16-Year-Old Arrested in Eindhoven for Suspected Contact with IS Supporters

16-Year-Old Arrested in Eindhoven for Suspected Contact with IS Supporters

NOS News•today, 07:29 A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Eindhoven because he would have had contact with IS supporters, it reports Eindhovens Dagblad. According to the newspaper, which has had the report confirmed by the Public Prosecution Service, the boy was arrested at home at the beginning of May and is still detained. On Tuesday, … Read more

Rising Number of Explosions in Rotterdam: Multiple Incidents Reported within Days

Rising Number of Explosions in Rotterdam: Multiple Incidents Reported within Days

Two explosions took place in Rotterdam in the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The first was at a house on Cortenbachsingel in the southeast of the city. The occupant of the building suffered minor injuries. Around 3.15 am an explosive went off at a portico in the Erik Kropstraat in the Feijenoord district. No one … Read more

What’s Going Wrong with the Netherlands’ National Prevention Agreement to Tackle Obesity?

What’s Going Wrong with the Netherlands’ National Prevention Agreement to Tackle Obesity?

02 jun 2023 om 05:11Update: een uur geleden Five years ago, the government presented an ambitious National Prevention Agreement to tackle obesity. But the proportion of young adults with obesity remains high, as it turned out on Thursday. What’s going wrong? And how could we solve the problem? “The start of a movement”, Prime Minister … Read more

Former hotel in Albergen delayed in becoming home for asylum seekers due to pending environmental permit

Former hotel in Albergen delayed in becoming home for asylum seekers due to pending environmental permit

It will take until at least after the summer holidays before asylum seekers can live in the former hotel in Albergen, Twente. This is because the environmental permit is still pending. The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) had already applied for the environmental permit in February. But it now appears that … Read more

“Zur Brücken Waage”: A Valuable Property in Sirnach’s Village Center Now Under Preservation Protection

“Zur Brücken Waage”: A Valuable Property in Sirnach’s Village Center Now Under Preservation Protection

The property at Kirchplatz 6, «Zur Brücken Waage», is classified as «valuable» in the building reference inventory of the Office for the Preservation of Monuments. It is described as a “multi-purpose building, overall appearance 19th century, core probably 17th/18th Jh.». The building is said to have “high status in the village center of Sirnach”. This … Read more

Expert warns of ongoing threat from bird flu in wild birds

Expert warns of ongoing threat from bird flu in wild birds

30 mei 2023 om 05:06Update: een uur geleden Poultry farms have recently become bird flu-free, but that does not mean that the virus no longer poses a threat. Wild birds still get sick. That is worrying, say bird experts. “Bird flu is an unpredictable virus that doesn’t just affect birds.” Since the beginning of 2023, … Read more