Tag: Netherlands
GroenLinks, VVD, D66 and ChristenUnie-SGP present coalition agreement for Zeist
The agreement consists of ten themes, including nature and climate, housing, health and cultural and sporting Zeist. For example, the new coalition wants to promote housing in the middle segment,…
Investigation into the identity of Heulgirl is halted, ‘not a priority’ for the Public Prosecution Service
What was that again? A chronological overview of the Heulgirl. Het Heulmeisje is born somewhere between 1960 and 1964. The first seven years of her life she lived in an…
Ukrainian singer-songwriter Katya Gapuchka at a performance in Utrecht: ‘Music is my weapon’
In the Pandhof, the courtyard next to the Dom Church, she sings the song ‘Oy U Lusi, Chervona Kalina’, an old battle song that has been dusted, polished up by…
Municipality of Utrecht buys plot of land along Amsterdam-Rhine Canal for new park
“With our land purchase, space is now created for the design of a small park that connects to the Van Heukelomlob, the green route on the north side of the…
Only men in the college of Vijfheerenlanden: ‘No women? That’s so old-fashioned’
What plans does the new College of Vijfheerenlanden have? That’s in the coalition agreement ‘Together we are Vijfheerenlanden’ from the brand new aldermen of VHL Lokaal, the CDA, the SGP,…
Song festival fever in the Utrecht region: ‘The best not important reason to celebrate’
Today is the day: the Eurovision Song Contest begins. In the first semi-final tonight, S10 will play on behalf of the Netherlands. She has to give way to seven acts…
Mariken Heitman from Utrecht wins Libris Literature Prize
Heitman reacted with surprise to the award. “I hadn’t prepared anything, you hear my stammering,” she said after thanking all kinds of people, including her wife and parents. “I also…
Court: mayor did not have to intervene at alFitrah mosque
Earlier, the court ruled that the alFitrah mosque had to be evacuated. After that ruling, another service was held, after which the activities stopped. “The goal that Femmes For Freedom…
Court: mayor does not have to intervene at alFitrah mosque
Earlier, the court ruled that the alFitrah mosque had to be evacuated. After that ruling, another service was held, after which the activities stopped. “The goal that Femmes For Freedom…
Practice against flooding: water board and Defense pack Lekdijk
During the crisis exercise that started yesterday, dozens of soldiers and more than a hundred water board employees are deployed in Nieuwegein, IJsselstein, Lopik, Houten, Wijk bij Duurstede and Utrechtse…