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A Dutch criminal lawyer and a Russian software developer have been arrested in an investigation into violating sanctions against Russia. The Dutch company they work for is associated with providing services to a Russian group of companies that develops surveillance software for the Russian security service FSB. The Public Prosecutor's Office announces the arrests today.
The number of people who suffer eye damage from pimples has increased considerably in recent months. Doctors from the Dutch Ophthalmological Society are calling about this. "At first, we saw injuries from padel about twice a month," says ophthalmologist Ruud van der Pol of the Alrijne Hospital in Leiderdorp. “But for the last six months, we see it two to three times a week.”
The Leeuwarden filmmaker Piter Reitsma has won the KNF award for best graduation film at the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht.
Almost every Dutch person had pfas in their blood by 2025, says the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Also, almost three quarters of the Dutch had too much of it in their blood. They exceed the so-called health limit, according to a study that RIVM did with blood samples from 2025 from donors of the Sanquin blood bank. At the same time, there seems to be a slight improvement in blood levels compared to a previous investigation.
Gradually, the portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman appears on the side facade of the Waag in Franeker. Spraypainter Marcus Wedman paints the painting on the wall in a few days using state-of-the-art techniques. "Anna Maria van Schurman has, of course, been a very important woman for Franeker," says Arnold van der Schoot. He felt that there was too little attention in Franeker's streetscape for prominent residents from history.
In the Netherlands and eighteen other European countries, searches have been carried out in a large investigation into a gang of scammers. A criminal organization would have sold old smartphones as new on a large scale. Together, they have scammed people for an estimated 300 million euros. Seven suspects have been arrested, reports the EU Public Prosecutor (EPPO).
The Hema in the Leeuwarden centre will start this autumn with regular coffee meetings for people with dementia. Alzheimer Friesland is pleased with the initiative.
Maybe you've been on the train with him without knowing it. Sheyar Hasan (40) from Leeuwarden, originally from Syria, has been working full-time as an engineer at Arriva for about three years now and drives through the North every day.
During a visit to The Hague, German Foreign Minister Wadephul stressed that his country supports the International Criminal Court and will do everything to protect it from stricter US sanctions. Together with his Dutch colleague Berendsen, he visited the court this afternoon to emphasize the support. “The message should be clear.”
The 'We are the Wadden' campaign has collected almost 51,000 signatures against the closure of nature reserves on the Wadden Islands and on the Frisian coast. The signatures will be presented to the provincial government in Leeuwarden on Tuesday and to the House of Representatives in the afternoon in The Hague. The action is known, among other things, from the flags with the text 'Free birds, caged people' that can be seen in many places on and around the Wadden Sea.
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