Tag: UTRECHT
Who will pull the longest straw in the Utrecht playground on the Lauwerhof?
Local residents are now pinning their hopes on VVD councilor and committee spokesman Gertjan te Hoonte, who is committed to the playground. Last month, Te Hoonte raised the issue when,…
Four Utrecht municipalities stop controversial algorithm against fraud detection
Utrecht – Houten, IJsselstein, Lopik and Nieuwegein will stop using the ‘fraud score card’, a controversial method for detecting fraud with social assistance benefits. The four Utrecht municipalities let you…
Jesse Puts with mix team Netherlands fifth in 4 x 100 meter freestyle
Puts formed a team in Budapest, Hungary, with Stan Pijnenburg, Tessa Giele and Marrit Steenbergen. They clocked a time of 3.24.24 and finished fifth. The gold went to Australia, which…
Members’ Council of the Cyclists’ Union agrees to appoint Gilbert Isabella as chairman
The members’ council of the Fietsersbond in Utrecht has approved the appointment of Gilbert Isabella. He will be the new chairman and will succeed Franc Weerwind, who resigned in December…
Tens of millions for Utrecht municipalities to accelerate housing construction
For the area in Utrecht Southwest, 71.7 million will be made available for 6,200 homes in Papendorp, Groenewoud and Kanaleneiland. With that money, for example, a ‘parking hub’ with 2000…
Mayor Dijksma opens photo exhibition about fifty years of labor migration
According to initiator Sahin Yildirim, the aim of the exhibition is to record the stories of guest workers and pass them on to the new generation. “A lot of young,…
New investigation into the death of a 22-year-old man in the center of Utrecht
Utrecht – The police are again investigating the death of a 22-year-old man in the center of Utrecht today. At the Pieterskerkhof, detectives are working on a cherry picker on…
Centraal Museum shows Rietveld chair, bought for ‘a tenner’
Utrecht – The Central Museum in Utrecht is showing a Rietveld chair on Sunday, which was once bought by someone for “a tenner” in a thrift store, but is expected…
GPs are concerned about new corona wave
In a letter to care minister Ernst Kuipers, various associations write that they miss the “urgency at the ministry to direct”. Because hospital staff is scarce, GPs expect more care…
Utrecht University criminologist warns of an increase in the production of illegal tobacco products
For more than a year, a license obligation for cigarette machines has been in effect in the Netherlands. In order to tackle the problem of illegal production, an international collaboration…