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Hunter Peter van Kempen from Reduzum is concerned about the future of goose hunting in Friesland. He fears that the provincial government will impose strict limitations on hunting greylag geese within a few years. According to him, hunters feel sidelined by the province.
In the quiet centre of Hoogeveen this afternoon, a patio visitor is curious about a group of teenagers who are staying at a monument. “Is it the kids sitting there?” he asks a restaurant employee. “Yes,” he explains. “But they can go far.”
Several cars have recently been set on fire in a parking garage in Zoetermeer. The first fire was on 14 August and last week there were fires on 30 September and 4 October. In the night from Monday to Tuesday, two cars were set on fire and a third was attempted to be set on fire, police report. Cars parked next to the burning cars were also damaged.
This week, 903 kilos of fireworks were handed in at two delivery points in Friesland. Through a special action, this was possible without penalty or prosecution. The vast majority of the fireworks that have been brought are regular pop and decorative fireworks. The submission campaign was organised by the government, because since this year a fireworks ban applies to consumers.
A plane crash from eighty years ago has been commemorated in Apeldoorn for the first time in ten years. The accident claimed the lives of 22 school children and the pilot. At today's commemoration, speeches were held and children laid wreaths at a monument. On October 7, 1946, a novice pilot flew over Apeldoorn in a military aircraft.
The second speed camera at the intersection of the Groningerstraatweg and the Anne Vondelingweg in Leeuwarden starts on Thursday. This means that enforcement will then take place in both directions. The speed camera flashed the other way 11,936 times from last May to August. This puts that pole nationally at number seven in terms of the number of fines in that period. A maximum speed of 50 kilometres per hour applies on that part of the road.
The second speed camera at the intersection of the Groningerstraatweg and the Anne Vondelingweg in Leeuwarden starts on Thursday. This means that enforcement will then take place in both directions. The speed camera flashed the other way 11,936 times from last May to August. This puts that pole nationally at number seven in terms of the number of fines in that period. A maximum speed of 50 kilometres per hour applies on that part of the road.
Second speed camera on Anne Vondelingweg in Leeuwarden active from tomorrow The second speed camera at the intersection of the Groningerstraatweg and the Anne Vondelingweg in Leeuwarden starts on Thursday. This means that enforcement will then take place in both directions. The speed camera flashed the other way 11,936 times from last May to August. This puts that pole nationally at number seven in terms of the number of fines in that period.
Second speed camera on Anne Vondelingweg in Leeuwarden active from tomorrow The second speed camera at the intersection of the Groningerstraatweg and the Anne Vondelingweg in Leeuwarden starts on Thursday. This means that enforcement will then take place in both directions. The speed camera flashed the other way 11,936 times from last May to August. This puts that pole nationally at number seven in terms of the number of fines in that period.
The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam has voluntarily returned an illegally excavated ancient vase to Sicily. The Centuripe pyxis, which was part of the museum's collection for nearly 30 years, was handed over to an Italian delegation. The storage vessel dates back to the third century BC and depicts a wedding scene.
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