Tag: Netherlands
Transport ban in Utrecht region after bird flu outbreak at poultry farm Lunteren
There are 228 other poultry farms in the 10 kilometer zone. Due to the contamination and the high poultry density, a transport ban applies in the region. This transport ban,…
Hekendorp does not accept school closures: ‘You take the heart out of the village’
The people of Hekendorp knew that the number of pupils was a topic of discussion. How could it be otherwise, with about ten students in groups one to four. Carla…
Security region: ‘Now 1200 places available for refugees in the province, we will reach 2000 anyway’
The national government has commissioned each security region to realize two thousand reception places. “We are going to achieve that anyway,” said the VRU. “You see that the entire region,…
Will there be another tram in De Bilt after 75 years?
His passion for public transport started when he was four years old. “My grandfathers both worked for the railways, as a four-year-old boy I stood with them watching the steam…
D66 Utrecht: ‘Building in the Rijnenburg polder a breaking point for coalition’
The statement of party leader Koning of D66 is striking because the party has recently changed position several times about the plans with Rijnenburg. Initially, the party did not want…
Stadsgilde Woerden comes with a special board game for the city’s 650th anniversary
A year later, the game is ready. It’s called ‘Wyrda’. That is the old Germanic name for the city of Woerden. The game is played as a game of goose…
OM demands 12 years in prison against the widow of Mike Goedhart
The reason would be that Goedhart would abuse his wife and children and sexually abused his daughter. A judge then said: “These three people made a plan together and all…
In the fight against housing shortage, Utrecht finds more places for temporary housing
UTRECHT – The municipality of Utrecht has found several new locations for temporary housing. According to the municipality, many people in the city are urgently looking for an independent home,…
Land subsidence project Kanis officially completed after three and a half years
Today the project has officially come to an end. Financially, there is still a loose end. “At the moment we are still completing pending matters, also in the field of…
List leader CAP becomes unwell during the Bunschoten election debate
The Bunschoterwho together with Omroep Spakenburg (de LOOSE), says that the combination of heavy drugs and a bladder infection was probably the cause. “De Jong has to take a rest…