Jan 29, 2024 at 5:04 am Youth care must be better and cheaper, but I fear that the improvement plan will suffer from the 511 million euros budget cut planned by the outgoing cabinet. It is unclear how this money should be cut, while time is running out. The problems in youth care have been … Read more
Jan 27, 2024 at 3:20 PM Update: 2 minutes ago There are no trains to and from Schiphol on Saturday until 6 p.m. This is due to a collision. Fewer trains were already running due to work, but now train traffic around the airport is completely at a standstill, an NS spokesperson told NU.nl. Three … Read more
Jan 27, 2024 at 5:14 am Nitrogen crisis? Another such crisis is coming: the water crisis. In 2027, our rivers, lakes and ditches must meet requirements that will probably not be met. “This will have at least as much impact on permits as nitrogen,” the Ecological Authority warns. The Ecological Authority issued this warning on … Read more
Ostend/Oudenburg/Bruges/Knokke – Sports bags full of cash, luxury cars and even the IRA: the criminal file surrounding the Ostend twin brothers Peter and Rudolf Marchand reads like the script of a gangster film. The 71-year-old businessmen are said to have laundered no less than 120 million euros for Irish criminals in twelve years. But at … Read more
Jan 26, 2024 at 5:02 am Train passengers must prepare for (another) “tough year” with delays and disruptions. According to the NS, a number of problems from 2023 are still present. For example, work must be carried out more often during the day. “We’re not going to make it more beautiful than it is.” In … Read more
Jan 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM Update: 3 hours ago From Thursday, an Intercity will run directly between Amsterdam and Rotterdam two instead of four times an hour. Speed restrictions apply at several places on the route, because the track is not safe enough to drive over at high speed. This is because there are … Read more
Liander does not rule out a new power outage in the West district of Amsterdam in the coming days. The network operator reports this promptly website. The power went out briefly in a large number of Amsterdam households on both Monday and Tuesday. The power outage on both evenings was caused by a malfunction in … Read more
Jan 24, 2024 at 7:00 AM Update: 9 hours ago An average of wind force 9 was measured in Vlissingen and IJmuiden during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. This officially marks the third storm of the year. Code yellow applies in a large part of the Netherlands due to heavy gusts of wind. The … Read more
Jan 24, 2024 at 12:41 Update: 15 hours ago How can such a successful footballer allow himself to be drawn so deeply into crime? That question from the Public Prosecution Service remained unanswered on Wednesday. Quincy Promes was absent from court, where justice demanded nine years in prison for him for involvement in drug trafficking. … Read more
Jan 24, 2024 at 5:59 AM Update: 2 hours ago On Wednesday morning the wind will have one more free rein with strong gusts of wind. They disappear during the day, never to return for a while. Furthermore, it is dry and quite pleasant. The wind is blowing strong this morning, reports Weather Plaza. The … Read more