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The Clinical Diagnostics laboratory, which was hacked last year, may again carry out population research into cervical cancer. According to Minister Hermans of Health, security is now in order. Clinical Diagnostics was hacked last July. In addition, the data of 850,000 people were captured.
Jelte was 5.5 years old. A lot happened in those years. On Sunday 11 October, two days before his birthday, De Harmonie in Leeuwarden will be dedicated to Jelte's Legacy. The afternoon will be presented by Barend van Deelen and Wijnand Speelman.
The Dutch State must return a painting by Dutch landscape painter Jan van Goyen to the heirs. This was decided by the Restitutiecommissie, which advises on Nazi-looted art in the Netherlands. The painting, Vissers aan de oevers van een plas, is part of the Rijkscollectie and is currently located in the Mauritshuis in Den Haag. The artwork was originally part of the collection of Jaques Goudstikker, one of the most prominent Jewish art dealers in the Netherlands.
Direct conflict with Russia? There are concerns about subsequent escalations and even possible direct armed conflict with Russia. According to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Russia is preparing direct 'hybrid' attacks on countries that support Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank is also warning that Russia is stepping up actions against critical infrastructure in Europe.
You don't always have to look at art with your eyes alone. That is exactly what artist Monica Ntege Jolo wants to show. With beads, shells, sand and other materials, she makes colourful works with relief and structure. Her art is meant not only to look at, but also to touch and experience.
During the Week against Loneliness, from 24 to 30 September, the literature project Speaking Stones will take centre stage in Leeuwarden. With a walking route along eight facing bricks and a meeting bench, personal stories about loneliness are told. Speaking Stones has been found in the city centre of Leeuwarden since 2022. For the new stories, four writers talked to people who have experienced loneliness themselves.
The Grote of Jacobijnerkerk forms the backdrop for a special musical encounter with history on Saturday 24 October. There, the Apollo Ensemble performs Il Parnasso in Festa by Georg Friedrich Händel. The work was written almost three hundred years ago on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Anna of Hanover and William IV of Orange-Nassau, the Frisian stadtholder. Special relationship with Leeuwarden The version has a special meaning for Leeuwarden.
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