Tag: Netherlands
Will the fibula return to Wijk bij Duurstede? For some ‘a dream’, for others ‘unlikely’
For Bart van Asperdt, councilor for D66 in the city, the question is not whether the fibula will return, but when. He has been campaigning for it in local politics…
Widening or moving the infamous bend at Mijdrecht? ‘It is very distressing that we have to give way to a road’
Erik Dijkstra, owner of restaurant Jettiez, is not happy with the plans to put it mildly. “That we have to give way to a road that needs to be made…
New investigation into the death of a 22-year-old man in the center of Utrecht
Utrecht – The police are again investigating the death of a 22-year-old man in the center of Utrecht today. At the Pieterskerkhof, detectives are working on a cherry picker on…
Centraal Museum shows Rietveld chair, bought for ‘a tenner’
Utrecht – The Central Museum in Utrecht is showing a Rietveld chair on Sunday, which was once bought by someone for “a tenner” in a thrift store, but is expected…
Still almost white smoke in Amersfoort: ‘Coalition agreement announced next week’
Exactly one hundred days after the elections, Amersfoort is the only municipality in our province that has not yet presented a coalition agreement. But that doesn’t seem to last long.…
GPs are concerned about new corona wave
In a letter to care minister Ernst Kuipers, various associations write that they miss the “urgency at the ministry to direct”. Because hospital staff is scarce, GPs expect more care…
Utrecht University criminologist warns of an increase in the production of illegal tobacco products
For more than a year, a license obligation for cigarette machines has been in effect in the Netherlands. In order to tackle the problem of illegal production, an international collaboration…
100 days after the elections, there is still one place in Utrecht where there is no coalition
This makes IJsselstein one of the last municipalities in the region where the new aldermen can get started. The councilors will be appointed next week in Houten. And in Amersfoort…
‘Almost a thousand unnecessary deaths due to too long waiting times at emergency care’
According to the NSVHA, an important cause of this is staff shortages in care, NOS writes. Not only at the A&E itself, but also at the general practitioner, in community…
Farmer’s protest with tractors: crowds in the Utrecht region are over, still advice to avoid A1
Eemlandse and Gooise farmers gathered this morning on the driveway of the A1 at Eembrugge and the A1 between Baarn and Hoogland. They drove to the demonstration under police escort.…