Tag: Netherlands
Sunday rest turns out to be a breaking point in Bunschoten, SGP leaves coalition negotiations
The SGP is no longer participating in the talks about forming a coalition in Bunschoten. VVD, CDA and the Christian Workers Party (CAP) could not reach an agreement with the…
Altrecht uses VR glasses in therapy: ‘You dare a little more in a virtual environment’
“This therapy is intended for people who have a lot of difficulty walking on the street or taking public transport. They can overcome their fears with it,” says Tonnie Staring,…
Shared scooters Amersfoort remain a target of arson: ‘Maybe no longer parking in certain areas’
Because it ‘only’ concerns material damage and setting fire on shared scooters is a difficult offense to detect, larger matters are given priority. “If you receive the report, the scooter…
Utrecht learns Ukrainian: refugee Raïsa is touched by the warm welcome, but misses her home
Raïsa has lived for years in a cramped apartment in the centrally located Zhitomir, a typical Ukrainian provincial town where you can still smell the smell of Soviet times long…
Illegal medicines, erection pills and hard drugs discovered in bicycle shop Soest, OM demands prison
SOEST – Illegal drugs, prohibited erection pills, hard drugs, hemp and prohibited weapons. It is not exactly the standard stock for the average bicycle trade, but at the beginning of…
Investigation into explosion Bilthoven flat almost finished, residents still can’t reach stuff
“We are waiting until we get a signal that the first part of the houses, the outermost houses of the flat, are safe enough to get things out,” said a…
Residents are no longer allowed to sail on the Kromme Rijn: ‘Not even electric’
PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – Residents of the Kromme Rijn are no longer allowed to sail in motorized boats. Last week a letter from the water board fell on the mat.…
Protesters disrupt Israeli music group’s performance at Flint . Theater
“This is why we decided not to undisturbed to offer a stage for occupation, oppression and apartheid,” writes BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions), the pro-Palestinian organization that organized the protest.…
Plants occupy parking spaces in Overvecht: ‘You can do much better things with that space’
UTRECHT – Dozens of plants are currently growing in parking lots on the São Paulodreef in Overvecht. They deliberately occupy a parking space and if a car drives over it,…
Utrecht loses lawsuit over higher rents Wilhelminawerf
UTRECHT – The municipality of Utrecht has lost a civil procedure against project developer Kondor Wessels Projecten (KWP). The case was brought because a higher rent for the apartments is…