On Tuesday, the police caught a 26-year-old Tilburger dealing drugs while his one-year-old child was still in the back seat. The man has been arrested, it is reported on Wednesday. Surveillance officers saw the man selling drugs to a 46-year-old Tilburger. Presumably it concerns a number of bags of cocaine. The child’s father turned out … Read more
Stargazers do well to look up in the night from Wednesday to Thursday: the meteor shower Orionids is then at its peak, so that in the early morning hours, about 30 shooting stars per hour can be spotted. Most of the Netherlands should set the alarm at 5 a.m., meteorologists from Weerplaza say in conversation … Read more
Three years ago, the top of the tax authorities and the Ministry of Finance ignored a memo by an official who warned of the “inadmissible course” surrounding the childcare allowance, according to a Tuesday. brief from State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Finance) to the Lower House. It is estimated that the tax authorities have wrongly … Read more
The court in Zwolle on Tuesday acquitted an officer of the unlawful arrest in 2016 of a fellow officer at a police station in Enschede. The applied violence was also not disproportionate and therefore there was no mistreatment. At the time, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) ruled that there were criminal offenses, but returned to … Read more
All girls born in the year 2003 will receive a letter from the Ministry of Defense this week stating that they are registered for military service. It is only a registration; the compulsory attendance no longer exists. It concerns a group of approximately 100,000 girls in the Netherlands. Girls who are seventeen years old will … Read more
The Dutch are throwing more and more masks on the street. The masks have been among the litter since the beginning of the corona crisis, but the numbers will only increase in the near future. This is what Helene van Zutphen, director of Nederland Schoon, the foundation that works nationally against litter, says in conversation … Read more
No city in the US was hit so badly by the corona virus – the metropolis was “on pause” for more than three months. Now it should timidly go back to normal. But there are new risk factors. By Peter Mücke, ARD-Studio New York After around 100 days of the Corona crisis and eleven weeks … Read more
After a warning for violating the corona measures, a fine will immediately follow. Hubert Bruls, chairman of the Security Council, said this Monday evening after the meeting between the 25 chairpersons of the security regions. This means that the name of the offender is also written down when a warning is given, so that a … Read more
Although restaurants and shops are allowed to reopen under certain conditions, New York’s streets are still rather empty. The city is broke. Mayor de Blasio promises: “The New Yorkers can do it.” By Peter Mücke, ARD-Studio New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to lead by example. He had his hair cut by hairdresser Alberto … Read more
Manhattan is the heart of New York. But now there are many vacant apartments in the district – and not only there. Thousands of residents have fled: from Corona, fear and unemployment. By Antje Passenheim, ARD-Studio New York They shape the streetscape of New York: moving trucks. Boxes and furniture are piling up on the … Read more