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Festivals, performances or elm loft stuff: there is plenty to experience and see in Friesland. The culture editorial team of the LC will keep you informed of the latest news in this blog.
The Dutch food safety authority NVWA is inspecting whether catering and food businesses in Leeuwarden are doing enough to keep mice out. According to an inspector, the pest problem among local entrepreneurs is worsening.
Three men were arrested in Ghent who were allegedly involved in the shooting in Overasselt at the beginning of last month. The police report this. The suspects are 23, 25 and 28 years old. They are suspected of murder, manslaughter, firearm possession and membership of a criminal organization.
Festivals, performances or elm loft stuff: there is plenty to experience and see in Friesland. The culture editorial team of the LC will keep you informed of the latest news in this blog.
Despite temperatures around 20 degrees, many Dutch artificial ice rinks reopened last week. Skaters couldn't wait to hit the ice, but others often look at it with surprise. Regularly, the question arises as to whether the skating season cannot start later. Because the higher the temperature outside, the more energy it takes to lay an ice floor.
Last night, the reality programme De Bondgenoten won the Golden Televisier ring. The other nominees were consumer program Kassa and the drama series Woeste Grond . Very different programs were included in the TV price and there is so much more to see. Many programs hardly get any attention.
"It is important that the stories that are told and the people we honor are reliable and authentic," says the National Committee for Commemoration Capitulations about the news that claims made by the 99-year-old Willem Wilbrink, who has so far continued as a war hero, are incorrect. Among other things, a publication in the Historisch Nieuwsblad this week showed that Wilbrink was not in the concentration camp in Dachau .
Four suspects were tried today at the court in Leeuwarden for involvement in a drug laboratory at the Marne industrial estate in Bolsward. That and more in our news overview today
The mayors of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht question the government's plan to monitor dangerous persons via electronic surveillance and area commands. An area command requires someone to stay in an assigned place, such as a neighborhood. The Cabinet has long been looking for additional measures to better track people who have been identified as a threat to national security. Minister of Justice David van Weel emphasizes that the ultimate goal is still to get these people out of the country.
The head office of Topsport Amsterdam, the organisation that supports top Olympic and national athletes, needs to look for a temporary new office space. Due to last night's fire in the crawl space of the parking garage of the Olympic Stadium, the office has become unusable for the time being. The organisation will let you know in a statement. Although the entire damage has not yet been mapped, according to the organization, it is clear that the employees cannot return to the office building in the next five months.
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