Wake-up service 22/5: Final Eurovision Song Contest • Catshuis consultation about secondary schools

• The final of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Ahoy Rotterdam. In total, 26 countries compete for the title. The Dutch entry Jeangu Macrooy is the 23rd turn. The final can be seen on NPO 1 from 9 p.m. and you can follow our live blog on NOS.nl.
• In the Catshuis, the outgoing cabinet is discussing a possible extension of the corona measures in secondary education. It is possible that secondary school students can go to school every day from 31 May.
• The six suspects in the very violent robbery in Amsterdam-Noord are before the examining magistrate. He or she decides whether they should sit longer.

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What did you miss?

There are five people in Amsterdam stabbed in the street. One of the victims has died. Agents have arrested a 29-year-old man from Amstelveen. The victims were individually stabbed around a quarter past eleven. This happened in the vicinity of the Ferdinand Bolstraat in the De Pijp district.

The suspect was arrested shortly afterwards. There are no direct indications that there is a terrorist motive, say the police. However, all options are still kept open.

Other news from the night:

And then this:

“Yu no man broko mi”, sings the Dutch entry Jeangu Macrooy during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest tonight. In other words: “You can’t break me”. His number Birth of a new Age he sings partly in Sranan Tongo, the language spoken in Suriname.

In his native Suriname, they therefore participate extra in the song festival:

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