Tag: Netherlands
Public Prosecution Service demands 7 years in prison for tram shooter Gökmen T. for attempted murder in prison
Gökmen T., who was previously convicted for the fatal shooting on a tram in Utrecht, is said to have tried to kill a prison employee in 2021. He stabbed the…
‘Unique problems in young cities like Nieuwegein: The government must take action’
Report ‘Caring for New Towns’ Today the New Town Alliance presented the report ‘Caring for New Towns’ to Minister Mona Keijzer of Housing and Spatial Planning. The report focuses on…
Explosion at the player bus of the Feyenoord youth team during a match against FC Utrecht
During the explosion, the youth teams of FC Utrecht and Feyenoord under 14 faced each other on the football field for a practice match. The damage to the bus is…
Where is the best spot and what time should you be there? 7 tips for the national arrival in Vianen
Special bus line from Utrecht On Saturday there will be an extra bus from Utrecht CS Jaarbeurszijde to Vianen. U-OV has specially designed line 512 for the Sinterklaas arrival. The…
ProRail strike has started: few to no trains to and from Utrecht
All trains to and from North Holland are not running. In addition, fewer trains run, especially from Utrecht Central Station to Eindhoven, Arnhem and Leiden. The strike will last until…
Booker Prize not going to Utrecht’s Yael van der Wouden
Yael van der Wouden participated with her debut The Safekeep, translated into Dutch as De bewaring. The book is set in post-war Overijssel. Isabel lives there alone in her deceased…
Nieuwersluis prison guards in court: this is what happened over the past 2.5 years
Two former guards of the women’s prison in Nieuwersluis are on trial today for rape, assault and abuse of prisoners in 2022. About 2.5 years ago, the first reports of…
Podcast Stadhuisplein: Councilor Van Hooijdonk’s role had been played out in the city
It is striking that the three agree on many points, despite their different political backgrounds. Van Esch is happy with the attention for the bicycle, at the expense of the…
Number of wolf attacks almost doubled, only among farmers without a wolf-resistant grid
After a wolf first struck a sheep farmer in Bunschoten in 2018, wolves killed at least 160 more animals in the province of Utrecht. Usually it concerns sheep. BIJ12, the…
Vulnerable man was ‘plaything’ of Utrecht scammer family: 6.5 years demanded against 35-year-old woman
The case against the then 17-year-old girl, who had to pose as Kristina, has been dismissed. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the file shows that she was forced to…