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A gymnasium on Uiterdijksterweg in the Nijlân district of Leeuwarden will be demolished to make way for twelve new owner-occupied apartments. The municipality of Leeuwarden supports the development plan.
Good morning! The Supreme Court rules in the case against Virus Truth leader Willem Engel, and the House of Representatives debates new rules against noise pollution around Schiphol. First the weather: Today it is dry with a lot of sun. It will be exceptionally warm before the end of September with 23 to 28 degrees.
Last year, many more Dutch people died as a result of a fall than the year before. A total of 7810 people died after falling, tripping or slipping. In 2024, about 480 fewer people died, according to Statistics Netherlands. The number of Dutch people who die after a fall has been increasing for years, even if account is taken of the fact that there are more elderly people due to ageing, for whom a fall is more often fatal.
The Hema in the Leeuwarden centre will start this autumn with regular coffee meetings for people with dementia. Alzheimer Friesland is pleased with the initiative.
A major fire broke out in an apartment complex in Apeldoorn overnight. Emergency services evacuated residents from about thirty homes, many of whom are elderly. Firefighters brought the blaze under control shortly after 3:15 AM.
Of the 1,017 asylum seekers who participated in a trial by the municipality of Amsterdam to help asylum seekers find work, 332 have found a paid job. A further 312 have "taken a concrete step towards paid work", such as conducting a job interview, with the mediation of the municipality. This is evident from an evaluation carried out on behalf of the municipality. As far as Amsterdam is concerned, this has achieved the main goal of the trial.
Students of the interdisciplinary social science programme at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are not allowed to use laptops, phones and tablets during lectures. This academic year, the program introduced the prohibition to promote concentration. "60 to 80 percent of students are doing other things than listening during lectures with digital equipment," says Cyrilein Evertsen, associate professor of the program. "Whether that's shopping online or forwarding things to each other via Instagram.
Maybe you've been on the train with him without knowing it. Sheyar Hasan (40) from Leeuwarden, originally from Syria, has been working full-time as an engineer at Arriva for about three years now and drives through the North every day.
During a visit to The Hague, German Foreign Minister Wadephul stressed that his country supports the International Criminal Court and will do everything to protect it from stricter US sanctions. Together with his Dutch colleague Berendsen, he visited the court this afternoon to emphasize the support. “The message should be clear.”
The 'We are the Wadden' campaign has collected almost 51,000 signatures against the closure of nature reserves on the Wadden Islands and on the Frisian coast. The signatures will be presented to the provincial government in Leeuwarden on Tuesday and to the House of Representatives in the afternoon in The Hague. The action is known, among other things, from the flags with the text 'Free birds, caged people' that can be seen in many places on and around the Wadden Sea.
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