Tag: Netherlands
Vandals destroy two monumental oaks in Hoogland, tree threatens to fall
AMERSFOORT – Two monumental oak trees on the Ventersepad in Hoogland have been damaged beyond repair. The municipality of Amersfoort has no doubts that vandals have been at work and…
Bombs fell near Slava’s house in Ukraine: ‘They mock human lives’
UTRECHT – Slava worked with his hands before retiring, as an electrician, in construction, in renovation. He has already seen a bit of the world and likes to brag a…
Woerdense speed devil who ran into officers during a mad ride felt like a hero
He tore through the center of Woerden at speeds of up to 150 kilometers per hour, while a friend made a film from the passenger seat. Stop signs from the…
150 kilos of fiberglass waste found in forest near Leersum, forester sick at home: ‘This is life-threatening stuff’
A large amount of fiberglass waste was found in a parking lot on Scherpenzeelseweg in Leersum. In total, this concerns about 150 kilograms of waste. A forester who wanted to…
Lawyer: Polish suspect fatal stabbing incident Oudewater stabbed man in stomach from storm
It was not yet clear during this preparatory session in Utrecht court what the reason was for the violence. The incident caused a lot of commotion in Oudewater, where apparently…
Kick-off Vuelta festivities: Zoetemelk brings red leader’s jersey to Utrecht
In exactly one hundred days, the Vuelta will start with a team time trial through Utrecht. This makes ‘we’ the first city to organize the Tour, the Giro and the…
Mayor Dijksma argues for a major role for cities in climate action
UTRECHT – Cities should be given a much more prominent role in the global approach to climate change, says mayor of Utrecht Sharon Dijksma. At the sustainability conference of local…
Go Sharing about many arson attacks on shared scooters in Amersfoort: ‘We do not succumb to vandalism’
“Through more monitoring, we want to find out exactly where the problem is.” Although the company does not want to exclude entire neighborhoods from use, Go Sharing is looking into…
‘Light breeze’ over the housing market: will house prices collapse after all?
In recent years, the housing market has been almost completely shut down. Quarter after quarter, house prices appeared to be rising again, for both owner-occupied and private rental properties. If…
OM demands more than 8.5 tons from the suspect of cannabis farms in Amersfoort and Bunschoten 5 years later
BUNSCHOTEN-SPAKENBURG – As far as the Public Prosecution Service is concerned, the 55-year-old MW does not have to go to prison, because it has been too long since two large…