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NEW MOBILITY VISION, INCLUDING PLANS FOR N743 What is the vision of long-term mobility for the municipality of Borne? The answer to this question will be formulated in the coming year, after input from all kinds of stakeholders, including residents. The City Council will soon review the core principles, which will be further refined and fleshed out as part of …

Let’s first go back in time… At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon founded a secondary schoole, the first public school in what is now Belgium and now known as GO! Royal Athenaeum. In the following years, the institute was installed in various places in the historic center, until then mayor Leopold De Wael decided in 1872 that it …

Annelotte Jansé (12/21) writes that terrorism suspects should not be called “fantasies”, but that we should investigate “on what ideological basis and on what ideas the suspects themselves act”. As a sincere democrat, I would like to speak to these “fantasies”. If they call themselves “fantastic”, I can understand that. Investigating their view of the world is the basis for …

For years and years, Rudolf and his colleagues literally and figuratively pulled the cart at Christmas. And this man with his Burgundian belly in the back, takes credit for it. On top of that, Santa’s sleigh doesn’t really seem to pass Adrian Newey is signed. Students at the University of Lancashire (a few years ago) found a solution to this …

The 1574 Sports Complex will be completed next year. The plans for the design of the outdoor area are now also ready. (Picture: Chris de Waard). When the largest sports hall in the Netherlands goes into operation after summer 2023, the surroundings of the new indoor sports center will also be completely redesigned. The mayor and aldermen of Leiden have …

Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister for Education, Culture and Science, speaks to the press at the Binnenhof after a weekly cabinet meeting.Image ANP / Phil Nijhuis He Minister Dijkgraaf’s request to the boards of colleges and universities appears to be an emergency measure. He actually wants to reduce the number of international students with tougher measures, but the ministry can only introduce …

Editorial John Braakman parliamentary reporter The European Commission is giving farmers more possibilities for state aid when companies relocate. This is clear from the extension of the state aid rules decided by the European Commission. According to Minister Christianne van der Wal, this program offers room for the relocation of young farmers in particular who wish to continue their activity …

This is the final conclusion of the study conducted by the Ginder Research Agency on behalf of the municipality. Only in the period 2035-2040, after the completion of all currently known housing plans, will there be room for a second supermarket. According to research, the only suitable place for this is where Kindcentrum De Ruimte is located. However, this location …

The yellow fever mosquito. Mainly Japanese scientists publish their findings in the scientific journal Scientists progress. They call the 78% figure “shocking” and fear it could undermine protection programs against mosquito-borne diseases. Insects can only survive pesticides if they can adapt genetically quickly enough. This is what is happening: researchers have identified a total of ten new substrains of the …

“The problem is that there are a lot of uncontrollable pieces of old satellites floating around the earth, from old missions,” says Liam Pieters, a space debris graduate at TU Delft. “And they have a very high chance of colliding with new missions.” The consequences are potentially enormous. Because these “new missions” are satellites that predict the weather, perform climate …