Kickboxers Levi Rigters and Jamal Ben Saddik will face each other on Saturday, August 23, in Ahoy in Rotterdam. Kickboxing organization Glory has paired the two in the Last Heavyweight Standing tournament. Ben Saddik and Rigters were scheduled to face each other three years ago at GLORY 80. That fight was canceled because the event […]
After a weekend of standstill in the Willemsspoortunnel in Rotterdam, train traffic restarted on Monday. The disruption, which had been causing problems since Friday evening, was resolved earlier than expected. Train traffic through the railway tunnel in Rotterdam has restarted since 12:00 PM. The local trains between Rotterdam and Dordrecht were the first to run
Buying flex homes will not be possible on a large scale for the time being. Too few municipalities can offer guarantees, reports Nationale Hypotheek Garantie (NHG). Consumers run too much risk without these guarantees. NHG investigated whether people can buy a flex home with a thirty-year mortgage on land that has a temporary designation. Flex
Marijn van den Berg will not start the tenth stage of the Tour de France on Monday. The 25-year-old from Utrecht has been cycling with pain for over a week after a crash in the first stage. Van den Berg is the first Dutch rider to drop out of this Tour de France. There are
Sarina Wiegman is delighted that England have reached the quarter-finals of the Women’s European Football Championship in Switzerland after two convincing wins. The head coach still has to get used to being sung to by the English fans. England won 6-1 against Wales on Sunday, meaning the defending champions finished second in the group. Wiegman’s
Justin Bieber surprised fans on Friday with the release of his new album Swag. A day later, the global Spotify charts were filled with his music. Critics are far from united in their opinions of the Canadian pop star’s new work. De Volkskrant – 2 stars “Only two tracks are convincing throughout. Go Baby is
Het drinkwaterpunt van de speeltuin Opa’s Veldje in het Zuid-Hollandse Voorburg is niet verontreinigd, blijkt maandag uit onderzoek. Meerdere kinderen zijn ziek geworden nadat ze in die speeltuin hadden gespeeld. Het is nog onbekend waardoor ze dan wél ziek zijn geworden. De gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg kreeg zondag via sociale media berichten dat kinderen maag- en darmklachten
The Chinese export is rising stronger than expected. The main reason is the preliminary trade agreement with the United States. Total exports rose by 5.8 percent compared to a year ago, according to figures from Chinese customs. Economists had expected an increase of 5 percent. The decline in exports to the US was not too
The twenty-year-old man who escaped from a French prison last week by hiding in a bag is back in custody. French authorities reported this on Monday. The escaped prisoner was arrested around 6:00 AM on Monday morning when he emerged from a basement in the Lyon area, according to French media outlet BFM Lyon. A
Defense wants to buy 24 old train wagons from the Dutch Railways to convert them into mobile hospitals. The wagons must be used to take care of and transport wounded soldiers. The conversations between Defense and the Dutch Railways are still an early stage, a spokesperson for the Dutch Railways confirms to NU.nl after previous