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Welcome to Omslag in 2021!

EINDHOVEN, January 1, 2021 – Omslag is silent, but behind-the-scenes changes are underway. Due to the lockdown, we still can’t get together with multiple people, but it leaves room for innovation. The changes also have to do with the unexpected departure of Omslag employee Dick Verheul from the start. There will also be major policy changes. What will continue unabated …

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The redevelopment of the Nachtegaalstraat begins on January 4

The redevelopment of the Nachtegaalstraat begins on January 4

Photo: Municipality of Utrecht The redesign of the Nachtegaalstraat will begin on Monday January 4. Pedestrians will have more space, cyclists will become the main user of the roadway, and more trees and other green spaces will appear on the street. Pedestrians and cyclists can continue to use the Nachtegaalstraat during the works. Vehicle traffic is diverted. The work is …

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A mutated virus is also circulating in the Netherlands

A mutated virus is also circulating in the Netherlands

The British variant of the coronavirus has surfaced for the second time in the Netherlands, with the variant becoming much more contagious due to a few mutations. And again, this is an infection in the Amsterdam area. There are about ten days between the two cases and they cannot be linked to each other, explains Chantal Reusken of RIVM. “From …

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‘The wreckage flew around my car’

'The wreckage flew around my car'

After a fun day with her aunt in ‘s-Gravenzand, Anita van Leuken from Schaijk in Brabant receives the shock of her life on the A2 near Zaltbommel. The driver of the truck in front of her ignores several red crosses and crashes into a roadblock. “The wreckage flew around my car.” Around 7:45 p.m., Van Leuken returned home with her …

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It is not possible to return fireworks in the Achterhoek | Winterswijk

It is not possible to return fireworks in the Achterhoek |  Winterswijk

WINTERSWIJK – No surplus fireworks can be returned to any municipality in Achterhoek. Municipalities cannot safely store these fireworks anywhere. The setting off of fireworks hardly led to complaints of nuisance in villages and towns. This emerges from a visit of this newspaper in the region. Elsewhere in the country, it is possible for residents to dispose of fireworks without …

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“Soon we will have three houses” | Leusder newspaper

"Soon we will have three houses" |  Leusder newspaper

LEUSDEN Bianca and Pascal were mainly looking for more space for their family. And they finally found it a little further down the Tabakssteeg neighborhood. Everything they loved so much remains the same. “We’re not going to miss anything,” says Bianca. They found a nice spacious house at the end of a dead end. Completely to their liking. With space …

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Relate Radio will start broadcasting on January 1

Groninger Krant

Groningen’s new online radio station Relate Radio will be broadcast from Friday January 1! The station, set up by the Hybrid Agency Foundation, offers 3 days a week a space for DJs, artists and musicians from all over the city to play radio. Relate Radio was born out of the need to give new and established artists a stage to …

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New parliamentary questions on Sanderink and Centric

New parliamentary questions on Sanderink and Centric

CDA MPs, including Pieter Omtzigt, questioned Economic Affairs and Finance Ministers Wiebes and Hoekstra on De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) cooperation with Centric. They wonder if the government can continue to do business with the boss of Centric Sanderink after a number of faults and not comply with court orders. On the top of the table Omtzigt wants to have the …

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“ The law on participation needs a social overhaul, ” says alderman of Utrecht: the woman who had to repay 7,000 euros is not the only one

`` The law on participation needs a social overhaul, '' says alderman of Utrecht: the woman who had to repay 7,000 euros is not the only one

“The law on participation is based on mistrust rather than trust,” says Linda Voortman, labor and income advisor in Utrecht, in response to the case of the woman entitled to social assistance who must repay 7,000 euros for messages received. Wijdemeren’s wife received weekly groceries from her mother for 3 years. She had not sent it to the municipality and …

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