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Russian interference in French elections. France will elect a new president in six months, and election campaigns are now underway. There are major concerns about disinformation from Russia.
The municipality of Leeuwarden has to restore the zoning plan for the new residential area De Hem near Goutum in a few points. This was determined by the Council of State on Wednesday 14 October in an interim ruling. The Hem must provide space for a maximum of 395 homes. According to the Council of State, the municipality has not yet sufficiently justified the consequences of the chosen buffer zone between the district and the Hounspolder for the meadow birds in the area.
The construction of houses in De Hem near Goutum can continue, according to the Council of State on Wednesday. However, the municipality needs to rethink the buffer zone for meadow birds.
The city council of Leeuwarden needs to take a closer look at the plans for the construction of homes near the Hounspolder near Goutum. The Council of State sees shortcomings in the plans and gives the Council six months to come up with solutions. That is stated in an interim judgment that the Council of State has just published. The municipality of Leeuwarden wants to build 395 houses in the hamlet of De Hem.
The red beech tree at the entrance of the St. Hippolytus Church in Middelstum (Groningen) has won the public election for Tree of the Year. The tree, which is more than 150 years old, received almost 3000 votes more than the number two, which is located in Utrecht. The election will be held by the SBNL Nature Fund. With the prize, the fund wants to draw attention to beautiful, special or monumental trees, or trees that are significant for the environment and the community de-risked.
What started with a trimmer that he bought at the supermarket when he was fourteen, grew into his own barbershop on the Voorstreek in Leeuwarden. For Andy, cutting is now much more than just taking care of her. For him, the barber's chair is also a place where conversations arise and where topics that are not always easy to discuss may be brought to the table. Andy grew up in Curaçao in a nice family.
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Eighteen Ajax supporters were arrested in the Croatian city of Split yesterday, according to Croatian media . Photos and videos of the arrests are circulating on social media. The Amsterdam club will play an away match tomorrow against Hajduk Split in the Conference League. Images from the news site Tportal, among others, show that the supporters are arrested on a terrace in the centre of Split, after which they are taken away in police vans.
F-35s flying over the province up to one o'clock at night and aircraft engines running 24 hours a day. It will all be possible if the House of Representatives approves the Wodg, the Defence Readiness Act. Four nights of 120 take-offs and landings of F-35s at Leeuwarden Air Base. That is what will soon be possible if the law is introduced, says Geert Verf of dorpsbelang Marsum.
Good morning! Bus travellers beware: fewer buses are driving through strikes across the country today. And in Germany, the process surrounding the Nord Stream attack in 2022 is starting today. First the weather: it is dry and especially this morning the sun can be seen regularly.
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