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The Amsterdam district of Floradorp has been restless this evening. The mobile unit was deployed after residents started fires and turned against aid workers. Three people have been arrested for vandalism, including two minors. The unrest would be the result of a letter from Mayor Halsema about rejecting an alternative plan for a bonfire.
During Indoor Friesland in Leeuwarden, Marriët Smit-Hoekstra grabbed the win in the 1m35 with Wadro's Maggie May in the Horses2fly cup at the end of the day.
Benefit agency UWV stops developing and implementing a new digital system after five years. The Mediation Service (BMS) had to better connect employers and jobseekers, but according to the UWV, the system does not meet expectations. The project cost around 55 million euros, according to the UWV. The benefit agency tested BMS on a small scale and took additional measures.
Jessica Hogervorst from Leiden searches Wednesday between the houses in Stiens for the rare nutcracker. It is apparently photogenic: it does not come when a bird “looks a bit like a sparrow”.
The king must work with the cabinet to repair the backlogs caused by the colonial past. This is stated in the plan of Zwart Manifest, a collaboration of organisations working against racism, which was presented to Prime Minister Jetten this week. "After recognition and apologies, it is now time to work on recovery," says Dagmar Oudshoorn, director of Amnesty International Netherlands and affiliated with Zwart Manifest.
In 2023, a large majority of the Leeuwarden council agreed to housing next to the Hounspolder. But is there still a majority for this now that the Council of State believes that the plan should be better substantiated?
Thousands of Dutch women who were detained in internment camps after the Second World War were raped, tortured and humiliated by their guards. This is evident from witness statements that ended up in a drawer and have only now been investigated by the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The images of Dutch girls and women who were shaved after the Second World War because they were Germans would have gotten along, had a relationship or worked together, are on many people's minds .
The police and the Public Prosecutor's Office say they have invited parent company Ahold to report the "cybersecurity incident" at Albert Heijn. It is not often that such a call is made in public. A police press release states that there is currently no criminal investigation into the incident at the supermarket chain. The police write that there has been contact with Ahold, but that led to not to a declaration.
The municipality of Leeuwarden may not continue with the plans for almost 400 new homes near the Hounspolder for the time being, the Council of State does not find the plans well-founded. Both parties see possibilities after that ruling, they say. "We see this as a victory," says Sietske Inberg of Milieudefensie Fryslân. “The buffer is under discussion again.”
A 75-year-old grandfather from Heerenveen, who allegedly grabbed his granddaughter by her breasts to greet her, was acquitted by the court in Leeuwarden on Tuesday. That and more in today's news overview.
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