The police in Amsterdam said on Friday that they did not know what the reason for a driver of a van to drive into a police car. In the night from Thursday to Friday, the van would have run into the car three times from nowhere. Earlier Friday, the police announced that they had fired … Read more
Friday will be a dry and especially sunny day in the south. However, the day starts fresh with minimums between 5 and 10 degrees and a fog bank in some places. It stays dry everywhere. In the afternoon the temperature rises to 20 degrees in the north and 24 degrees in the southeast. On Saturday … Read more
More than fifty primary schools have purchased commercial corona tests themselves, because they do not want to wait for the GGDs, reports Faithful Thursday. The tests cost 100 euros each, but according to the school administrators are therefore cheaper than putting a replacement in front of the class. “It is a simple calculation,” says Geurt … Read more
The Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) has been fined two fines totaling 125,000 euros on Wednesday, the Public Prosecution Service reports (IF). According to the OM, NAM has not taken sufficient measures to prevent leaks. On October 3, 2018, 30 cubic meters of natural gas condensate, a hazardous liquid substance released during natural gas extraction, leaked … Read more
5,427 Dutch people tested positive for the corona virus in the past week, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) reports Tuesday in the weekly update. That is a significant increase compared to the approximately 3,600 infections in the previous week. The percentage of people who tested positive increased by 0.6 percentage … Read more
A Forum for Democracy event in the Musis Sacrum in Arnhem has been temporarily interrupted, according to the party due to a ‘security issue’. Police checked three people but concluded there was no danger. During a speech Forum politicians Thierry Baudet and Theo Hiddema left the room in haste on the advice of security. He … Read more
A 53-year-old woman of Colombian descent was sentenced by the Amsterdam court to five years in prison on Monday for laundering nearly 13 million euros in criminal money and participating in a criminal organization. The woman, who is seen as the leader of this organization, is called ‘la Jefa’ (the boss) in conversations tapped by … Read more
Forest rangers and green boas have seen an increase in the number of recreationists in nature reserves in recent years. According to almost three quarters of them, the crowds have a negative effect on nature, according to a tour of Monday The Monitor. Half of the 158 surveyed foresters and green boas from Staatsbosbeheer, De … Read more
The week starts on Monday with a fairly dry day with sunny periods. The mercury rises to 18 to 21 degrees. There is a south-westerly wind, which is weak at the beginning of the day but increases to moderate later. View here the full weather report at your location. You will also always find the … Read more
A fifteen-year-old boy was seriously injured on Sunday evening by a stabbing incident at an event center in Rijsbergen, Brabant, the law enforcement. Police have arrested two suspects. An argument started at an event center, in which the boy was eventually stabbed with a knife. According to RTL News there would have been a wedding … Read more