LICHTENVOORDE – On Saturday 16 April, Thomas Kruip, general manager of Aloys Roemaat Transport BV in Lichtenvoorde, announced that he would take over the shares from the current investor. As a new owner, together with Peter Roemaat, he has the goal of continuing the healthy growth of the transport company. While enjoying a spring drink, … Read more
BRUSSELS – Car and truck manufacturers fear that their factories in Russia will be used for war purposes. The ACEA, the European umbrella organization for car manufacturers, warns against this BNR. All factories of car and truck brands in Russia and Ukraine have been shut down because of the war. ACEA Director General Eric-Mark Huitema … Read more
THE HAGUE – In 2021, 30 percent of Dutch people indicated that they had had a cold, strep throat, flu or sinus infection in the past two months. That is less than in the previous measurement in 2018, when 41 percent indicated this. There was a decrease in almost all age groups. These complaints occurred … Read more
LISBON – A burning car carrier drifted in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after the 22 crew members were evacuated from the massive ship on Wednesday due to a fire, the Portuguese Navy reports. Shipping in the area was warned that the 200-meter-long and 32-meter-wide Felicity Ace had drifted near the Portuguese … Read more
ZOETERMEER – During the press conference at 7 p.m., outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge announced additional corona measures. The measures will apply from 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, December 19, 2021. The measures will in any case apply until Friday 14 January 2022. What does this mean for the … Read more
ROTTERDAM – Four in ten IC nurses experience complaints such as anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress as a result of work, according to a study by Radboudumc in Nijmegen and Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. In October they conducted a survey among 600 IC nurses throughout the Netherlands. According to the researchers, half of the participating … Read more
ZWAAGDIJK/MONTFOORT – The Van Straalen de Vries Group is strengthening its position in recycling logistics by taking over the transport activities of the Jan Snel Group from Montfoort as of January 1, 2022. This is the result of discussions over the past few months between Rober van Straalen and Simeon Roodenburg, director of transport Jan … Read more
DEN BOSCH – Lareb side effects center has so far received almost 10,000 reports of menstrual disorders after corona vaccination. The complaints range from lack of menstruation, heavy menstruation, to breakthrough bleeding. There are also complaints about bleeding after the menopause, the side effects center announced. Lareb is currently looking into and mapping the reports. … Read more
THE HAGUE – The new wave of corona cases mainly affects young people, but the virus is slowly but surely starting to penetrate into nursing homes. The number of positive tests among the elderly there is increasing, although it is still limited for the time being. The residents are most at risk from an infection … Read more
BREDA – Hundreds of people who visited the two-day Ploegendienst festival near Breda later tested positive for the corona virus. Of all the people who received a positive test result, at least 424 had been to the festival on the Galderse Meren, the GGD confirms after reporting by BN deStem. Of the people who tested … Read more