Tag: Netherlands
Plenty of mail for brand new councilors: lobby at full speed
“Dear councilors, congratulations on your appointment and know that we exist.” In short, this is the content of the many letters that end up in the digital inboxes of councilors…
“Today still shelter for 28 affected families after explosions Bilthoven flat”
According to Visser, most people prefer childcare with friends or family. “Otherwise, we’ll arrange an alternative,” he said in a press conference this afternoon about the catastrophic events this morning…
Community service and driving ban for speed driver who caused a serious accident in Rhenen
According to the court, the driver at the time “deliberately and seriously violated several traffic rules, as a result of which others were seriously endangered.” He had had too much…
Injured after gas explosions in Bilthoven flat: ‘Crying, screaming, running’
In a gas leak under an apartment building in Bilthoven, a facade collapsed after two explosions. According to the Utrecht Security Region, four people were injured. Two injured people were…
Injured after gas explosions in Bilthoven, facade of flat collapsed
BILTHOVEN – A facade collapsed after two explosions during a gas leak under an apartment building in Bilthoven. According to the Utrecht Security Region, four people were injured. Two injured…
Explosion after gas leak in Bilthoven, flat completely evacuated
According to a press photographer on site, the explosion was inside and part of the facade is heavily damaged. Emergency services and bystanders, mainly residents, are very shocked by the…
Academics call for an end to animal testing in open letter
UTRECHT – The Netherlands must play a pioneering role in ending animal testing in biomedical science. More than twenty academics, including three scientists from Utrecht University, write this in an…
Students practice counting bees for the National Bee Count
On Thursday and Friday, students in grades six to eight and all classes in secondary schools can spot bees during the school count. Special counting forms have been made for…
From now on a human shield to the abortion clinic: ‘Protection needed against protesters’
The buddy can serve as a kind of shield for the one who goes to the clinic. Gerding: “Nobody wants to have an abortion, it is very important that it…
OM: more research needed into possible role of Bunschoter in the death of two locals
More research is needed to determine whether a 30-year-old man from Bunschoten played a role in the deaths of two young locals. The public prosecutor reported this today in an…