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Residents of the municipality of Leeuwarden will pay more property tax. Paid parking will be introduced in the Vossepark district next summer. This is evident from Leeuwarden's budget for 2027.
How should homes in Stiens be heated in the future if natural gas disappears? The municipality of Leeuwarden has drawn up a draft implementation plan for this. Residents can respond to this in the coming weeks. The municipality has been working on the plans with residents and the Stienzer Energykoöperaasje (StEK) for a year and a half.
Today marks the second day of the general financial debates, with Minister Heinen and State Secretary Eerenberg answering questions from members of parliament. Additionally, the Dutch national football team will play an away match against Greece in the Nations League tonight.
Starting tomorrow, the Royal Marechaussee is ending the temporary internal border controls introduced in December 2024 to combat illegal migration. Although these specific checks are stopping, the marechaussee will receive broader powers for regular supervision in border regions.
More than three thousand municipal administrators and civil servants will come to northwestern Friesland next September for the multi-day VNG congress.
The municipality of Leeuwarden and the Fietsersbond Fryslân are looking for a resident who wants to become the new Bicycle Mayor of Leeuwarden. The Bicycle Mayor is committed to better, safer and more attractive cycling in the municipality. The Bicycle Mayor becomes an ambassador for cyclists and connects residents, schools, entrepreneurs and organisations. No experience is required.
Wiebe Strikwerda (35) from Leeuwarden, until recently alderman in Dantumadiel, has been nominated by CDA Fryslân as leader of the list for the CDA in the upcoming State elections, 17 March next year.
The Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) fined the newspapers NRC and de Volkskrant in August for violating the Medicines Act. The enforcement action was initiated following a request by Goodlife, the distributor of the weight-loss drug Mysimba. The company objected to articles that discussed weight-loss products from its competitors.
An Amsterdam trial treating crack addicts with the drug dexamphetamine has been temporarily halted. The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) has stopped the production of the substance. Researchers wanted to test whether this ADHD medication could help reduce crack dependency.
In June, Amsterdam Mayor Halsema sent a personal letter to American rapper Ye, requesting that he leave the city immediately after his final concert. The city government has now released the letter after a journalist prepared to submit a public records request for it. In the letter, Halsema writes that although she does not have the legal authority to take action regarding his presence in Amsterdam, she believes it is her responsibility to be clear about the city's moral and social boundaries.
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