Eight injured in possible terrorist attack Sweden
In Sweden, eight people were injured in a possible terrorist attack. This happened in Vetlanda, a small municipality in the south of the country.
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Czech Republic in extreme lockdown: ‘We are going to meet hellish days’
Where easing is on the agenda in most European countries, there is one country at the heart of the EU where exactly the opposite is happening: …
Two Swedes drowned again after they fell through the ice
Two older Swedes were found dead on Saturday morning in a frozen lake in the municipality of Katrineholm, about 120 kilometres southwest of Stockholm’s capital. It…
Wake-up service 25/2: Commemoration February strike • NS presents annual results
Good morning! Today, the Dutch Railways present the annual results. And in Amsterdam the February strike is commemorated.
The weather: the day starts today with plenty …
Exhibition Kunstmuseum The Hague on its own Berlage building
A new exhibition at the Kunstmuseum The Hague revolves around the building itself. It is a design by Hendrik Berlage (1856 – 1934), one of the most important …
Municipalities are largely prepared for elections, but are stuck on details
In three weeks, the Second Chamber elections, for the first time in a three-day version, will be on 15, 16 and 17 March. The coronapandemic forced municipalities to change …
In many places busy due to beautiful weather
It seemed as if the whole of the Netherlands were taking a walk or bike ride today. Because of the spring weather, a lot of people …
LIVE Packed everywhere by spring weather
It’s beautiful spring weather, so many people go out to pick up the first rays of sunshine. That leads here and there to a lot …
ME ends demonstration Museumplein
The ME intervened at the demonstration on the Museumplein in Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon around 15.45. Shortly before that, under the order of Mayor Femke Halsema, the …
Big party in Vondelpark in Amsterdam
At the beginning of the evening a big party was celebrated in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. Corona measures were not observed. Images on social media showed …
Sculptor Arturo Di Modica (Bull of Wall Street) died
The Italian sculptor Arturo Di Modica, known for the iconic bronze statue of a bull in New York, died. The 80-year-old artist had been ill for …
Cemetery in Bodegraven target conspiracy thinkers over pedo network
Dozens of people have been active in the last two weeks at the Vredehof cemetery in Bodegraven, South Holland. They placed flowers and action boards on …
Busy on roads to forests and sea
On the beach, in the dunes, forests and other nature reserves it was busy Saturday afternoon as expected. Because of the beautiful spring weather with maxima …
Think: Preventing armed conflict, mediating between rap groups
The Amsterdam group of Denk advocates mediation between rival gangster groups. Supporters of different rappers in the capital have been in the process for a long …
Again dozens of people on Museumplein: quiet atmosphere
Several dozen people gathered on Sunday afternoon at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, but disturbances have not yet occurred. The atmosphere is quiet. Previously, Mayor Femke Halsema, …
Mayor intervenes with emergency order against carnival parade, also elsewhere partygoers
An alternative carnival parade in Geesteren in Overijsselse was discontinued on Sunday, after the mayor issued an emergency order. At the parade of the youth carnival …
LIVE Hands full of wounded skaters
The ice fun ended throughout the country during the course of Sunday with a falling thaw. Many municipalities and security regions warned skaters on Sunday afternoon …
LIVE General practitioners overloaded by accidents on the ice
It’s the most beautiful skating Saturday in years and we want to know that too. Thousands of Dutch people bind the slippery irons, because skating …
Strict measures should prevent crowd skaters
Mayors hold their hearts because they expect too much skaters this weekend on lakes, ponds and canals. Cabinet, security regions and ice associations are also calling …
Boa Bond fears ice skating crowds, ‘possible areas close’
The Dutch Boa Bond is concerned about the potential crowds next weekend in the skating areas. That says Ruud Kuin, president of the Dutch Boa Bond …
No top sport climate at Utrecht: Sitting an hour in the car just shouldnt be
FC Utrecht trains during the winter conditions on the field of amateur club VRC from Veenendaal and rehearsal master René Hake doesnt like that. The players …
Skaters meet many closed roads at frozen lakes
Ice skaters who want to take a trip on frozen lakes or large puddles have a good chance to encounter closed roads near the ice. On …
Amsterdam closes locks to promote ice growth on the canals
The chance that next week will be able to skate on the Amsterdam canals has been greatly increased. Now that moderate to severe frosts have been …
The contractor makes an ice rink on the wrong lawn: ‘They both start with a b’
Many disappointed faces in the Korrewegwijk in Groningen. Where the grass on the Bernoulliplein was already flooded for pleasantly surprised people with skate fever, the contractor …