ‘They don’t have to sit on their hands’
This concerns housing, the energy transition, issues “in the rural area”, social security, the reform of youth care, the distribution law, and public transport. For example, the theme of asylum,…
Eemnes is going to give fire volunteers priority over a home, but how often?
It is not surprising that firefighters also have to deal with the housing shortage, but it does entail an extra problem, Ploeg outlines. “In the past six months, two of…
From python to poisonous cobra: why you read more about escaped snakes
Province of Utrecht – A tarantula, a wallaby or a herd of sheep: animals regularly cause quite a stir in the region by escaping from captivity. And then you have…