Tag: NB-
Rinke Terpstra receives posthumous Medal of Honor for hero role during tram attack
The ‘Eerepenning voor Menschlievend Hulpbetoon’ was instituted in 1822 by King Willem I. The medal is mainly awarded to people who save others. Initially, these were mainly rescues at sea.…
Blockade of Rijnbrug in Rhenen passed by angry farmers without arrests or fines from the police
Rhenen – Demonstrating farmers blocked the Rhine bridge in Rhenen for about an hour this afternoon during the evening rush hour. Around 6:30 p.m., the police ordered the farmers to…
Prosecutor of KNVB drops case about disturbances Jong Volendam-IJsselmeervogels
The amateur football prosecutor had been dealing with the case since May. It is now announced that no punishment will follow, reports De Bunschoter. The prosecutor would find that the…
De Bilt makes the arrival of new forensic clinics such as Fivoor more difficult: ‘Putting up barricades to keep patients away, I find that really shocking’
Yet that fear seems to be precisely the reason that De Bilt is now, in a closed meeting, making the arrival of new forensic care institutions more difficult. Difficult, but…
Life-threatening stabbings after an altercation while walking dogs: OM demands 4 years in prison and forced TBS
Amersfoort – A 31-year-old Amersfoorter who stabbed a 52-year-old fellow townsman with whom he got into a fight while walking their dogs, faces a prison sentence and TBS. That is…
FC Utrecht starts the competition with an away match against PSV
The mayors of Utrecht and Eindhoven recently announced extra security measures around duels between FC Utrecht and PSV, because things regularly went wrong last year with misbehaving fans. Next season,…
Case against Woerden package delivery driver who killed man may have to be repeated
Woerden – The appeal against the parcel deliverer from Woerden, who killed someone in Wijchen in Gelderland in 2020, must be over. This is the advice of the Advocate General…
‘Fly with your flight route’: this is what the demonstration against the new Schiphol route looked like
Decked out with large protest signs, two hundred demonstrators will board the train at Utrecht Central this morning. Final destination: the House of Representatives. Because they want to prevent the…
Podcast Stadhuisplein: ‘Mayor Dijksma is much too late with Lucasbolwerk’s intervention’
The current problems in the park near the Stadsschouwburg could have been prevented if Mayor Sharon Dijksma had acted more decisively. That is the opinion of the participants in the…
Leerdam busy with the Orange vase for Alexia
The design is by fashion designer Tess van Zalinge, says Bettina Sommer of Sommer Dutch Glass Art. “You look like a beautiful couture dress, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist.”…