Tag: Netherlands
More than 80 subsidy applications for the 900th anniversary of Utrecht have been approved
UTRECHT – In the municipality of Utrecht, more than eighty initiatives have so far been awarded a subsidy to organize something festive during the 900th anniversary of the city. Residents…
Ronald Koeman will return as Netherlands coach in 2023
Ronald Koeman, sacked from FC Barcelona last October, will once again become the national coach of the Netherlands in 2023 after the World Cup in Qatar, succeeding Louis van Gaal,…
Utrecht aims for coalition of GL, D66, PvdA, Student & Starter and CU
According to Van Gurp, many party combinations were conceivable. “A number of factors played a role in my consideration: the right balance between stability and innovation, administrative power and a…
Arthur Japin wrote the most beautiful love phrase in the Netherlands
Arthur Japin: “Writing about love is like loving itself: it comes naturally and yet it takes courage, there are no words for it and yet you have to speak out,…
Discarded mouth cap plays a leading role in the work of Maarn painter: ‘Important to capture this image of the time’
He still lives in his birthplace in the middle of the woods near Maarn. “I’m actually quite the recluse. I prefer to work here in my studio, so during the…
Special dinner in Domkerk yields 75,000 euros for the restoration of the Dom Tower
UTRECHT – At a special dinner last night in the Dom Church, 75,000 euros were raised for the restoration of the Dom Tower. About four hundred guests gathered in the…
St. Antonius Hospital as the last hospital in the region completely smoke-free
This measure was previously introduced at the Diakonessenhuis in March 2019, followed by the Meander hospitals in Amersfoort and Baarn on 1 August 2019, after which the UMC Utrecht also…
OM: Nieuwegeiner made child porn with his own baby and a 9-year-old daughter of a friend
The man and woman knew each other from their children’s school and had a relationship for three years. He used to visit her in the morning before going to work,…
Municipality of Lopik shocked by reports about ‘sewer hacker’ Wilfred Zielman
Zieleman is eventually fired, put on the fraud list with the tax authorities, was in prison for eighteen days, was convicted twice for hacking and fraud and there is a…
Purchase with a historical touch: Vijfheerenlanden buys a painting by well-known ‘Smeekschrift der Edelen’
In total, the purchase cost 2,800 euros. Not much chance of it being stolen soon, then. “No, he is not very commercial in that regard,” says Michel van de Laar.…