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The court in Utrecht has ruled that the Netherlands cannot send asylum seekers back to Italy. According to the judge, they risk ending up on the streets there without basic necessities such as food, water, and shelter. Consequently, the transfer of asylum seekers to Italy has been suspended for some time.
Rapper Alexander Moto and producer Soulitude spent 6.5 years on album Fluvius. But now they also have something to celebrate: an introspective and water-rich album, which almost overflows with words, images, atmospheres.
This week is the Week against Bullying. Throughout the country, extra attention is being paid to bullying and the consequences it can have. Schools reflect on how you interact with each other, where plagues stop and bullying begins and what young people can do when they themselves are bullied or see that someone else is the victim. But how is bullying actually viewed in Leeuwarden?
A week after the major rail sabotage on Prinsjesdag, not much is clear about the perpetrators. The police and Public Prosecutor's Office make no statements about the ongoing investigation and no one has claimed the action. Rail operator ProRail thinks that drones could help to increase the chance of being caught in the future. ProRail has about 300 cameras at level crossings and another 6000 at stations.
A house on Jan de Baenstraat in Leeuwarden has been closed for three months by order of the mayor because of the discovery of a hemp nursery. On 10 July, the police raided the house, after an anonymous report. On the spot, they found a hemp nursery with 524 hemp plants, spread over different grow rooms. It has already happened 23 times this year that a home in Leeuwarden was closed due to a drug discovery.
A 48-year-old Amsterdam municipal official is sentenced to twelve years in prison if it is up to the Public Prosecutor's Office. He is suspected of corruption, computer intrusion and complicity in serious incidents of violence. Justice is also demanding ten years in prison against two 'information brokers' to whom the suspect would have passed on information. The official would have more than 600 unlawful personal and address details in nine months requested in the systems of the municipality of Amsterdam, the Public Prosecution Service writes.
Second suspect arrested for large brawl during Sneekweek The police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Tytsjerksteradiel for involvement in the large brawl on the Starteiland near Sneek, during the last Sneekweek. During the fight, after the Hard Sailing Day, a security guard was mistreated.
The Netherlands is once again extending the deployment of MQ-9 Reapers from Leeuwarden Air Base from Romania. The unmanned aircraft now contribute to the defence of the eastern flank of the NATO treaty area until 31 December 2027. The government reports this. The commitment had already been extended until the end of this month.
Wellness resort Zwaluwhoeve in Hierden discriminated against a young Muslim woman from Leeuwarden by sending her away because she was wearing a burkini.
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