Tag: Netherlands
Burglar gets stuck after police chase in Amersfoort
A passenger car eventually got stuck in a dead-end street around 5:45 a.m., after which the driver was arrested, witnesses report. The car had two flat tires that may have…
Milk price historically high: ‘But it’s not all net profit’
Yes, the milk is expensive. Dairy farmer Marcel Vedder from Bunschoten immediately admits this. But don’t think that Vedder hears the cash register ringing with every yank of an udder.…
Podcast Stadhuisplein Utrecht: ‘New Utrecht college in two weeks’
There will be a new Utrecht college this month. That is what the panel of the monthly political podcast Stadhuisplein Utrecht thinks. The new panel member Dimitri Gilissen even thinks…
Utrecht chess tables conquer the Netherlands and the rest of the world: ‘Yes, that’s quite a bit’
Chess tables are not only installed in the Netherlands. The Urban Chess initiative goes beyond national borders. Also in Germany, Austria, Spain and Uganda people are copying the public chess…
Nieuwegeiner (25) is sentenced to prison after an incident in which a terrified girlfriend jumped out of a moving car
The man was acquitted of aggravated assault, because according to the court there was not enough evidence of intent in the game. He was found guilty of attempted aggravated assault…
A2 at Nieuwer ter Aa open again after collision between motorcyclist and van
BREUKELEN – A motorcyclist has collided with a van on the A2 at Nieuwer ter Aa. The driver of the motorcycle was injured, police said. The highway to Amsterdam was…
Julia (15) and Sam (13) from Zeist play in the war film of the National Children’s Remembrance
Dorien Korsten, producer of National Children’s Remembrance Day 4 May, believes it is important that children learn that it is not self-evident that we can live in freedom in the…
UU medical students join forces with Wageningen University: ‘Unique situation’
“The education should pay more and more attention to nutrition, prevention and lifestyle,” says Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, program director of Medicine at Utrecht University. That is why, from September, we…
Utrecht fights vacancy in the city center by giving young entrepreneurs a chance
The project is called Morgen Mooier Maken and is a collaboration between the entrepreneurs’ association Centrum Management Utrecht and the municipality. The project has been running for over a year…
Volunteers lay flowers on the Soviet War Cemetery in Leusden: ‘Those boys were our ally’
For Remco Reiding, director of the Soviet Field of Honor Foundation, it is not the first time that he has been at such an emotional moment. In recent years, he…