Tag: UTRECHT
Man who was arrested after a manhunt on A27 suspected of preparing a robbery
UTRECHT – The man who was arrested near Amelisweerd last Saturday after a long chase on the A2 and A27 will remain in custody for fourteen days. That has been…
College of Human Rights: no headscarf for boas is stigmatizing
UTRECHT – The plan not to allow boas to wear a headscarf, skullcap or cross is stigmatizing and ineffective in safeguarding their neutrality. That is the opinion of the Institute…
More than 80 subsidy applications for the 900th anniversary of Utrecht have been approved
UTRECHT – In the municipality of Utrecht, more than eighty initiatives have so far been awarded a subsidy to organize something festive during the 900th anniversary of the city. Residents…
Utrecht aims for coalition of GL, D66, PvdA, Student & Starter and CU
According to Van Gurp, many party combinations were conceivable. “A number of factors played a role in my consideration: the right balance between stability and innovation, administrative power and a…
Arthur Japin wrote the most beautiful love phrase in the Netherlands
Arthur Japin: “Writing about love is like loving itself: it comes naturally and yet it takes courage, there are no words for it and yet you have to speak out,…
Special dinner in Domkerk yields 75,000 euros for the restoration of the Dom Tower
UTRECHT – At a special dinner last night in the Dom Church, 75,000 euros were raised for the restoration of the Dom Tower. About four hundred guests gathered in the…
Janssen leads Kampong in regional derby past SCHC
In the 27th minute, SCHC again found the connecting goal. This time it was Laurens van Leur who scored on behalf of the Bilthoven team. Again it was Janssen who…
St. Antonius Hospital as the last hospital in the region completely smoke-free
This measure was previously introduced at the Diakonessenhuis in March 2019, followed by the Meander hospitals in Amersfoort and Baarn on 1 August 2019, after which the UMC Utrecht also…
Cracks in floors of bicycle shed at Utrecht Central Station
In the three-storey bicycle shed Stationsplein Oost, as the shed for 12,500 bicycles is officially called, so-called expansion joints appear not to function optimally. These joints must absorb the effect…
Book about Truus van Lier from Utrecht: why did the girl with the ‘forget-me-not eyes’ shoot an NSB member?
The story about the half-Jewish Van Lier is startling. She came from a wealthy family and lived next door to the Rietveld Schröder House. In 1940 she started studying law…